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New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1
Incumbents
Assumed office: December 4, 2024
Assumed office: December 4, 2024
Assumed office: December 4, 2024

New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 is represented by Joseph Barton (R), Calvin Beaulier (R), and Darrell Louis (R).

As of the 2020 Census, New Hampshire state representatives represented an average of 3,448 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 3,304 residents.

About the office

Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. New Hampshire legislators assume office on the first Wednesday of December following the general election.[1]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[2]

  • At least 18 years of age
  • A registered voter
  • A resident of the state for two years immediately preceding the election
  • A resident of the town or ward the candidate is running to represent


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[3]
SalaryPer diem
$100/yearNo per diem is paid.

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the New Hampshire General Court, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. The governor and executive council must call a special election within 21 days of receiving proof of a vacancy or a request that a vacancy be filled.[4][5][6]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: New Hampshire Cons. Part II, Articles 16 and 34 and New Hampshire Rev. Stat. Ann. § 661:8


District map

Redistricting

2020 redistricting cycle

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire after the 2020 census

On March 23, 2022, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed a new state house map into law. On May 6, Sununu signed a new state senate map into law. These maps took effect for New Hampshire's 2022 elections.

On Jan. 5, 2022, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 186-168 to approve the state House map.[7] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[7] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[7]

On Feb. 16, the state Senate voted 14-10 to approve the state Senate map. On April 21, the House voted 172-149 to approve the map.[8]

How does redistricting in New Hampshire work? In New Hampshire, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[9]

State law requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous, and maintain the boundaries of towns, wards, or unincorporated places." There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1
until December 6, 2022

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1
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Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darrell Louis
Darrell Louis (R)
 
19.4
 
3,238
Joseph Barton (R)
 
18.2
 
3,039
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.4
 
2,911
Linda Massimilla (D)
 
16.5
 
2,755
Image of Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan (D)
 
15.3
 
2,551
Vern Masters (D)
 
13.2
 
2,203
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 16,698
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla, Timothy Egan, and Vern Masters advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla
 
38.3
 
716
Image of Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan
 
34.0
 
636
Vern Masters
 
27.2
 
508
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
10

Total votes: 1,870
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

Darrell Louis, Calvin Beaulier, and Joseph Barton defeated Samuel Mealey in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darrell Louis
Darrell Louis
 
29.9
 
633
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier Candidate Connection
 
25.9
 
548
Joseph Barton
 
24.4
 
517
Image of Samuel Mealey
Samuel Mealey
 
19.0
 
403
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
16

Total votes: 2,117
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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Matthew Simon (R)
 
18.4
 
2,358
Image of David Rochefort
David Rochefort (R)
 
17.9
 
2,292
Linda Massimilla (D)
 
16.9
 
2,171
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier (R)
 
16.1
 
2,058
Jordan Applewhite (D) Candidate Connection
 
15.5
 
1,984
Image of Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan (D)
 
15.3
 
1,958
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 12,822
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla, Jordan Applewhite, and incumbent Timothy Egan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla
 
37.1
 
498
Jordan Applewhite Candidate Connection
 
31.8
 
428
Image of Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan
 
30.4
 
409
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
9

Total votes: 1,344
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (3 seats)

Incumbent Matthew Simon, David Rochefort, and Calvin Beaulier advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Matthew Simon
 
38.3
 
756
Image of David Rochefort
David Rochefort
 
32.6
 
643
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier
 
28.8
 
567
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
6

Total votes: 1,972
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla and Joseph DePalma IV defeated Sally Sherrard and Calvin Beaulier in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla (D)
 
28.3
 
2,364
Image of Joseph DePalma IV
Joseph DePalma IV (R)
 
25.9
 
2,161
Sally Sherrard (D)
 
23.3
 
1,951
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier (R) Candidate Connection
 
22.5
 
1,883

Total votes: 8,359
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla and Sally Sherrard advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla
 
58.8
 
659
Sally Sherrard
 
40.4
 
452
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
9

Total votes: 1,120
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Joseph DePalma IV and Calvin Beaulier advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joseph DePalma IV
Joseph DePalma IV
 
