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Steven Smith, New Hampshire Politician

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Steven Smith
Image of Steven Smith
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Granite State College, 2019

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Steven Smith (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Sullivan 3. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Smith (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Sullivan 3. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Steven Smith graduated from Centereach High School in 1982. Smith earned an A.S. in business administration and management from Granite State College in 2019. His career experience includes co-owning Smith Scale Speedway, owning Boss Bodies, and working as a realtor with Hinch Crowley Realty Associates.[1] Smith has been affiliated with the Council of State Governments Transportation Committee, the National Conference of State Legislatures Natural Resources & Infrastructure Committee, and the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Infrastructure Commission.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Transportation, Chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Smith served on this committee:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

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

Incumbent Skip Rollins, incumbent Steven Smith, and incumbent Walter Spilsbury defeated Nikki Murphy in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Skip Rollins (R)
 
29.9
 
3,936
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith (R)
 
26.7
 
3,508
Image of Walter Spilsbury
Walter Spilsbury (R)
 
23.8
 
3,130
Image of Nikki Murphy
Nikki Murphy (D) Candidate Connection
 
19.5
 
2,566
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
12

Total votes: 13,152
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Democratic primary election

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

Nikki Murphy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nikki Murphy
Nikki Murphy Candidate Connection
 
94.9
 
796
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.1
 
43

Total votes: 839
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Skip Rollins, incumbent Steven Smith, and incumbent Walter Spilsbury advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Skip Rollins
 
38.1
 
898
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith
 
33.3
 
786
Image of Walter Spilsbury
Walter Spilsbury
 
28.1
 
664
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
11

Total votes: 2,359
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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 Sullivan 3 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Skip Rollins (R)
 
21.6
 
2,684
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith (R)
 
20.4
 
2,532
Image of Walter Spilsbury
Walter Spilsbury (R)
 
17.7
 
2,199
Virginia Irwin (D)
 
15.1
 
1,874
Image of John Streeter
John Streeter (D)
 
13.1
 
1,628
Linda Wadensten (D)
 
12.2
 
1,512
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 12,432
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Democratic primary election

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

Virginia Irwin, John Streeter, and Linda Wadensten advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Virginia Irwin
 
38.7
 
489
Image of John Streeter
John Streeter
 
31.3
 
395
Linda Wadensten
 
28.3
 
358
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
21

Total votes: 1,263
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Skip Rollins, incumbent Steven Smith, and incumbent Walter Spilsbury defeated Tobin Menard in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Skip Rollins
 
34.7
 
771
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith
 
32.1
 
713
Image of Walter Spilsbury
Walter Spilsbury
 
19.5
 
433
Image of Tobin Menard
Tobin Menard
 
13.3
 
296
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
11

Total votes: 2,224
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Incumbent Steven Smith defeated Mary Henry in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith (R)
 
62.2
 
3,223
Mary Henry (D)
 
37.8
 
1,961
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 5,185
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Mary Henry advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Henry
 
96.6
 
705
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.4
 
25

Total votes: 730
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Incumbent Steven Smith advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith
 
99.2
 
904
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
7

Total votes: 911
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Incumbent Steven Smith defeated Bruce Cragin in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith (R)
 
54.7
 
2,057
Bruce Cragin (D)
 
45.3
 
1,703

Total votes: 3,760
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Bruce Cragin advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bruce Cragin
 
100.0
 
619

Total votes: 619
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)

Incumbent Steven Smith advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical) on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Smith
Steven Smith
 
100.0
 
573

Total votes: 573
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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 Steven Smith defeated John Tuthill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 11 general election.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 11 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven Smith Incumbent 60.44% 2,856
     Democratic John Tuthill 39.56% 1,869
Total Votes 4,725
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


John Tuthill ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 11 Democratic primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 11 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John Tuthill  (unopposed)


Incumbent Steven Smith ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 11 Republican primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 11 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven Smith Incumbent (unopposed)

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. Linda Wooddell was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Steven Smith was unopposed in the Republican primary. Wooddell and Smith faced off in the general election.[7] Incumbent Smith defeated Wooddell in the general election to secure another term.[8]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Smith Incumbent 56.1% 1,754
     Democratic Linda Wooddell 43.8% 1,370
     NA Scatter 0.1% 2
Total Votes 3,126

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Smith won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 11. Smith was unopposed in the September 11 primary election and defeated Russell Boland (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 11, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Smith Incumbent 50.2% 2,203
     Democratic Russell Boland 49.8% 2,182
Total Votes 4,385

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Smith won re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Smith advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Cynthia Sweeney (D), incumbent Jim McClammer (D) and Thomas Laware (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 5 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Steven Smith (R) 931
Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Laware (R) 900
Cynthia Sweeney (R) 884
Jim McClammer (R) 866

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Steven Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Steven Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Steven Smith campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3Won general$2,250 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 3Won general$6,577 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)Won general$750 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 (Historical)Won general$950 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 11Won $1,450 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 11Won $0 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 11Won $0 N/A**
2010New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 5Won $0 N/A**
2008New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 5Lost $0 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

Smith endorsed Rick Santorum in the 2012 presidential election[11] Smith initially endorsed Herman Cain.[12]

See also


External links


Footnotes


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Dru Fox (D)
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Seth King (R)
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Bill Ohm (R)
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Matt Drew (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
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Zoe Manos (D)
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Mary Ford (R)
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