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Peter Leishman
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 3

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Unity College

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Peter Leishman (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 33. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Leishman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 33. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Peter Leishman earned an A.A. from Unity College.[1] Leishman's career experience includes owning Milford-Bennington Railroad Co.[2] He has served on the Milford Board of Selectmen, on the Peterborough Zoning Board, and with the Peterborough Lions Club.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Leishman was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Leishman was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Leishman 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
Finance - Division I

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Leishman served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Leishman served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Leishman served on the following committees:

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 Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Incumbent Peter Leishman and incumbent Jonah Wheeler defeated Kimberly Thomas in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman (D)
 
39.4
 
2,932
Image of Jonah Wheeler
Jonah Wheeler (D)
 
39.3
 
2,920
Kimberly Thomas (R)
 
20.9
 
1,555
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
28

Total votes: 7,435
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jonah Wheeler and incumbent Peter Leishman defeated Ivy Vann in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonah Wheeler
Jonah Wheeler
 
37.7
 
1,020
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman
 
36.1
 
977
Ivy Vann
 
26.1
 
706
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,704
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Kimberly Thomas advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kimberly Thomas
 
91.2
 
416
 Other/Write-in votes
 
8.8
 
40

Total votes: 456
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Jonah Wheeler and incumbent Peter Leishman defeated Rachel Maidment and Matthew Pilcher in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonah Wheeler
Jonah Wheeler (D)
 
36.0
 
2,538
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman (D)
 
34.5
 
2,433
Rachel Maidment (R)
 
15.0
 
1,054
Matthew Pilcher (R)
 
14.5
 
1,020
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 7,048
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Jonah Wheeler and incumbent Peter Leishman defeated incumbent Ivy Vann in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonah Wheeler
Jonah Wheeler
 
34.9
 
817
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman
 
33.2
 
777
Ivy Vann
 
31.8
 
744
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
4

Total votes: 2,342
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 (2 seats)

Matthew Pilcher and Rachel Maidment advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Matthew Pilcher
 
50.9
 
321
Rachel Maidment
 
48.0
 
303
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
7

Total votes: 631
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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 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Peter Leishman and incumbent Ivy Vann defeated Christopher Maidment and David Pilcher in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman (D)
 
34.7
 
2,732
Ivy Vann (D)
 
33.0
 
2,604
Christopher Maidment (R)
 
17.3
 
1,361
David Pilcher (R)
 
14.9
 
1,171
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
11

Total votes: 7,879
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Ivy Vann and incumbent Peter Leishman defeated Judy Ferstenberg in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ivy Vann
 
42.2
 
1,032
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman
 
41.1
 
1,005
Image of Judy Ferstenberg
Judy Ferstenberg
 
16.4
 
401
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
5

Total votes: 2,443
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 (2 seats)

Christopher Maidment and David Pilcher advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Christopher Maidment
 
58.3
 
358
David Pilcher
 
40.2
 
247
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
9

Total votes: 614
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Peter Leishman and incumbent Ivy Vann won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman (D)
 
50.6
 
2,332
Ivy Vann (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.4
 
2,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
49

Total votes: 4,613
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Peter Leishman and incumbent Ivy Vann defeated Adam Hamilton in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Leishman
Peter Leishman
 
34.8
 
782
Ivy Vann Candidate Connection
 
34.7
 
780
Adam Hamilton
 
30.4
 
683

Total votes: 2,245
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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 Ivy Vann and incumbent Peter Leishman defeated Gary J. Carpenter in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 24 general election.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ivy Vann Incumbent 36.22% 2,105
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter Leishman Incumbent 39.37% 2,288
     Republican Gary J. Carpenter 24.42% 1,419
Total Votes 5,812
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Ivy Vann and incumbent Peter Leishman were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 24 Democratic primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ivy Vann Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter Leishman Incumbent


