Sylvia Gale
Sylvia E. Gale is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 28 from 2012 to 2014.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Gale served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Judiciary, Clerk |
Sponsored legislation
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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.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 general election.[1][2]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Carl Seidel Incumbent |
17.22% | 2,482 | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt |
17.00% | 2,451 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Ferreira Incumbent |
16.79% | 2,420 | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Gale | 16.75% | 2,414 | |
| Republican | Eric R. Eastman Incumbent | 16.25% | 2,342 | |
| Democratic | Pam Swersky | 15.99% | 2,305 | |
| Total Votes | 14,414 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Sylvia Gale, Jan Schmidt, and Pam Swersky were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Gale | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt | |
| Democratic | Pam Swersky | |
Incumbent Eric R. Eastman, incumbent Elizabeth Ferreira, and incumbent Carl Seidel defeated Ryan Lawes in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 Republican primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Eric R. Eastman Incumbent |
22.87% | 331 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Ferreira Incumbent |
27.37% | 396 | |
| Republican | Carl Seidel Incumbent |
38.08% | 551 | |
| Republican | Ryan Lawes | 11.68% | 169 | |
| Total Votes | 1,447 | |||
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. Incumbent Sylvia Gale, incumbent Jan Schmidt and Thomas D. Woodward were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Eric R. Eastman, Elizabeth Ferreira and Carl Seidel were unopposed in the Republican primary. Gale, Schmidt, Woodward, Eastman, Ferreira and Seidel faced off in the general election.[5] Eastman, Ferreira, and Seidel defeated Gale, Schmidt, and Woodward in the general election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Carl W. Seidel |
19% | 1,929 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Ferreira |
17.6% | 1,793 | |
| Republican | Eric R. Eastman |
16.1% | 1,641 | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Gale Incumbent | 16.1% | 1,634 | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt Incumbent | 16% | 1,626 | |
| Democratic | Thomas D. Woodward | 15.3% | 1,552 | |
| Total Votes | 10,175 | |||
2012
Gale won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 28. Gale was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sylvia Gale |
16.7% | 2,273 | |
| Democratic | Angeline Kopka |
16.5% | 2,241 | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt |
16.4% | 2,231 | |
| Republican | Sean McGuinness Incumbent | 16% | 2,177 | |
| Republican | Kevin Avard Incumbent | 15.9% | 2,159 | |
| Republican | Carl Seidel Incumbent | 15.3% | 2,071 | |
| Independent | Eric Eastman | 3.1% | 424 | |
| Total Votes | 13,576 | |||
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the New Hampshire General Court in 2013.
- Americans for Prosperity - New Hampshire — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- New Hampshire House Republican Alliance — Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance — Legislators are scored "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
Below you can find the scorecards found for the New Hampshire General Court in 2012.
- Cornerstone Policy Research — Legislators are scored based on 39 House and 20 Senate roll call votes.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- New Hampshire House Republican Alliance — Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance — Legislators are scored "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
- NH Families for Education — Legislators are scored on their votes on education legislation.
Recent news
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See also
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- House Committees
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Representative - 2014 General Election," accessed November 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