56.3
 
524
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier Candidate Connection
 
42.9
 
399
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
8

Total votes: 931
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2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla and incumbent Erin Hennessey defeated Jan Edick and Calvin Beaulier in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla (D)
 
30.1
 
1,882
Image of Erin Hennessey
Erin Hennessey (R)
 
27.7
 
1,729
Jan Edick (D)
 
22.6
 
1,412
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier (R)
 
19.6
 
1,222
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 6,246
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Incumbent Linda Massimilla and Jan Edick advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Linda Massimilla
 
61.9
 
490
Jan Edick
 
38.1
 
302

Total votes: 792
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 (2 seats)

Incumbent Erin Hennessey and Calvin Beaulier advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Erin Hennessey
Erin Hennessey
 
64.2
 
397
Image of Calvin Beaulier
Calvin Beaulier
 
35.8
 
221

Total votes: 618
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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 Linda Massimilla and incumbent Erin Tapper Hennessey defeated John Dotski and Mike Gilman in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Grafton 1 general election.[10][11]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Grafton 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Massimilla Incumbent 27.98% 2,070
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Erin Tapper Hennessey Incumbent 28.43% 2,103
     Democratic John Dotski 17.39% 1,286
     Republican Mike Gilman 26.20% 1,938
Total Votes 7,397
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


John Dotski and incumbent Linda Massimilla were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Grafton 1 Democratic primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Grafton 1 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John Dotski
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Massimilla Incumbent


Mike Gilman and incumbent Erin Tapper Hennessey were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Grafton 1 Republican primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Grafton 1 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Gilman
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Erin Tapper Hennessey Incumbent

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 Linda Massimilla and Donna Devlin were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Erin Tapper Hennessey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Anthony F. Ilacqua (R) was removed from the ballot following his death. Massimilla , Devlin, write-in candidate Kevin Hastings (R) and Hennessey faced off in the general election.[14] Incumbent Massimilla and Hennessey defeated Devlin and Hastings in the general election.[15]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngErin Tapper Hennessey 27.4% 1,483
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Massimilla Incumbent 24.6% 1,330
     Republican Kevin Hastings 24.2% 1,307
     Democratic Donna Devlin 23.8% 1,285
     NA Scatter 0% 2
Total Votes 5,407

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of New Hampshire House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on September 11, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 15, 2012. Linda Massimilla (D) and Ralph Doolan (R) defeated incumbent Lyle Bulis (R) in the general election. Massimilla was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Doolan and Bulis were unopposed in the Republican primary.[16][17][18]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Grafton 1, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Massimilla 40.4% 2,255
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRalph Doolan 29.8% 1,662
     Republican Lyle Bulis Incumbent 29.7% 1,658
Total Votes 5,575

Campaign contributions

From 2004 to 2024, candidates for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 raised a total of $50,676. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $1,152 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $0 6 $0
2022 $20,704 6 $3,451
2020 $2,240 1 $2,240
2018 $4,814 4 $1,203
2016 $1,794 4 $449
2014 $5,860 4 $1,465
2012 $0 3 $0
2010 $0 3 $0
2008 $830 3 $277
2006 $9,306 5 $1,861
2004 $5,129 5 $1,026
Total $50,676 44 $1,152


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. New Hampshire Constitution, "Part II, Article 3," accessed February 10, 2021
  2. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed May 23, 2025
  3. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  4. State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-House of Representatives," accessed February 10, 2021 (Sections 12 and 16)
  5. State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-Senate," accessed February 10, 2021 (Section 34)
  6. New Hampshire General Court, "Title LXIII: Elections," accessed February 10, 2021 (Title LXIII, Chapter 661:8)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 New Hampshire General Court, "HB50," accessed February 16, 2022
  8. New Hampshire General Court, "SB240," accessed February 16, 2022
  9. 9.0 9.1 All About Redistricting, "New Hampshire," accessed May 5, 2015
  10. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
  11. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
  12. 12.0 12.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
  13. 13.0 13.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
  14. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
  15. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
  16. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed December 6, 2013
  17. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Candidate List," accessed December 6, 2013
  18. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed December 6, 2013


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