Gary J. Carpenter ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 24 Republican primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gary J. Carpenter  (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 Peter Leishman and Ivy Vann defeated Kath Allen in the Democratic primary. Gary J. Carpenter ran as an independent candidate. Leishman, Allen and Carpenter faced off in the general election.[7] Both Democratic candidates, Leishman and Vann, were victorious in the contest. Carpenter was defeated.[8]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Leishman Incumbent 39.7% 1,642
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngIvy Vann 35.3% 1,463
     Independent Gary J. Carpenter 24.3% 1,007
     NA Scatter 0.7% 27
Total Votes 4,139


New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 24 District Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Leishman Incumbent 46.3% 448
Green check mark transparent.pngIvy Vann 31.7% 307
Kath Allen 22% 213
Total Votes 968

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Leishman won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 24. Leishman was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 24, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJill Shaffer Hammond 39.1% 2,286
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Leishman Incumbent 38.9% 2,277
     Republican Bruce Marcus Incumbent 22% 1,285
Total Votes 5,848

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011

Leishman defeated David Simpson (R) in the September 20 special election. Since only two candidates filed, no primary was necessary.[11][12]

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

Leishman failed to advance past the November 2, 2010, general election.

Leishman advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Jill Hammond (D), Steve Spratt (D), Kath Allen (D), James Coffey (R), Bruce Marcus (R), Jim Parison (R), and Robert Huxley (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 3 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png James Coffey (R) 2,659
Green check mark transparent.png Jim Parison (R) 2,529
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Marcus (R) 2,391
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Huxley (R) 2,338
Jill Hammond (D) 2,313
Steve Spratt (D) 2,308
Peter Leishman (D) 2,299
Kath Allen (D) 2,212

2008

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Leishman won election by finishing fourth for the four-seat Hillsborough 3 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, receiving 2,947 votes behind Republican Andrew Peterson (3,959) and Democrats Anne-Marie Irwin (3,748) and Jill Hammond (3,156) and ahead of Democrat Regina Vorce (2,581), Republican Ronald Scaccia (2,388), independent Dana Glow (1,523), and "Others" (24).[13]

Leishman raised $3,019 for his campaign, against $12,078 by Peterson, $500 by Irwin, $1,946 by Hammond, and $831 by Vorce.[14]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 3
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Andrew Peterson (R) 3,959
Green check mark transparent.png Anne-Marie Irwin (D) 3,748
Green check mark transparent.png Jill Hammond (D) 3,156
Green check mark transparent.png Peter Leishman (D) 2,947
Regina Vorce (D) 2,581
Ronald Scaccia (R) 2,388
Dana Glow (I) 1,523
Others 24

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Peter Leishman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2011

Leishman's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[15]

  • Right-To-Work: "Peter supports Governor Lynch’s veto of the Right to Work bill (HB 474). The debate is clearly driven by national outside interest groups and has not been an issue for either New Hampshire businesses or workers."
  • Marriage Equality: "Peter believes Marriage Equality is a civil right that protect individuals’ freedom from unwarranted infringement by government and private organizations."
  • The 2011-2012 Budget: "This budget will and already has had a devastating impact on our State hospitals. The combination of new taxes on hospitals and other program cuts total more than $250M... These cuts will harm New Hampshire’s long-term economic development and ability to recruit new businesses. Additionally, the budget cut millions of dollars from domestic violence programs, mental health services, and childcare."
  • Abortion Rights: "Peter supports a woman’s right to choose."
  • Local Education Funding: "Peter does not support a constitutional amendment that would return more if not all of the responsibility of funding our local public schools to the towns and cities."

Campaign finance summary


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Peter Leishman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33Won general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33Won general$1,413 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24Won general$992 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 24Won general$1,457 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 24Won $0 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 24Won $1,373 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 24Won $0 N/A**
2011New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 3Won $6,843 N/A**
2010New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 24Won $2,278 N/A**
2008New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 6Won $3,019 N/A**
2006New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 6Won $2,031 N/A**
2004New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 6Lost $0 N/A**
2002New Hampshire House, District 47Lost $817 N/A**
2000New Hampshire House, District 18Won $0 N/A**
1998New Hampshire House, District 18Won $0 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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