Mary Beth Walz

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Mary Beth Walz

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Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23

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Mary Beth Walz (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 23. She assumed office in 2016. She left office on December 7, 2022.

Walz (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 23. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Walz previously represented Merrimack 23 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014. She also represented Merrimack 13 from 2004 to 2010.

Walz has been a member of the State Democratic Committee; co-chair of the Bow Democratic Party; campaign manager for Odom for County Attorney in 2002 and DeStefano for Senate in 2000; and delegate/member of the Merrimack County Democratic Committee.

Biography

Walz earned her B.A. in religious studies and English from the University of Toronto, and J.D. from the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Her professional experience includes attorney for the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights; assistant attorney general for the Federated States of Micronesia; and district director for Congressman Paul Hodes.[1]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Walz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Walz was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Children and Family Law
Ways and Means

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Walz served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013
Children and Family Law, Chair

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

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

Mary Beth Walz did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Beth Walz (D)
 
17.9
 
3,670
Image of Gary Woods
Gary Woods (D)
 
17.8
 
3,648
Samantha Fox (D)
 
17.2
 
3,526
Image of John Martin
John Martin (R)
 
16.1
 
3,292
Image of Ray Plante
Ray Plante (R) Candidate Connection
 
15.9
 
3,255
Mariya Markova (R)
 
15.0
 
3,063
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
9

Total votes: 20,463
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 (3 seats)

Incumbent Mary Beth Walz, incumbent Samantha Fox, and incumbent Gary Woods defeated Sally Wuellenweber in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Beth Walz
 
32.4
 
1,368
Samantha Fox
 
26.8
 
1,130
Image of Gary Woods
Gary Woods
 
26.4
 
1,116
Sally Wuellenweber
 
14.3
 
605
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4

Total votes: 4,223
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 (3 seats)

John Martin, Ray Plante, and Mariya Markova advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Martin
John Martin
 
35.3
 
1,079
Image of Ray Plante
Ray Plante Candidate Connection
 
34.6
 
1,056
Mariya Markova
 
29.6
 
904
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
15

Total votes: 3,054
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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 23 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Beth Walz (D)
 
18.7
 
2,997
Image of Gary Woods
Gary Woods (D)
 
18.4
 
2,945
Samantha Fox (D)
 
17.6
 
2,812
Image of Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson (R) Candidate Connection
 
16.0
 
2,559
Image of John Martin
John Martin (R) Candidate Connection
 
14.7
 
2,346
Paul Brassard (R)
 
14.6
 
2,342
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 16,009
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 (3 seats)

Incumbent Mary Beth Walz, Samantha Fox, and Gary Woods defeated Bill Knapp in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Beth Walz
 
34.2
 
1,169
Samantha Fox
 
28.8
 
985
Image of Gary Woods
Gary Woods
 
27.5
 
941
Bill Knapp
 
9.6
 
327

Total votes: 3,422
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 (3 seats)

Richard Johnson, John Martin, and Paul Brassard defeated Christopher Fox and Philip Kwiatkowski in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson Candidate Connection
 
30.6
 
776
Image of John Martin
John Martin Candidate Connection
 
26.2
 
664
Paul Brassard
 
14.4
 
366
Christopher Fox
 
14.4
 
366
Philip Kwiatkowski
 
14.3
 
363

Total votes: 2,535
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2016

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016.

The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 23 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 23 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mary Beth Walz 17.68% 3,156
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bill Kuch Incumbent 17.95% 3,203
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png J.R. Hoell Incumbent 16.80% 2,999
     Republican John F. Martin Incumbent 16.77% 2,993
     Democratic Michael S. Kaminski 15.76% 2,813
     Democratic Dennis D'Ovidio 15.03% 2,682
Total Votes 17,846
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Dennis D'Ovidio, Michael S. Kaminski, and Mary Beth Walz defeated Billy Knapp in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 23 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 23 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dennis D'Ovidio 26.43% 609
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael S. Kaminski 25.22% 581
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mary Beth Walz 36.59% 843
     Democratic Billy Knapp 11.76% 271
Total Votes 2,304


Incumbent J.R. Hoell, incumbent Bill Kuch, and incumbent John F. Martin defeated Paul Brassard and Betsey Patten in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 23 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 23 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png J.R. Hoell Incumbent 25.26% 784
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bill Kuch Incumbent 24.52% 761
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John F. Martin Incumbent 21.97% 682
     Republican Paul Brassard 10.63% 330
     Republican Betsey Patten 17.62% 547
Total Votes 3,104

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Walz won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 23. Walz was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 23, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMary Beth Walz 19.2% 3,248
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJ.R. Hoell Incumbent 16.7% 2,812
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChris Andrews 16.5% 2,778
     Republican Jack Finan 16% 2,698
     Democratic Robert Martel 15.9% 2,689
     Republican John Martin 15.8% 2,662
Total Votes 16,887

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

Walz failed to advance past the November 2, 2010, general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 13 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Keane (R) 2,551
Green check mark transparent.png Stephen DeStefano (D) 2,376
Green check mark transparent.png JR Joell (R) 2,198
Mary Beth Walz (D) 2,120
Jack Finan (R) 2,109
Christopher Andrews (D) 1,668

2008

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Walz won re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Merrimack 13 District, which sent three representatives to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, by finishing with the third-highest vote total in the election. Walz received 2,895 votes. The other winning candidates from District 13 were Stephen DeStefano (D) with 3,476 votes and Eric Anderson (R) with 3,160 votes. The losing candidates in the race were Thomas Keane (R) with 2,840 votes, Ron Wanner (R) with 2,255 votes, and Susan Koerber (D) with 2,097 votes. Additionally, 7 votes went to "others," who were presumably write-in candidates.[8]

Walz raised $2,379 for her campaign in 2008. Other candidates in the District 13 race (with data available) raised the following amounts: DeStefano ($1,650), Anderson ($250), and Keane ($350).[9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 13
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Stephen DeStefano (D) 3,476
Green check mark transparent.png Eric Anderson (R) 3,160
Green check mark transparent.png Mary Beth Walz (D) 2,895
Thomas Keane (R) 2,840
Ron Wanner (R) 2,255
Susan Koerber (D) 2,097
Others 7

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Mary Beth Walz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23Won general$3,328 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23Won general$4,480 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 23Won $4,482 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 23Won $0 N/A**
2010New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13Lost $4,300 N/A**
2008New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13Won $2,379 N/A**
2006New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13Won $5,405 N/A**
2004New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13Won $2,825 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2022

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Personal

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Walz and her husband, Harold Judd, have five children.[1]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23
2016-2022
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23
2012-2014
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13
2004-2010
Succeeded by
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Belknap 1
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Carroll 1
Tom Buco (D)
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Cheshire 1
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John Hunt (R)
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Dru Fox (D)
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Cheshire 9
Coos 1
Coos 2
Coos 3
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Seth King (R)
Coos 5
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Grafton 10
Grafton 11
Grafton 13
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Hillsborough 1
Hillsborough 10
Bill Ohm (R)
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Matt Drew (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
Hillsborough 42
Lisa Post (R)
Hillsborough 43
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Alvin See (R)
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Rockingham 1
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Zoe Manos (D)
Rockingham 14
Pam Brown (R)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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Luz Bay (D)
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Sullivan 1
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Judy Aron (R)
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Republican Party (219)
Democratic Party (177)
Independent (1)