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Scott Burns

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Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

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Scott Burns (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 2.

Burns (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 3. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Burns served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013
Environment and Agriculture

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Bryan Morse and Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez defeated Scott Burns and Justine Hoppe in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bryan Morse (R) Candidate Connection
 
28.9
 
2,178
Image of Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez
Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez (R) Candidate Connection
 
26.7
 
2,009
Scott Burns (D)
 
24.0
 
1,811
Image of Justine Hoppe
Justine Hoppe (D)
 
20.3
 
1,531
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 7,536
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Scott Burns and Justine Hoppe advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Scott Burns
 
53.8
 
443
Image of Justine Hoppe
Justine Hoppe
 
45.3
 
373
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
7

Total votes: 823
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Bryan Morse and Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez defeated Werner Horn in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bryan Morse Candidate Connection
 
37.7
 
503
Image of Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez
Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez Candidate Connection
 
36.1
 
481
Image of Werner Horn
Werner Horn
 
25.0
 
333
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
17

Total votes: 1,334
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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 Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Incumbent Dave Testerman and incumbent James Mason defeated Scott Burns and Miriam Kovacs in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman (R)
 
29.9
 
1,584
Image of James Mason
James Mason (R)
 
27.0
 
1,430
Scott Burns (D)
 
23.6
 
1,253
Miriam Kovacs (D)
 
19.4
 
1,026
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
6

Total votes: 5,299
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Scott Burns and Miriam Kovacs advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Scott Burns
 
52.7
 
269
Miriam Kovacs
 
46.5
 
237
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
4

Total votes: 510
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 (2 seats)

Incumbent Dave Testerman and incumbent James Mason defeated Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman
 
38.2
 
411
Image of James Mason
James Mason
 
33.4
 
359
Image of Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez
Ernesto Leonardo Gonzalez Candidate Connection
 
27.7
 
298
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
8

Total votes: 1,076
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

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

Incumbent Dave Testerman and James Mason defeated Scott Burns and Terry Smith in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman (R)
 
29.1
 
1,575
Image of James Mason
James Mason (R)
 
29.0
 
1,568
Scott Burns (D)
 
22.7
 
1,226
Terry Smith (D)
 
19.2
 
1,041
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

Total votes: 5,412
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Democratic primary election

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

Scott Burns and Terry Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Scott Burns
 
54.3
 
338
Terry Smith
 
45.4
 
283
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
2

Total votes: 623
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Dave Testerman and James Mason defeated Christopher Gronski in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman
 
46.5
 
465
Image of James Mason
James Mason
 
28.7
 
287
Christopher Gronski
 
23.9
 
239
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
10

Total votes: 1,001
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

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

Incumbent Dave Testerman and incumbent Werner Horn defeated Scott Burns and Delaney Carrier in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman (R)
 
27.7
 
1,030
Image of Werner Horn
Werner Horn (R)
 
26.7
 
996
Scott Burns (D)
 
25.4
 
946
Delaney Carrier (D)
 
20.1
 
750
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 3,724
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Democratic primary election

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

Scott Burns and Delaney Carrier advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Scott Burns
 
57.0
 
272
Delaney Carrier
 
43.0
 
205

Total votes: 477
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Dave Testerman and incumbent Werner Horn advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Testerman
Dave Testerman
 
53.0
 
358
Image of Werner Horn
Werner Horn
 
47.0
 
317

Total votes: 675
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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 Harold F. French (R) did not seek re-election.

Incumbent Werner D. Horn and Dave Testerman defeated Ruth Bowley and Scott Burns in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 2 general election.[1][2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Werner D. Horn Incumbent 27.74% 1,315
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dave Testerman 29.04% 1,377
     Democratic Ruth Bowley 18.01% 854
     Democratic Scott Burns 25.21% 1,195
Total Votes 4,741
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Ruth Bowley and Scott Burns were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 2 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 2 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ruth Bowley
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Scott Burns


Incumbent Werner D. Horn and Dave Testerman were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 2 Republican primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Werner D. Horn Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dave Testerman

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 Scott Burns and Lucy Natkiel were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Harold F. French and Werner D. Horn were unopposed in the Republican primary. Burns, Natkiel, French and Horn faced off in the general election. Twelve votes separated the top three finishers: Horn with 852, French with 841 and Burns with 840, forcing a mandatory recount. The recount was held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014.[5][6] French and Horn were declared the winners, defeating Burns and Natkei.[7]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWerner D. Horn 26% 853
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngHarold F. French 25.7% 844
     Democrat Scott Burns Incumbent 25.6% 841
     Democrat Lucy Natkiel 22.7% 746
Total Votes 3,284

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Burns won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 2. Burns was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 2, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngScott Burns 29.7% 1,408
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Reed Incumbent 26.1% 1,234
     Democratic Delaney Franklin Carrier 22.3% 1,056
     Republican Jim Mason 21.9% 1,038
Total Votes 4,736

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Scott Burns did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Scott Burns did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Scott Burns campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3Lost general$3,970 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3Lost general$10,924 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2Lost general$908 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2Lost general$1,730 N/A**
Grand total$17,531 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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2014

In 2014, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, second year, was in session from January 8 through June 13.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2013


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