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Thom Rossi
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kate Murray (D) | 69.8 | 2,462 |
![]() | Thom Rossi (R) ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Thom Rossi ![]() | 99.3 | 268 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2 |
Total votes: 270 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rossi in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's 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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|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.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 14, 2024