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Thom Rossi
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Newtown High School

Bachelor's

Western Connecticut State University, 1980

Ph.D

Texas A&M University, 1985

Personal
Birthplace
New York, N.Y.
Profession
Scientist
Contact

Thom Rossi (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Rockingham 22. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Rossi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Thom Rossi was born in New York, New York. He graduated from Newtown High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Connecticut State University in 1980 and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1985. His career experience includes working as a scientist and biotech CEO in women's health, dermatology, and rare pediatric diseases. Rossi has been affiliated with the American Chemical Society and the Portsmouth Zoning Board of Adjustment.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22

Incumbent Kate Murray defeated Thom Rossi in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kate Murray
Kate Murray (D)
 
69.8
 
2,462
Image of Thom Rossi
Thom Rossi (R) Candidate Connection
 
30.2
 
1,064
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 3,528
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22

Incumbent Kate Murray advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kate Murray
Kate Murray
 
99.9
 
965
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 966
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22

Thom Rossi advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Thom Rossi
Thom Rossi Candidate Connection
 
99.3
 
268
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
2

Total votes: 270
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Thom Rossi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rossi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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My wife, Kathy, and I moved to the Seacoast area in 2013 initially as renters in Rye and then as homeowners in Portsmouth starting in 2015. We were attracted to this area by the beautiful towns of Portsmouth, New Castle and Rye, and the New Hampshire Advantage.

I was born in Little Italy in New York City, started elementary school in the Bronx, and when my family moved to Connecticut, I attended Sandy Hook Elementary. My father worked in a metal casting foundry all his life, and my mom worked part time as a bank teller. I worked my way through college and earned a BA in chemistry from Western Connecticut State.

Kathy and I met at work in the local grocery store, and we were married in 1980 two weeks before moving to Texas where I attended Texas A&M University and earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1985.

We have two adult children, both of whom are now living in New Hampshire, and are expecting our first grandchild later this year!

My 91 year old mother moved up from Florida in 2016 to be closer to us – we lease her an apartment also in Portsmouth.

I have been a scientist and executive in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries where I mainly focused on women’s health developing new contraceptive products; dermatology developing a novel treatment for rosacea; and rare pediatric skin diseases caused by vascular anomalies.

My vision for the future of District 22 is that it will be a place where middle income families can afford to live and prosper in peace.
  • Prosperity: The cost of living in the seacoast has become prohibitive to the point where middle income families are being squeezed out of the community. To the extent state government can help, it is through lowering our tax burden by reforming property and hospitality taxes. Particularly by ensuring that the donor communities of Portsmouth and New Castle are treated fairly by the state.
  • Opportunity: The other side of the coin for seacoast area property owners and their children is increase the opportunity to find meaningful employment with compensation that suits the cost of living in the area. The state can do more to encourage business growth and diversification by lowering energy costs and creating economic development programs that attract innovative young companies to our region.
  • Choice: Our community is home to people with diverse views on topics that directly affect the choices we make in our lives. Parents must be in control of our children's health and education decisions, not the state. Women must be in control of their own reproductive health choices. I will work to defend New Hampshire's current abortion law (6 months for any reason, thereafter for medical need) against those who would try to push it to either extreme, and to ensure that women have free access to any contraceptive approved by the FDA. I am pro school choice, and local control of school curricula.
I am particularly interested in economic development and continuing to diversify and expand the opportunity for families to find meaningful employment and a sustainable living environment in our region. This drives my specific interests in energy policy, economic development programs, and low taxation.
I look up to my graduate advisor, Dr. Isiah Warner. He worked as a professor of chemistry until his retirement at age 75 after 44 ears of service. I have never met anyone who worked harder and he was a great mentor, teaching me to have confidence in my ability to succeed in a difficult field, and inspiring me to work without tiring toward big goals. His career is noteworthy because of his scientific achievements and also because his research group has produced more Chemistry Ph.D.'s by women and people of color than any other research group in the world. I greatly admire his ability to have a positive impact on others to the extent that he alters the course of people's lives for the better. There can be no better legacy in the world.
Integrity in representing the interests of the community. Transparency in decision making. Accessibility and active listening to diverse views with fair consideration to those which may differ from one's own.
I am thoughtful, able to have reasonable conversations even with those with whom I may disagree. I am dedicated and a hard worker. I can think through problems, I have high integrity, and most importantly I love the seacoast community and all of us who live in it.
Protect state and federal constitutional rights for all residents of New Hampshire. Minimize the cost of government and the regulatory intrusion into every day life. Exercise fiduciary responsibility. Work with the community to solve problems, fostering cooperation and care.
I was a 4-year old child during the Cuban Missile crisis. At the time I lived in Brooklyn with my mother and grandmother. I did not understand the import of it but I distinctly recall sitting on our front stoop with my mother as she anxiously started at the sky and knowing that something scary was happening. I carry a lifelong belief that the one truly existential threat we face is nuclear war.
I worked as a cashier and stock clerk in a local grocery store from age 15 to age 20. It was my only union job - I was a member of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America, AFL-CIO affiliate. The biggest bonus is that I met the young lady who would become my future wife as a fellow employee.
There is an influx of new residents to the state in general and the seacoast in particular. The challenge is to balance this growth with preserving the opportunity for long time residents to continue to prosper and for their future generations to live here and grow. We do not want the seacoast area to become an enclave of "haves and have-nots." We need to find ways to encourage middle and working income families to thrive here.
Not really. In New Hampshire, state legislature positions are intentionally low compensation to discourage people from making a career out of being in the house of representatives. It is more important to get a continuous flow of new ideas and viewpoints from ordinary citizens than to view these positions as careers requiring political experience.
Yes. I think relationships are more important than party affiliations. We need a cross fertilization of ideas to allow the best problem solving for the state.
Reform the property tax distribution formula so that property owners in donor towns such as Portsmouth and New Castle receive more equitable treatment for the community investments were are making to enable the hospitality industry on the seacoast.
Science and Technology
These are core responsibilities of elected officials.

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Thom Rossi campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22Lost general$0 $0
Grand total$0 $0
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

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 14, 2024


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