Tom Southworth

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Tom Southworth
Image of Tom Southworth
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20
Successor: Allan Howland

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Dartmouth College

Graduate

Keene State College

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Tom Southworth (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford 11. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Southworth (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Strafford 11. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Tom Southworth earned a B.A. in education from Dartmouth College and an M.Ed. from Keene State College. Southworth's career experience includes working as a reading teacher, a school counselor, and an education administrator. He served on the board of the Dover Children's Center.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Southworth was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Southworth was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Southworth served on the following committees:

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

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Janet Wall (D)
 
22.3
 
4,500
Erik Johnson (D)
 
21.1
 
4,250
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth (D)
 
20.4
 
4,121
Joseph Bazo (R)
 
12.2
 
2,455
Denis Grenier (R)
 
12.1
 
2,439
Bill Taylor (R)
 
11.9
 
2,408
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 20,176
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

Incumbent Janet Wall, incumbent Erik Johnson, and incumbent Tom Southworth defeated Andrew Kennedy in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Janet Wall
 
34.1
 
1,541
Erik Johnson
 
28.4
 
1,283
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth
 
26.5
 
1,198
Andrew Kennedy
 
10.6
 
480
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13

Total votes: 4,515
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

Joseph Bazo, Denis Grenier, and Bill Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Joseph Bazo
 
34.1
 
628
Denis Grenier
 
32.7
 
602
Bill Taylor
 
32.4
 
597
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
15

Total votes: 1,842
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

Incumbent Janet Wall, incumbent Tom Southworth, and Hoy Menear defeated Wayne Lehman in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Janet Wall (D)
 
29.5
 
3,793
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth (D)
 
27.3
 
3,513
Hoy Menear (D)
 
26.0
 
3,339
Wayne Lehman (R)
 
17.1
 
2,194
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
13

Total votes: 12,852
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

Incumbent Janet Wall, incumbent Tom Southworth, and Hoy Menear advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Janet Wall
 
37.5
 
1,067
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth
 
32.1
 
911
Hoy Menear
 
30.2
 
857
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
7

Total votes: 2,842
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 (3 seats)

Wayne Lehman advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Wayne Lehman
 
94.2
 
758
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.8
 
47

Total votes: 805
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20

Incumbent Tom Southworth defeated Steven Wyrsch in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth (D)
 
58.2
 
3,997
Image of Steven Wyrsch
Steven Wyrsch (R) Candidate Connection
 
41.7
 
2,862
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4

Total votes: 6,863
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20

Incumbent Tom Southworth advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth
 
99.7
 
1,574
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
5

Total votes: 1,579
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20

Steven Wyrsch advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Wyrsch
Steven Wyrsch Candidate Connection
 
99.2
 
724
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
6

Total votes: 730
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20

Incumbent Tom Southworth won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth (D)
 
99.6
 
3,562
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
16

Total votes: 3,578
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20

Incumbent Tom Southworth advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Southworth
Tom Southworth
 
100.0
 
1,232

Total votes: 1,232
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2016

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives 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.

Incumbent Tom Southworth defeated Steven Alves in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 20 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 20 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tom Southworth Incumbent 58.01% 3,361
     Republican Steven Alves 41.99% 2,433
Total Votes 5,794
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Tom Southworth ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 20 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 20 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tom Southworth Incumbent (unopposed)


Steven Alves ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 20 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 20 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven Alves  (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 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. Tom Southworth was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while David K. Martin was unopposed in the Republican primary. Southworth and Martin faced off in the general election.[6] Southworth defeated Martin in the general election.[7]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTom Southworth 54.2% 2,228
     Republican David K. Martin 45.7% 1,878
     NA Scatter 0% 1
Total Votes 4,107

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Southworth ran in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 20. Southworth was defeated in the September 11 primary election.[8][9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 20 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMarsha Pelletier Incumbent 52.9% 379
Tom Southworth 47.1% 338
Total Votes 717

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Tom Southworth did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Tom Southworth campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11Won general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11Won general$0 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20Won general$648 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 20Won general$0 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 20Won $750 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 20Won $895 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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