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Tom Hsu
Tom Hsu (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Cheshire 18. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hsu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tom Hsu was born in New York, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1986. His career experience includes working as an author, restaurant cook, carpenter, mechanic, engineer, teacher, scientist, entrepreneur, and company president.[1]
He has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Rotary Club of Rindge and Jaffrey
- Jaffrey Conservation Commission
- Cathedral of the Pines (Rindge)
- Park Theatre (Jaffrey)
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Rita Mattson and incumbent Jim Qualey defeated Hannah Bissex and Tom Hsu in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rita Mattson (R) | 28.1 | 4,061 |
| ✔ |  | Jim Qualey (R) | 27.0 | 3,903 |
| Hannah Bissex (D) | 23.7 | 3,420 | ||
 | Tom Hsu (D)  | 21.2 | 3,056 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 14,441 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Hannah Bissex and Tom Hsu defeated Jed Brummer in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hannah Bissex | 42.6 | 894 | |
| ✔ | | Tom Hsu | 31.8 | 667 |
| Jed Brummer | 25.5 | 534 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 2,097 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 (2 seats)
Rita Mattson and incumbent Jim Qualey advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 18 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rita Mattson | 49.7 | 1,041 |
| ✔ | | Jim Qualey | 48.7 | 1,020 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 2,094 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hsu in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tom Hsu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hsu'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 companies were all in science education and I am a lifelong teacher, committed to public schools. As the author of more than a dozen middle and high school science textbooks, I have a very broad background in science, engineering, and technology. This wil help me bring good jobs to New Hampshire, as I have already done with CPO Science, now a division of Delta Education in Nashua.
Personal freedoms are a critical issue for me. Government has no right to tell us who to be, how to love, or what accepted medical practices (including abortion) that we are allowed to use. Our founding fathers wisely separated church and state and their reasing is as important today as it was then.
My personal life is blessed with a wonderful wife and three (now grown) children.- Politicians have no right to play doctor and dictate what medical care choices a woman may make in consultation with her chosen doctors.
- The New Hampshire system of taxation is grossly unfair to average people. Paying $10,000 in property taxes on an average family income of $65,000 is not right. Yes, schools, roads, and clean water cost money. But how we raise that money has to change. Basing everything on property tax puts an unfair burden on those who can least afford to pay.
- America's future depends on our public schools. Public education was the path out of poverty for my entire family. My dad was a cook at Howard Johnson's and my mom was a waitress. Neither finished high school until long after I was born. I eventually earned a Ph.D. from MIT because I had good teachers and good opportunities in public schools. Investing in our children is the most important investment we can make for America's future.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
