Peter Varney
2022 - Present
2026
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Peter Varney (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Belknap 7. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Varney (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Belknap 7. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Peter Varney's career experience includes owning ATS Applied Technical Services and working as an emergency management director. Varney has served as the chief of the New Durham Fire Department.[1]
Committee assignments
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2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Varney served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Municipal and County Governments |
Sponsored legislation
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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 Belknap 7 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Varney (R) | 21.9 | 4,159 |
| ✔ | Barbara Comtois (R) | 21.2 | 4,031 | |
| ✔ |  | Paul Terry (R) | 21.1 | 4,019 |
| Ruth Larson (D) | 13.4 | 2,547 | ||
| Susan Church Stevens (D) | 11.2 | 2,130 | ||
| Stephanie Vuolo (D) | 11.2 | 2,124 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 19,018 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)
Ruth Larson, Susan Church Stevens, and Stephanie Vuolo defeated Alan Glassman in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ruth Larson | 53.6 | 640 | |
| ✔ | Susan Church Stevens | 35.0 | 418 | |
| ✔ | Stephanie Vuolo (Write-in) | 9.1 | 109 | |
| Alan Glassman (Write-in) | 1.3 | 15 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 1,195 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)
Incumbent Paul Terry, incumbent Peter Varney, and incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated Brianna Weller in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Terry | 29.5 | 1,100 |
| ✔ | | Peter Varney | 29.2 | 1,089 |
| ✔ | Barbara Comtois | 27.1 | 1,009 | |
| Brianna Weller | 13.5 | 503 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 3,728 | |||
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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 Belknap 7 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Varney (R) | 20.6 | 2,999 |
| ✔ | Barbara Comtois (R) | 20.6 | 2,992 | |
| ✔ | | Paul Terry (R) | 20.4 | 2,966 |
| Sherry Dumais (D) | 13.4 | 1,951 | ||
| William O'Neil (D) | 12.7 | 1,853 | ||
| Stephen Copithorne (D) | 12.2 | 1,774 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 14,538 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)
William O'Neil, Stephen Copithorne, and Sherry Dumais advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William O'Neil | 46.9 | 406 | |
| ✔ | Stephen Copithorne | 41.2 | 356 | |
| ✔ | Sherry Dumais (Write-in) | 8.4 | 73 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.5 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 865 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)
Incumbent Peter Varney, incumbent Paul Terry, and incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated David Hershey in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Varney | 29.0 | 1,021 |
| ✔ | | Paul Terry | 25.5 | 899 |
| ✔ | Barbara Comtois | 23.9 | 843 | |
| David Hershey | 21.3 | 750 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 3,525 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Peter Varney and Paul Terry defeated Duane Hammond and Stephen Copithorne in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Varney (R) | 32.7 | 3,651 |
| ✔ | | Paul Terry (R) | 31.7 | 3,539 |
| Duane Hammond (D) | 17.9 | 2,003 | ||
| Stephen Copithorne (D) | 17.7 | 1,974 | ||
| Total votes: 11,167 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
Duane Hammond and Stephen Copithorne advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Duane Hammond | 51.0 | 561 | |
| ✔ | Stephen Copithorne | 49.0 | 539 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,101 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Peter Varney and Paul Terry advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Varney | 56.1 | 1,097 |
| ✔ | | Paul Terry | 43.4 | 849 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 1,956 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
George Feeney and incumbent Peter Varney defeated Betty Ann Abbott and Michelle Carter in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | George Feeney (R) | 31.4 | 2,512 | |
| ✔ | | Peter Varney (R) | 30.0 | 2,404 |
| Betty Ann Abbott (D) | 20.3 | 1,621 | ||
| Michelle Carter (D) | 18.3 | 1,463 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 8,001 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
Betty Ann Abbott and Michelle Carter advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Betty Ann Abbott | 55.6 | 523 | |
| ✔ | Michelle Carter | 44.4 | 418 | |
| Total votes: 941 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Peter Varney and George Feeney advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Varney | 56.6 | 660 |
| ✔ | George Feeney | 43.4 | 506 | |
| Total votes: 1,166 | |||
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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 David Russell (R) did not seek re-election.
Michael F. Maloney and incumbent Peter Varney defeated Elizabeth Abbott and Hammond Brown in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 5 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 5 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Michael F. Maloney |
34.24% | 3,287 | |
| Republican | Peter Varney Incumbent |
32.01% | 3,073 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Abbott | 18.59% | 1,785 | |
| Democratic | Hammond Brown | 15.17% | 1,456 | |
| Total Votes | 9,601 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Elizabeth Abbott and Hammond Brown were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 5 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 5 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Abbott | |
| Democratic | Hammond Brown | |
Michael F. Maloney and incumbent Peter Varney defeated Gerald Theodora in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 5 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 5 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Michael F. Maloney |
32.81% | 461 | |
| Republican | Peter Varney Incumbent |
50.82% | 714 | |
| Republican | Gerald Theodora | 16.37% | 230 | |
| Total Votes | 1,405 | |||
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. Deborah Chase and Hammond Brown were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while David Russell and Peter Varney defeated Joel Lambert, Mike Metcalfe and Gerald Theodora in the Republican primary. Chase, Brown, Russell and Varney all faced off in the general election.[6] The two Republicans, Russell and Varney, were victorious over the two Democrats, Chase and Brown, in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | David Russell |
33.1% | 2,339 | |
| Republican | Peter Varney |
33% | 2,335 | |
| Democratic | Deborah Chase | 19% | 1,340 | |
| Democratic | Hammond Brown | 14.9% | 1,053 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 7,068 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Peter Varney |
35.9% | 584 |
| David Russell |
29.6% | 482 |
| Mike Metcalfe | 13.2% | 215 |
| Gerald Theodora | 10.9% | 178 |
| Joel Lambert | 10.4% | 170 |
| Total Votes | 1,629 | |
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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In 2024, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2023
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In 2023, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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2020
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2019
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2018
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In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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2016
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2015
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In 2015, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Peter Varney," accessed May 18, 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
