Mindi Messmer

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Mindi Messmer
Image of Mindi Messmer
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 24
Successor: Jaci Grote

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Contact

Mindi Messmer (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 24. She assumed office in 2016. She left office on December 4, 2018.

Messmer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire Executive Council to represent District 3. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Messmer was a Democratic candidate for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House. Messmer lost the primary on September 11, 2018.

Biography

Messmer obtained an M.S. in clinical and translational science. In 2016, she was appointed to the Task Force on the Seacoast Cancer Cluster, created by Gov. Maggie Hassan (D).[1]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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

2020

See also: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Janet Stevens defeated Mindi Messmer in the general election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Janet Stevens
Janet Stevens (R)
 
52.7
 
86,906
Image of Mindi Messmer
Mindi Messmer (D)
 
47.3
 
77,969
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
81

Total votes: 164,956
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Mindi Messmer defeated Patricia Lovejoy in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mindi Messmer
Mindi Messmer
 
66.1
 
18,468
Image of Patricia Lovejoy
Patricia Lovejoy
 
33.8
 
9,444
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
17

Total votes: 27,929
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Janet Stevens defeated Bruce Crochetiere and Timothy Comerford in the Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Janet Stevens
Janet Stevens
 
39.9
 
11,443
Bruce Crochetiere
 
31.9
 
9,142
Timothy Comerford
 
28.1
 
8,052
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
61

Total votes: 28,698
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2018

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Chris Pappas defeated Eddie Edwards and Dan Belforti in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas (D)
 
53.6
 
155,884
Image of Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards (R)
 
45.0
 
130,996
Image of Dan Belforti
Dan Belforti (L)
 
1.4
 
4,048

Total votes: 290,928
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas
 
42.2
 
26,875
Image of Maura Sullivan
Maura Sullivan
 
30.4
 
19,313
Image of Mindi Messmer
Mindi Messmer
 
9.7
 
6,142
Image of Naomi Andrews
Naomi Andrews
 
7.1
 
4,508
Image of Lincoln Soldati
Lincoln Soldati
 
3.1
 
1,982
Image of Deaglan McEachern
Deaglan McEachern
 
2.7
 
1,709
Image of Levi Sanders
Levi Sanders
 
1.8
 
1,141
Image of Mark S. Mackenzie
Mark S. Mackenzie
 
1.2
 
746
Terence O'Rourke
 
1.0
 
656
Image of Paul Cardinal
Paul Cardinal Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
317
William Martin
 
0.4
 
230

Total votes: 63,619
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
 
48.0
 
23,510
Image of Andy Sanborn
Andy Sanborn
 
41.6
 
20,364
Image of Andy Martin
Andy Martin Candidate Connection
 
4.2
 
2,072
Image of Michael Callis
Michael Callis
 
2.6
 
1,254
Image of Jeff Denaro
Jeff Denaro
 
2.0
 
963
Bruce Crochetiere
 
1.6
 
766

Total votes: 48,929
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Dan Belforti advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Dan Belforti
Dan Belforti

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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 David Borden (D) and incumbent Tom Sherman (D) did not seek re-election.

Mindi Messmer and Kate Murray defeated Frances Erlebacher and Janet Stevens in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 24 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mindi Messmer 26.64% 2,249
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kate Murray 25.83% 2,181
     Republican Frances Erlebacher 22.74% 1,920
     Republican Janet Stevens 24.79% 2,093
Total Votes 8,443
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Mindi Messmer and Kate Murray were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 24 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mindi Messmer
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kate Murray


Frances Erlebacher and Janet Stevens were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 24 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Frances Erlebacher
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Janet Stevens

Campaign themes

2020

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2018

The following was found on the candidate's 2018 campaign website.

HEALTHCARE
Access to affordable and quality healthcare is a basic human right, and nobody should have to go bankrupt because of an illness or injury. For this reason, I fully support a single-payer healthcare system. Not only will universal healthcare save lives, but it will save money too.

ENVIRONMENT
As an environmental scientist for over thirty years, I know how protecting our environment is integral to public health. Climate change and drinking water contamination are the two top threats to national security according to the Department of Defense. We must combat climate change by getting off of fossil fuels and protect our drinking water.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Currently, 1% of the population controls more wealth than the bottom 90% of the population, and the rest of us are struggling to get by. To solve economic inequality in our country, we need at least a $15 minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, and a tax code that works for the 99% of us – not just the corporations.

IMMIGRATION
Ripping children from their parents at the border is an outrage. The United States is a nation built on immigrants, not racism. With increasing numbers of refugees due to climate change and conflicts, we must re-implement the Family Case Management program for asylum-seekers, have a clear path to citizenship, and protect the decades-old Flores Settlement.

EDUCATION
It is crucial that we invest in the future by providing our children with the education they need to succeed. For this reason, we must assure quality schooling from pre-Kindergarten through high school. Furthermore, we must stop saddling our children with unbearable student loan debt, and make public university tuition-free.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE
During my time in the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, I’ve seen countless out-of-state lobbyists flown in to fight against my legislation. The influence of money in politics is poisonous to our democracy, and for that reason, I am not accepting money from any PACs or special interest groups. Join this people-powered campaign to help us get money out of politics.[6]

—Mindi Messmer's campaign website (2018)[7]

2016

Messmer's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

  • Health and environment
  • Excerpt: As an invited member of the Governor's Task Force for the Pediatric Cancer Cluster Investigation, we are working to raise awareness of environmental issues that could trigger health impacts.
  • Sea-level rise
  • Excerpt: Living in this vibrant Seacoast community makes us vulnerable to future flooding due to sea level rise. This is an important issue that needs to be tackled to maintain our way of life, property values and safety.
  • Environmental planning
  • Excerpt: Planning ahead for overall community health is crucial for maintaining our beautiful and vibrant seacoast community.
  • Seabrook radiation monitoring
  • Excerpt: It is shocking that New Hampshire does not have any real-time monitoring of radiation from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, especially considering Massachusetts does.[6]

Campaign finance summary


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Mindi Messmer campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018U.S. House New Hampshire District 1Lost primary$132,596 $126,943
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 24Won $4,759 N/A**
Grand total$137,355 $126,943
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2018

In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to civil liberties.
Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on health issues.
Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
Legislators are scored by the organization "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
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Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016




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