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Mel Myler
Mel Myler (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 9. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. He left office on December 4, 2024.
Myler (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 9. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Mel Myler earned a B.A. from California Western University. Myler's career experience includes working as a consultant with the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the executive director of the NEA New Hampshire, and a field representative with the Michigan Education Association. He founded the Hopkinton Youth Soccer Association.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Myler was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Myler was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Myler was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee, Chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Education |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Myler served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Education |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Myler served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Education |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
Mel Myler did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Muriel Hall (D) | 15.6 | 4,647 |
| ✔ |  | Angela Brennan (D) | 15.2 | 4,526 |
| ✔ |  | David Luneau (D) | 15.1 | 4,502 |
| ✔ |  | Mel Myler (D) | 14.7 | 4,377 |
| Christopher Lins (R) | 10.2 | 3,024 | ||
 | John Martin (R) | 9.8 | 2,917 | |
| Jon Richardson (R) | 9.8 | 2,913 | ||
 | Darlene Gildersleeve (R)  | 9.5 | 2,832 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 29,739 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
Incumbent Muriel Hall, incumbent David Luneau, Angela Brennan, and incumbent Mel Myler advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Muriel Hall | 26.0 | 1,466 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau | 25.0 | 1,412 |
| ✔ | | Angela Brennan | 24.4 | 1,377 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler | 24.3 | 1,371 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 5,638 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher Lins | 27.9 | 948 | |
| ✔ | | John Martin | 20.1 | 685 |
| ✔ | Jon Richardson | 16.3 | 555 | |
| ✔ | | Darlene Gildersleeve | 14.2 | 483 |
| Joel Lloyd | 10.5 | 359 | ||
| Jed Tocci | 10.0 | 341 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 3,403 | |||
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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 10 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Jane Wallner (D) | 23.2 | 4,264 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau (D) | 22.4 | 4,129 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler (D) | 21.9 | 4,037 |
| Pamela Ean (R) | 11.5 | 2,107 | ||
| John French (R) | 11.2 | 2,057 | ||
| Alexandros Dellas (R) | 9.8 | 1,796 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 18,394 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent Mary Jane Wallner, incumbent David Luneau, and incumbent Mel Myler defeated Joel Prescott in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jane Wallner | 34.4 | 2,107 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau | 29.9 | 1,831 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler | 28.3 | 1,731 |
| Joel Prescott | 7.2 | 438 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 6,117 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (3 seats)
John French, Pamela Ean, and Alexandros Dellas advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John French | 37.3 | 632 | |
| ✔ | Pamela Ean | 33.7 | 571 | |
| ✔ | Alexandros Dellas | 27.7 | 469 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 1,694 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent Mary Jane Wallner, incumbent David Luneau, and incumbent Mel Myler defeated John French and Luke Diamond in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jane Wallner (D) | 25.8 | 3,637 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau (D) | 25.8 | 3,635 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler (D) | 24.8 | 3,501 |
| John French (R) | 12.3 | 1,741 | ||
| Luke Diamond (R) | 11.2 | 1,582 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 14,113 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent Mary Jane Wallner, incumbent David Luneau, and incumbent Mel Myler defeated Mary Kusturin and Joel Prescott in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jane Wallner | 31.1 | 1,588 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau | 28.5 | 1,455 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler | 25.9 | 1,327 |
| Mary Kusturin | 11.3 | 577 | ||
| Joel Prescott | 3.3 | 167 | ||
| Total votes: 5,114 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (3 seats)
John French and Luke Diamond advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John French | 53.6 | 568 | |
| ✔ | Luke Diamond | 46.4 | 491 | |
| Total votes: 1,059 | |||
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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.
Incumbent David Luneau, incumbent Mel Myler, and incumbent Mary Jane Wallner defeated Luke Diamond and John French in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 10 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 10 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  David Luneau Incumbent |
24.85% | 3,781 | |
| Democratic | Mel Myler Incumbent |
23.03% | 3,504 | |
| Democratic | Mary Jane Wallner Incumbent |
24.43% | 3,718 | |
| Republican | Luke Diamond | 13.45% | 2,047 | |
| Republican | John French | 14.25% | 2,168 | |
| Total Votes | 15,218 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent David Luneau, incumbent Mel Myler, and incumbent Mary Jane Wallner defeated Denis Goddard in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 10 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 10 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | David Luneau Incumbent |
29.95% | 1,120 | |
| Democratic | Mel Myler Incumbent |
29.68% | 1,110 | |
| Democratic | Mary Jane Wallner Incumbent |
32.83% | 1,228 | |
| Democratic | Denis Goddard | 7.54% | 282 | |
| Total Votes | 3,740 | |||
Luke Diamond and John French were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 10 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 10 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Luke Diamond | |
| Republican | John French | |
2014
Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Incumbent Mary Jane Wallner, incumbent Mel Myler and George A. Langwasser were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Barbara Mitera was unopposed in the Republican primary. David Luneau ran as an independent candidate. Wallner, Myler, Langwasser, Mitera and Luneau faced off in the general election.[6] Luneau, incumbent Wallner, and incumbent Myler defeated Langwasser and Mitera in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Mary Jane Wallner Incumbent |
24.4% | 2,653 | |
| Democratic | Mel Myler Incumbent |
22.9% | 2,489 | |
| Independent | David Luneau |
21.1% | 2,293 | |
| Democratic | George A. Langwasser | 16.8% | 1,829 | |
| Republican | Barbara Mitera | 14.5% | 1,574 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0.2% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 10,859 | |||
2012
Myler won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 10. Myler was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Gary Richardson Incumbent |
23.5% | 3,789 | |
| Democratic | Mary Jane Wallner Incumbent |
22.1% | 3,559 | |
| Democratic | Mel Myler |
20.4% | 3,294 | |
| Republican | Richard Kennedy | 12.8% | 2,070 | |
| Republican | Debra Johnson | 11.5% | 1,850 | |
| Republican | Frank Rosano | 9.7% | 1,572 | |
| Total Votes | 16,134 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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2019
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2018
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In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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2016
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2015
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2014
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In 2014, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, second year, was in session from January 8 through June 13.
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2013
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In 2013, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, first year, was in session from January 2 to July 1.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Mel Myler (D)," accessed May 24, 2023
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
