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Peter Silva

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Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 26

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Peter Silva (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 35. He assumed office on December 3, 2014. He left office in 2016.

Silva (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 11. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Silva served on these committee:

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski (D)
 
20.1
 
2,586
Image of William Darby
William Darby (D)
 
18.8
 
2,417
Image of Manoj Chourasia
Manoj Chourasia (D)
 
18.4
 
2,368
Kristie Hart (R)
 
14.4
 
1,856
Peter Silva (R)
 
14.3
 
1,839
Robert Sullivan (R)
 
13.8
 
1,779
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
4

Total votes: 12,849
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 (3 seats)

Incumbent Laura Telerski, incumbent William Darby, and Manoj Chourasia advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski
 
36.6
 
597
Image of William Darby
William Darby
 
32.0
 
522
Image of Manoj Chourasia
Manoj Chourasia
 
31.3
 
510
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 1,630
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 (3 seats)

Peter Silva, Kristie Hart, and Robert Sullivan advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Peter Silva
 
35.4
 
462
Kristie Hart
 
33.0
 
431
Robert Sullivan
 
31.2
 
408
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
5

Total votes: 1,306
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Silva signed the following pledges.

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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 11 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi (D)
 
20.6
 
2,011
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski (D)
 
20.6
 
2,009
Image of William Darby
William Darby (D) Candidate Connection
 
19.7
 
1,926
Kristie Hart (R)
 
13.7
 
1,334
Peter Silva (R)
 
13.5
 
1,319
Brett Powell (R)
 
11.9
 
1,166

Total votes: 9,765
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 (3 seats)

Incumbent Latha Mangipudi, incumbent Laura Telerski, and William Darby advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi
 
34.5
 
425
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski
 
34.1
 
421
Image of William Darby
William Darby Candidate Connection
 
31.1
 
384
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
3

Total votes: 1,233
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 (3 seats)

Peter Silva, Kristie Hart, and Brett Powell advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Peter Silva
 
37.4
 
383
Kristie Hart
 
32.2
 
330
Brett Powell
 
28.6
 
293
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.8
 
18

Total votes: 1,024
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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 35 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski (D)
 
20.4
 
2,901
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi (D)
 
20.4
 
2,899
Skip Cleaver (D)
 
18.8
 
2,672
Peter Silva (R)
 
14.4
 
2,048
Anthony DiPaolo (R)
 
13.2
 
1,875
Paul Hutsteiner (R)
 
12.6
 
1,794
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
11

Total votes: 14,200
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 (3 seats)

Incumbent Latha Mangipudi, incumbent Laura Telerski, and incumbent Skip Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi
 
35.0
 
787
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski
 
34.0
 
763
Skip Cleaver
 
30.5
 
685
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
11

Total votes: 2,246
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 (3 seats)

Peter Silva, Anthony DiPaolo, and Paul Hutsteiner advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Peter Silva
 
38.3
 
506
Anthony DiPaolo
 
31.4
 
414
Paul Hutsteiner
 
29.6
 
391
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
9

Total votes: 1,320
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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 35 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski (D)
 
21.6
 
2,215
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi (D)
 
21.3
 
2,186
Skip Cleaver (D)
 
19.8
 
2,032
Peter Silva (R)
 
13.5
 
1,387
Paul Hutsteiner (R)
 
11.9
 
1,222
Michael Mader (R)
 
11.8
 
1,216
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 10,265
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 (3 seats)

Incumbent Latha Mangipudi, Laura Telerski, and incumbent Skip Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Latha Mangipudi
Latha Mangipudi
 
36.2
 
601
Image of Laura Telerski
Laura Telerski
 
34.0
 
565
Skip Cleaver
 
29.8
 
495

Total votes: 1,661
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 (3 seats)

Paul Hutsteiner advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Paul Hutsteiner
 
100.0
 
414

Total votes: 414
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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 Daniel Hansberry, incumbent Latha Mangipudi and Donald T. Jean were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Ronald G. Brophy, II and Ed Stebbins were unopposed in the Republican primary. Hansberry, Mangipudi, Jean, Brophy, Stebbins and write-in candidate Pete Silva (R) faced off in the general election.[1] Both incumbents, Hansberry (D) and Mangipudi (D) secured re-election. Additionally, Republican challenger Silva was elected. Brophy, Stebbins, and Jean were defeated in the general election.[2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLatha Mangipudi Incumbent 19.1% 1,573
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPete Silva 17.6% 1,450
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Hansberry Incumbent 17.1% 1,406
     Republican Ed Stebbins 16.1% 1,322
     Democratic Donald T. Jean 15.3% 1,261
     Republican Ronald G. Brophy, II 14.7% 1,208
     NA Scatter 0.2% 16
Total Votes 8,236

2013

See also: New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2013

Silva ran in a special election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough District 35. The seat was vacant following Rep. Roland LaPlante (D)'s resignation due to his health. Silva was unopposed in the September 17 Republican primary and was defeated by Latha Mangipudi (D) in the special election, which took place on November 5.[3][4][5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough District 35, Special Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLatha Mangipudi 59% 862
     Republican Peter Silva 41% 598
Total Votes 1,460

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Silva ran for re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 35. Silva advanced past the September 11 primary and was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 35, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMary Nelson 19.8% 2,321
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Hansberry 18.8% 2,213
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRoland LaPlante 18.1% 2,121
     Republican Peter Silva Incumbent 15.5% 1,827
     Republican Bill Joransen 14.3% 1,675
     Republican Michael Reed Incumbent 13.6% 1,593
Total Votes 11,750
New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 35 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Silva Incumbent 32.6% 344
Green check mark transparent.pngBill Joransen 27.4% 289
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Reed Incumbent 21.8% 230
Ed Stebbins 18.1% 191
Total Votes 1,054

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Silva was re-elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 26 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Peter Silva (R) 4,554
Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Brown (R) 4,238
Green check mark transparent.png Bill Ohm (R) 4,152
Green check mark transparent.png Randall Whitehead (R) 4,010
Green check mark transparent.png Barry Palmer (R) 3,977
Green check mark transparent.png Don LeBrun (R) 3,920
Green check mark transparent.png David Robbins (R) 3,758
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Reed (R) 3,749
Green check mark transparent.png James Summers (R) 3,637
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Krasucki (R) 3,601
Angeline Kopka (d) 3,531
Brian Poznanski (D) 3,384
Michael O'Brien (D) 3,266
John Kelley (D) 3,193
Carolyn Lisle (D) 2,968
Arthur Douzanis (D) 2,936
Roland LaPlante (D) 2,911
Tom Finnerty (D) 2,943
Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) 2,868
Richard Thompson (D) 2,696

2008

On November 4, 2008, Peter Silva won one of the 10 available seats to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, receiving 5,743 votes.

Silva raised $2,035 for his campaign.[9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough District 26
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Peter Silva (R) 5,743
Green check mark transparent.png Angeline Kopka (D) 5,869
Green check mark transparent.png John Kelley (D) 5,793
Green check mark transparent.png Kimberly Shaw (D) 5,754
Green check mark transparent.png Michael O'Brien (D) 5,347
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Poznanski (D) 5,291
Green check mark transparent.png Pamela Price (R) 5,242
Green check mark transparent.png Joan Schulze (D) 5,222
Green check mark transparent.png Carolyn Lisle (D) 4,960
Green check mark transparent.png Roland LaPlante (D) 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

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Peter Silva did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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

Campaign finance summary


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Peter Silva campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11Lost general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 11Lost general$0 $0
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 35Lost general$0 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 35Won $0 N/A**
Grand total$0 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.

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