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Louise Andrus

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Louise Andrus
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Successor: Lorrie Carey
Predecessor: Ken Wells

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Andover High School

Personal
Profession
Administrative assistant
Contact

Louise Andrus (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 5. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Andrus (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 5. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Louise Andrus grew up in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and lives in Salisbury. Andrus graduated from Andover High School. Her career experience includes working as an administrative assistant for the director of admissions at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH, and in various administrative positions in the private and public sectors.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Andrus was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Andrus was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Incumbent Louise Andrus and incumbent Deborah Aylward defeated Lorna Carlisle and David Nesbitt in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus (R)
 
30.5
 
2,878
Image of Deborah Aylward
Deborah Aylward (R)
 
26.2
 
2,471
Lorna Carlisle (D)
 
22.1
 
2,082
David Nesbitt (D)
 
21.2
 
2,006
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
4

Total votes: 9,441
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Lorna Carlisle and David Nesbitt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Lorna Carlisle
 
52.9
 
688
David Nesbitt
 
46.8
 
608
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
4

Total votes: 1,300
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Incumbent Louise Andrus and incumbent Deborah Aylward advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus
 
56.7
 
795
Image of Deborah Aylward
Deborah Aylward
 
41.8
 
586
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
20

Total votes: 1,401
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Andrus signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Incumbent Louise Andrus and Deborah Aylward defeated Ken Wells and Lorna Carlisle in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus (R)
 
28.2
 
2,021
Image of Deborah Aylward
Deborah Aylward (R)
 
24.4
 
1,749
Ken Wells (D)
 
24.3
 
1,741
Lorna Carlisle (D)
 
23.2
 
1,663

Total votes: 7,174
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Ken Wells and Lorna Carlisle advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ken Wells
 
51.1
 
513
Lorna Carlisle
 
48.5
 
487
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
4

Total votes: 1,004
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)

Incumbent Louise Andrus and Deborah Aylward advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus
 
58.4
 
700
Image of Deborah Aylward
Deborah Aylward
 
39.5
 
474
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.1
 
25

Total votes: 1,199
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Louise Andrus defeated incumbent Ken Wells in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus (R)
 
53.9
 
1,679
Ken Wells (D)
 
46.1
 
1,436
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 3,117
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Incumbent Ken Wells advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ken Wells
 
99.2
 
625
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
5

Total votes: 630
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Louise Andrus advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus
 
99.4
 
653
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
4

Total votes: 657
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Ken Wells defeated Louise Andrus in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ken Wells (D)
 
50.9
 
1,128
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus (R)
 
49.0
 
1,086
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,215
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Ken Wells advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ken Wells
 
100.0
 
485

Total votes: 485
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1

Louise Andrus advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Louise Andrus
Louise Andrus
 
100.0
 
39

Total votes: 39
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Louise Andrus did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Louise Andrus campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5Won general$830 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5Won general$2,055 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1Won general$1,350 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1Lost general$340 N/A**
Grand total$4,575 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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