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Russell Muirhead
2020 - Present
2026
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Russell Muirhead (Democratic Party) (also known as Russ) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Grafton 12. He assumed office on December 2, 2020. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Muirhead (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Grafton 12. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Russell Muirhead lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. Muirhead graduated from Central High School. His career experience includes working as an author and a political science teacher at Dartmouth College.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Muirhead was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Muirhead was assigned to the following committees:
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 Grafton 12 (4 seats)
Incumbent Russell Muirhead, incumbent Mary Hakken-Phillips, Ellen Rockmore, and Terry Spahr won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Russell Muirhead (D) | 25.2 | 6,351 |
| ✔ |  | Mary Hakken-Phillips (D) | 25.1 | 6,315 |
| ✔ |  | Ellen Rockmore (D) | 25.1 | 6,305 |
| ✔ |  | Terry Spahr (D) | 24.5 | 6,174 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 25,164 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 (4 seats)
Incumbent Mary Hakken-Phillips, incumbent Russell Muirhead, Ellen Rockmore, and Terry Spahr advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Hakken-Phillips | 25.6 | 1,782 |
| ✔ | | Russell Muirhead | 25.6 | 1,778 |
| ✔ | | Ellen Rockmore | 24.6 | 1,712 |
| ✔ | | Terry Spahr | 23.9 | 1,664 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 6,957 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Muirhead in this election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 (4 seats)
Incumbent Russell Muirhead, incumbent James M. Murphy, incumbent Mary Hakken-Phillips, and incumbent Sharon Nordgren won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Russell Muirhead (D) | 25.0 | 5,386 |
| ✔ |  | James M. Murphy (D) | 24.9 | 5,365 |
| ✔ | | Mary Hakken-Phillips (D) | 24.7 | 5,322 |
| ✔ |  | Sharon Nordgren (D) | 24.7 | 5,312 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 121 | ||
| Total votes: 21,506 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Hakken-Phillips | 21.9 | 1,772 |
| ✔ | | Russell Muirhead | 20.3 | 1,642 |
| ✔ | | Sharon Nordgren | 20.2 | 1,637 |
| ✔ | | James M. Murphy | 18.1 | 1,466 |
 | Miles Brown | 13.8 | 1,119 | |
 | Nicolás Macri | 5.7 | 458 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 8,104 | |||
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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 12 (4 seats)
Incumbent Sharon Nordgren, Russell Muirhead, Mary Hakken-Phillips, and James M. Murphy won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Nordgren (D) | 25.4 | 6,311 |
| ✔ | | Russell Muirhead (D) | 25.1 | 6,252 |
| ✔ | | Mary Hakken-Phillips (D) | 25.0 | 6,228 |
| ✔ | | James M. Murphy (D) | 24.5 | 6,085 |
| Total votes: 24,876 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 12 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Nordgren | 21.3 | 2,097 |
| ✔ | | Russell Muirhead | 15.1 | 1,489 |
| ✔ | | Mary Hakken-Phillips | 12.9 | 1,272 |
| ✔ | | James M. Murphy | 11.7 | 1,151 |
| Brittney Joyce | 11.5 | 1,131 | ||
 | Riley Gordon | 9.9 | 977 | |
| Orian Welling | 7.2 | 714 | ||
| Joanna Jaspersohn | 6.4 | 627 | ||
| Victoria Xiao | 4.1 | 405 | ||
| Total votes: 9,863 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Russell Muirhead did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Russell Muirhead did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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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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See also
2024 Elections
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