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Manny Espitia
Manny Espitia (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 31. He assumed office on December 5, 2018. He left office on December 7, 2022.
Espitia (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 31. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Espitia was the New Hampshire state director for Julián Castro's (D) 2020 presidential campaign. Espitia previously worked on the 2016 Clinton and 2012 Obama campaigns. He was hired by the Castro campaign in February 2019.[1]
Career
Prior to working for the Castro campaign, Espitia served as the membership director of the New Hampshire Young Democrats, executive director of the Nashua Democratic City Committee, and legislative director for Free and Fair NH. He has served on the staff of U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) and Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess.[1]
Espitia worked for the Hillary Clinton primary campaign in 2016 and the Barack Obama campaign in 2012. He has also worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Texas.[1]
Espitia graduated from Princeton University in 2011.[2]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2021-2022
Espitia was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Espitia was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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
2022
Manny Espitia did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Cote (D) | 21.1 | 1,700 | |
| ✔ |  | Manny Espitia (D) | 20.7 | 1,669 |
| ✔ |  | Stacie-Marie Laughton (D) | 20.0 | 1,615 |
 | Ryan Terrell (R) | 15.2 | 1,224 | |
| Elizabeth van Twuyver (R) | 12.4 | 999 | ||
| Joost Baumeister (R) | 10.4 | 842 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 8,063 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 (3 seats)
Incumbent David Cote, incumbent Manny Espitia, and Stacie-Marie Laughton defeated incumbent Fred Davis in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Cote | 29.0 | 307 | |
| ✔ | | Manny Espitia | 27.5 | 292 |
| ✔ | | Stacie-Marie Laughton | 23.3 | 247 |
 | Fred Davis | 19.5 | 207 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 1,060 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 (3 seats)
Ryan Terrell, Elizabeth van Twuyver, and Joost Baumeister advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryan Terrell | 39.1 | 202 |
| ✔ | Elizabeth van Twuyver | 32.0 | 165 | |
| ✔ | Joost Baumeister | 27.3 | 141 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 516 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 (3 seats)
Incumbent David Cote, Manny Espitia, and Fred Davis won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Cote (D) | 35.5 | 1,329 | |
| ✔ | | Manny Espitia (D) | 32.6 | 1,221 |
| ✔ | | Fred Davis (D) | 31.0 | 1,160 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 3,746 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 (3 seats)
Incumbent David Cote, Manny Espitia, and Fred Davis advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Cote | 36.2 | 287 | |
| ✔ | | Manny Espitia | 34.2 | 271 |
| ✔ | | Fred Davis | 29.6 | 235 |
| Total votes: 793 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
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Julián Castro 2020 presidential campaign
 New Hampshire state director 2020 Julián Castro presidential campaign 2020 presidential campaign staff | ||
Affiliation: Democratic Party | ||
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National staff members
The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[3] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Julián Castro presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
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| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Maya Rupert | Campaign manager | Executive director, Opportunity First PAC | @MayaRupert |
| Natalie Montelongo | Political director | National campaign strategist for immigrant rights, American Civil Liberties Union | @natimontelongo |
| Matthew Jones | Senior political advisor | Aide to Castro | N/A |
| Lillie Catlin | Organizing director | Deputy organizing director, American Civil Liberties Union | @lilliecatlin |
| Sawyer Hackett | National press secretary | Communications director, office of Rep. David Price | @SawyerHackett |
| Jennifer Fiore | Senior advisor for communications and digital | Senior advisor for communications and digital, Opportunity First PAC | @jennifer_fiore |
| Joseph Czajkowski | National finance director | Finance director, Arizona Democratic Party | @joeycz |
State staff members
| Julián Castro presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Iowa) | ||||
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| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Cynthia Sebian-Lander | Iowa | State director | Campaign manager, Deidre DeJear for Iowa Secretary of State, 2018 | @crslsynth |
| Manny Espitia | New Hampshire | State director | New Hampshire state representative | @mannyfornh |
| Christina Cue | South Carolina | State director | CEO, OnCue Management Group | @oncue0921 |
| Kristian Carranza | Nevada | State director | Digital consultant, Do Big Things | @kirstian_wit@ |
Scorecards
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2022
In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 2 through June 30.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Candidate New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 31 |
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