Michael O'Brien Sr. (New Hampshire)
Michael O'Brien Sr. (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 10. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. He left office on December 4, 2024.
O'Brien (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 10. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Michael O'Brien Sr.'s career experience includes working as a fire deputy chief. O'Brien has served as the vice president of the City of Nashua Board of Alderman.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
O'Brien was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
O'Brien was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
O'Brien was assigned to the following committees:
- House Transportation Committee, Vice 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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| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, O'Brien served on the following committees:
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| • Transportation |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, O'Brien served on the following committees:
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| • Public Works and Highways |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, O'Brien served on the following committees:
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| • Transportation |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
Michael O'Brien Sr. 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 Hillsborough 10 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. (D) | 19.1 | 2,155 | |
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) | 18.8 | 2,118 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack (D) | 18.1 | 2,039 | |
| Bill Ohm (R) | 16.2 | 1,828 | ||
| John Cawthron (R) | 14.1 | 1,594 | ||
| Paul Thoman (R) | 13.7 | 1,541 | ||
| Total votes: 11,275 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent Linda Harriott-Gathright, incumbent Michael O'Brien Sr., and incumbent Martin Jack advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright | 35.2 | 433 | |
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. | 32.8 | 404 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack | 31.6 | 389 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 1,230 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 10 (3 seats)
Bill Ohm, John Cawthron, and Paul Thoman advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Ohm | 39.5 | 492 | |
| ✔ | John Cawthron | 29.9 | 373 | |
| ✔ | Paul Thoman | 29.1 | 362 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 1,246 | ||||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. (D) | 18.8 | 2,761 | |
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) | 18.5 | 2,708 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack (D) | 17.9 | 2,625 | |
| William O'Brien (R) | 15.6 | 2,284 | ||
| Bill Ohm (R) | 15.0 | 2,197 | ||
| Tyler Gouveia (R) | 14.1 | 2,069 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 14,649 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
Incumbent Linda Harriott-Gathright, incumbent Michael O'Brien Sr., and incumbent Martin Jack advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright | 35.0 | 726 | |
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. | 33.6 | 697 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack | 30.7 | 636 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 2,074 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
Bill Ohm, William O'Brien, and Tyler Gouveia defeated Paula Desjardins in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Ohm | 28.1 | 528 | |
| ✔ | William O'Brien | 26.7 | 502 | |
| ✔ | Tyler Gouveia | 24.1 | 453 | |
| Paula Desjardins | 20.9 | 393 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,879 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. (D) | 19.8 | 2,100 | |
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) | 19.6 | 2,077 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack (D) | 19.3 | 2,039 | |
| Bill Ohm (R) | 15.1 | 1,597 | ||
| Paula Moran (R) | 13.9 | 1,471 | ||
| Iang Jeon (R) | 12.2 | 1,292 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 10,583 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
Linda Harriott-Gathright, incumbent Michael O'Brien Sr., and incumbent Martin Jack advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Linda Harriott-Gathright | 35.0 | 536 | |
| ✔ | Michael O'Brien Sr. | 32.6 | 499 | |
| ✔ | Martin Jack | 32.4 | 496 | |
| Total votes: 1,531 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 (3 seats)
Incumbent Bill Ohm, Paula Moran, and Iang Jeon advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Ohm | 39.0 | 442 | |
| ✔ | Paula Moran | 33.4 | 378 | |
| ✔ | Iang Jeon | 27.6 | 313 | |
| Total votes: 1,133 | ||||
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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 Martin Jack, incumbent Michael O'Brien, and incumbent Bill Ohm defeated Linda Harriott-Gathright and Kevin Brown in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 36 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 36 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 19.77% | 2,184 | ||
| Democratic | 22.59% | 2,496 | ||
| Republican | 20.34% | 2,247 | ||
| Democratic | Linda Harriott-Gathright | 19.30% | 2,132 | |
| Republican | Kevin Brown | 18.00% | 1,989 | |
| Total Votes | 11,048 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Linda Harriott-Gathright, incumbent Martin Jack, and incumbent Michael O'Brien defeated Dave Robbins in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 36 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 36 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 26.72% | 256 | ||
| Democratic | 26.83% | 257 | ||
| Democratic | 32.78% | 314 | ||
| Democratic | Dave Robbins | 13.67% | 131 | |
| Total Votes | 958 | |||
Joseph Krasucki and incumbent Bill Ohm were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 36 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 36 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Republican | ||
| Republican | ||
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 Linda Harriott-Gathright, incumbent Martin Jack and incumbent Michael O'Brien were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Willard L. Brown, Joseph Krasucki and Bill Ohm defeated Barbie Mahoney and Paul Pakenham in the Republican primary. Harriott-Gathright, Jack, O'Brien, Brown, Krasucki and Ohm faced off in the general election.[6] Ohm, incumbent Jack, and incumbent O'Brien defeated Krasucki, Brown, and incumbent Harriott-Gathright in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | 18.2% | 1,532 | ||
| Democratic | 18% | 1,509 | ||
| Democratic | 16.8% | 1,415 | ||
| Republican | Joseph F. Krasucki | 15.9% | 1,333 | |
| Democratic | Linda Harriott-Gathright Incumbent | 15.8% | 1,330 | |
| Republican | Will Brown | 15.1% | 1,272 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0.1% | 11 | |
| Total Votes | 8,402 | |||
2012
O'Brien won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 36. O'Brien was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
2010
O'Brien failed to advance past the November 2, 2010, general election.
O'Brien advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced Arthur Douzanis (D), incumbent Angeline Kopka (D), incumbent Joan Schulze (D), incumbent John Kelley (D), incumbent Carolyn Lisle (D), incumbent Brian Poznanski (D), incumbent Roland LaPlante (D), incumbent Peter Silva (R), Linda Harriott-Gathright (D), Tom Finnerty (D), Barry Palmer (R), Bill Ohm (R), Kevin Brown (R), Randall Whitehead (R), David Robbins (R), Michael Reed (R), Joseph Krasucki (R), James Summers (R), and Don LeBrun (R) in the November 2 general election.
2008
On November 4, 2008, Michael O'Brien won one of the 10 available seats in the Hillsborough 26 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, receiving 5,347 votes.
O'Brien raised $1,000 for his campaign.[10]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 26 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| 5,869 | ||||
| 5,793 | ||||
| 5,754 | ||||
| 5,743 | ||||
| 5,347 | ||||
| 5,291 | ||||
| 5,242 | ||||
| 5,222 | ||||
| 4,960 | ||||
| 4,908 | ||||
| Robert Thompson (D) | 4,748 | |||
| Sue Murotake (R) | 4,711 | |||
| Mosher (R) | 4,667 | |||
| Stephen Palmer (R) | 4,564 | |||
| Roy Ferreira (R) | 4,540 | |||
| Yanko (R) | 4,390 | |||
| Bowker (R) | 4,342 | |||
| Cernota (R) | 4,335 | |||
| John Lisle (D) | 4,285 | |||
| Mary Allen (R) | 4,180 | |||
| Others | 60 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
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2023
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2022
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2018
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Michael O'Brien (D)," accessed May 19, 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
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Michael's 2008 campaign contributions
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