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Michael Moffett
Image of Michael Moffett
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Groveton High School, 1973

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Personal
Profession
Professor
Contact

Michael Moffett (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 4. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Moffett (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 4. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Michael Moffett graduated from Groveton High School in 1973.[1] Moffett served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. He earned a graduate degree in education.[2] Moffett's career experience includes working as a professor at New Hampshire Technical Institute, an author, and a columnist.[1][2]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Moffett was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Moffett 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
• Education

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 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Moffett and incumbent Jose Cambrils defeated Ruth Heath and Edward Friedrich in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett (R)
 
28.8
 
2,798
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils (R) Candidate Connection
 
26.0
 
2,523
Image of Ruth Heath
Ruth Heath (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.8
 
2,311
Edward Friedrich (D)
 
21.5
 
2,086
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 9,719
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 (2 seats)

Ruth Heath and Edward Friedrich advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ruth Heath
Ruth Heath Candidate Connection
 
56.7
 
898
Edward Friedrich
 
43.2
 
685
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 1,585
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Moffett and incumbent Jose Cambrils defeated Carolyn Virtue in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett
 
43.4
 
910
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils Candidate Connection
 
37.4
 
785
Carolyn Virtue
 
18.4
 
386
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
16

Total votes: 2,097
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Moffett 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 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Moffett and incumbent Jose Cambrils defeated Ruth Heath and Ellen Scarponi in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett (R)
 
28.6
 
2,321
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils (R)
 
24.3
 
1,972
Image of Ruth Heath
Ruth Heath (D)
 
23.7
 
1,924
Ellen Scarponi (D)
 
23.3
 
1,891
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 8,109
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 (2 seats)

Ellen Scarponi and Ruth Heath advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ellen Scarponi
 
51.0
 
640
Image of Ruth Heath
Ruth Heath
 
48.6
 
610
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
5

Total votes: 1,255
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Moffett and incumbent Jose Cambrils defeated Sumner Dole in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett
 
49.3
 
904
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils
 
36.1
 
661
Sumner Dole
 
14.0
 
257
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
11

Total votes: 1,833
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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 9 (2 seats)

Michael Moffett and Jose Cambrils defeated Leslie Bergevin and Lois Friedrich in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett (R)
 
30.8
 
2,982
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils (R)
 
26.0
 
2,518
Leslie Bergevin (D)
 
22.6
 
2,181
Lois Friedrich (D)
 
20.6
 
1,989

Total votes: 9,670
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (2 seats)

Leslie Bergevin and Lois Friedrich defeated Jim O'Neill in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Leslie Bergevin
 
41.7
 
640
Lois Friedrich
 
41.3
 
634
Jim O'Neill
 
16.5
 
254
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
7

Total votes: 1,535
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (2 seats)

Michael Moffett and Jose Cambrils advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett
 
64.6
 
973
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils
 
34.5
 
520
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
13

Total votes: 1,506
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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 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Howard Moffett and George Saunderson defeated incumbent Michael Moffett and Jose Cambrils in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Howard Moffett (D)
 
27.4
 
1,991
Image of George Saunderson
George Saunderson (D)
 
25.8
 
1,874
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett (R) Candidate Connection
 
25.1
 
1,819
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils (R)
 
21.7
 
1,573

Total votes: 7,257
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Howard Moffett and George Saunderson advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Howard Moffett
 
53.5
 
747
Image of George Saunderson
George Saunderson
 
46.5
 
648

Total votes: 1,395
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Moffett and Jose Cambrils advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moffett
Michael Moffett Candidate Connection
 
59.7
 
608
Image of Jose Cambrils
Jose Cambrils
 
40.3
 
410

Total votes: 1,018
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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.

Incumbent Howard Moffett and Michael Moffett defeated incumbent George Saunderson in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 9 general election.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 9 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Howard Moffett Incumbent 32.50% 2,130
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael Moffett 36.95% 2,422
     Democratic George Saunderson Incumbent 30.55% 2,002
Total Votes 6,554
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Howard Moffett and incumbent George Saunderson were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 9 Democratic primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Howard Moffett Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png George Saunderson Incumbent


Michael Moffett ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 9 Republican primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 9 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael Moffett  (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 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 Howard Moffett and George Saunderson were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Kenneth Kreis and Michael Moffett defeated Zulfiga Shaikh in the Republican primary. H. Moffett, Saunderson, M. Moffett and Kreis faced off in the general election. While Howard Moffett won re-election, Saunderson led Michael Moffett for the second seat by one vote, setting up a mandatory recount on Friday, November 14, 2014.[7][8] Following the recount, Saunderson was declared the winner.[9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 9, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHoward Moffett Incumbent 27.7% 1,670
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge Saunderson 24.6% 1,484
     Republican Michael Moffett 24.5% 1,478
     Republican Kenneth Kreis 23.2% 1,402
Total Votes 6,034


New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 9 District Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Moffett 42.9% 464
Kenneth Kreis 40.8% 441
Zulfiga Shaikh 16.3% 176
Total Votes 1,081

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michael Moffett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Michael Moffett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Michael Moffett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Michael Moffett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Moffett's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Gifted Students Bill, Civics Education Bill, Film Production Bill

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Education and veterans affairs, as those are the two areas to which I've devoted my professional life.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ronald Reagan is an inspiration because he was a good communicator, principled, and positive.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Accountability, Integrity, Service

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Accountability, Integrity, Service

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Campaign finance summary


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Michael Moffett campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4Won general$5,046 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4Won general$2,975 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9Won general$570 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9Lost general$1,070 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 9Won $0 N/A**
Grand total$9,661 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.

Scorecards

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