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Rita Mattson
2024 - Present
2026
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Rita Mattson (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Cheshire 18. She assumed office on December 4, 2024. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Mattson (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Cheshire 18. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Rita Mattson was born in Atkinson, New Hampshire. She earned a high school diploma from Timberlane Regional High School in 1973.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Rita Mattson and incumbent Jim Qualey defeated Hannah Bissex and Tom Hsu in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rita Mattson (R) | 28.1 | 4,061 |
✔ | Jim Qualey (R) | 27.0 | 3,903 | |
Hannah Bissex (D) | 23.7 | 3,420 | ||
![]() | Tom Hsu (D) ![]() | 21.2 | 3,056 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 |
Total votes: 14,441 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Hannah Bissex and Tom Hsu defeated Jed Brummer in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Hannah Bissex | 42.6 | 894 | |
✔ | ![]() | Tom Hsu ![]() | 31.8 | 667 |
Jed Brummer | 25.5 | 534 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 |
Total votes: 2,097 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Rita Mattson and incumbent Jim Qualey advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rita Mattson | 49.7 | 1,041 |
✔ | Jim Qualey | 48.7 | 1,020 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 33 |
Total votes: 2,094 | ||||
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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 Cheshire 13
Incumbent Richard Ames defeated Rita Mattson in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Ames (D) | 53.8 | 1,776 |
![]() | Rita Mattson (R) | 46.2 | 1,525 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 |
Total votes: 3,303 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 13
Incumbent Richard Ames advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 13 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Ames | 100.0 | 589 |
Total votes: 589 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 13
Rita Mattson defeated Donald Primrose and Christopher Mazerall in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 13 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rita Mattson | 69.6 | 466 |
Donald Primrose | 17.9 | 120 | ||
Christopher Mazerall | 12.4 | 83 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 |
Total votes: 670 | ||||
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2021
See also: New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2021
General election
Special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9
Andrew Maneval defeated Rita Mattson in the special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on October 26, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrew Maneval (D) | 64.9 | 1,209 |
![]() | Rita Mattson (R) | 35.1 | 655 |
Total votes: 1,864 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Primrose (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9
Andrew Maneval advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on September 7, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrew Maneval | 100.0 | 327 |
Total votes: 327 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9
Rita Mattson defeated Lucille Decker in the special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on September 7, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rita Mattson | 83.2 | 232 |
Lucille Decker | 16.8 | 47 |
Total votes: 279 | ||||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Richard Ames and incumbent Douglas Ley defeated Rita Mattson and Leo Plante in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Ames (D) | 29.5 | 2,651 |
✔ | Douglas Ley (D) | 27.5 | 2,475 | |
![]() | Rita Mattson (R) | 21.9 | 1,964 | |
Leo Plante (R) | 21.1 | 1,894 |
Total votes: 8,984 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Richard Ames and incumbent Douglas Ley advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Ames | 50.1 | 1,122 |
✔ | Douglas Ley | 49.6 | 1,111 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 5 |
Total votes: 2,238 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 (2 seats)
Leo Plante and Rita Mattson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 9 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Leo Plante | 54.9 | 543 | |
✔ | ![]() | Rita Mattson | 45.1 | 446 |
Total votes: 989 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rita Mattson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Rita Mattson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Rita Mattson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Rita Mattson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes