Marjorie Smith
2022 - Present
2026
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Marjorie Smith (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford 10. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Smith (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Strafford 10. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Marjorie Smith earned a master's degree in public administration from Syracuse University. Smith has served as the chair of the board of the New Hampshire Women’s Policy Institute, the national executive director of Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND), and the treasurer of the Durham Historic Association.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Smith was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Smith was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Smith was assigned to the following committees:
- House Judiciary Committee, Chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Children and Family Law |
| • Finance - Division II |
| • Finance |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Finance |
| • Finance - Division I |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Judiciary |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Finance |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)
Incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Loren Selig, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, and Wayne Burton defeated Jeffrey Berlin in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith (D) | 22.9 | 5,135 | |
| ✔ | Loren Selig (D) | 22.7 | 5,076 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan (D) | 21.8 | 4,886 | |
| ✔ | Wayne Burton (D) | 21.7 | 4,850 | |
| Jeffrey Berlin (R) | 10.8 | 2,416 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 22,389 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)
Incumbent Loren Selig, incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, and Wayne Burton defeated Gale Bailey in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Loren Selig | 25.9 | 1,543 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith | 23.2 | 1,386 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan | 21.3 | 1,270 | |
| ✔ | Wayne Burton | 16.5 | 981 | |
| Gale Bailey | 13.0 | 777 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 5,962 | ||||
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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 10 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Loren Selig (D) | 20.4 | 4,373 | |
| ✔ | Cam Kenney (D) | 20.2 | 4,332 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith (D) | 20.1 | 4,321 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan (D) | 19.6 | 4,215 | |
| Bonnie McDermott (R) | 5.1 | 1,101 | ||
| Jennifer Olszewski (R) | 5.1 | 1,088 | ||
| Cliff Zetterstrom (R) | 4.8 | 1,032 | ||
| Tyanne Sylvestre (R) | 4.6 | 993 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 21,471 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)
Incumbent Cam Kenney, Loren Selig, incumbent Marjorie Smith, and incumbent Timothy Horrigan defeated Peyton McManus in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cam Kenney | 23.5 | 1,239 | |
| ✔ | Loren Selig | 22.0 | 1,156 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith | 20.6 | 1,083 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan | 17.0 | 895 | |
| Peyton McManus | 16.9 | 891 | ||
| Total votes: 5,264 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)
Bonnie McDermott, Jennifer Olszewski, Cliff Zetterstrom, and Tyanne Sylvestre advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bonnie McDermott | 28.3 | 266 | |
| ✔ | Jennifer Olszewski | 24.5 | 231 | |
| ✔ | Cliff Zetterstrom | 23.5 | 221 | |
| ✔ | Tyanne Sylvestre | 22.0 | 207 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 941 | ||||
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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 6 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Janet Wall (D) | 14.6 | 5,533 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith (D) | 14.4 | 5,480 | |
| ✔ | Judith Spang (D) | 14.4 | 5,476 | |
| ✔ | Cam Kenney (D) | 14.3 | 5,439 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan (D) | 14.3 | 5,429 | |
| Bonnie McDermott (R) | 6.1 | 2,301 | ||
| Cheryl Lamoureux (R) | 5.9 | 2,226 | ||
| Mark Racic (R) | 5.7 | 2,150 | ||
| Cliff Zetterstrom (R) | 5.4 | 2,042 | ||
| James Ziegra (R) | 5.1 | 1,945 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 38,027 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Janet Wall | 19.3 | 1,984 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith | 19.0 | 1,946 | |
| ✔ | Judith Spang | 18.4 | 1,885 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan | 16.1 | 1,652 | |
| ✔ | Cam Kenney | 15.7 | 1,611 | |
| Wayne Burton | 11.5 | 1,178 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 10,269 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 (5 seats)
Bonnie McDermott, Mark Racic, Cheryl Lamoureux, Cliff Zetterstrom, and James Ziegra advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bonnie McDermott | 20.9 | 406 | |
| ✔ | Mark Racic | 20.5 | 398 | |
| ✔ | Cheryl Lamoureux | 19.3 | 374 | |
| ✔ | Cliff Zetterstrom | 19.2 | 373 | |
| ✔ | James Ziegra | 18.4 | 357 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 1,940 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Janet Wall (D) | 22.3 | 6,436 | |
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith (D) | 18.3 | 5,286 | |
| ✔ | Judith Spang (D) | 17.8 | 5,137 | |
| ✔ | Cam Kenney (D) | 17.5 | 5,055 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan (D) | 17.5 | 5,046 | |
| Mark Racic (R) | 6.4 | 1,858 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 28,854 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marjorie Smith | 19.2 | 1,597 | |
| ✔ | Janet Wall | 19.2 | 1,592 | |
| ✔ | Judith Spang | 18.2 | 1,511 | |
| ✔ | Cam Kenney | 14.9 | 1,241 | |
| ✔ | Timothy Horrigan | 14.8 | 1,226 | |
| Wayne Burton | 13.7 | 1,136 | ||
| Total votes: 8,303 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 (5 seats)
Mark Racic advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 6 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Racic | 100.0 | 351 | |
| Total votes: 351 | ||||
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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 Wall also ran on the Republican ticket in the 2016 general election.
Incumbent Wayne M. Burton, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Judith Spang, and incumbent Janet Wall were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 6 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 6 General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Wayne M. Burton Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Timothy Horrigan Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Marjorie Smith Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Judith Spang Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Janet Wall Incumbent | |
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent Wayne M. Burton, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Judith Spang, and incumbent Janet Wall were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 6 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 6 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Wayne M. Burton Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Timothy Horrigan Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Marjorie Smith Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Judith Spang Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Janet Wall Incumbent | |
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. Six candidates faced off in the Democratic primary, while one candidate was unopposed in the Republican primary.[6] The general election was contested by four Democrats, one Republican, and one candidate representing both the Democratic and Republican parties. The Democrats were Wayne M. Burton and incumbents Timothy Horrigan, Marjorie Smith, and Judith Spang. David Childs represented the Republican Party on the ballot, and Janet Wall appeared on the ballot as both a Republican and Democrat. Childs was defeated by Burton, Horrigan, Smith, Spang, and Wall in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Janet Wall* Incumbent |
23.6% | 4,228 | |
| Democratic | Marjorie Smith Incumbent |
17.3% | 3,105 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Horrigan Incumbent |
16.8% | 3,022 | |
| Democratic | Wayne M. Burton |
16.4% | 2,943 | |
| Democratic | Judith Spang Incumbent |
16.4% | 2,940 | |
| Republican | David Childs | 9.5% | 1,701 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 17,941 | |||
*Wall appeared on the ballot as both a Democrat and a Republican.
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Janet Wall Incumbent |
20.5% | 561 |
| Judith Spang Incumbent |
18.7% | 512 |
| Marjorie Smith Incumbent |
18.6% | 509 |
| Timothy Horrigan Incumbent |
16.1% | 440 |
| Wayne Burton |
14.8% | 404 |
| Kimberly Thompson Laughton | 11.2% | 307 |
| Total Votes | 2,733 | |
2012
Smith won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 6. Smith advanced past the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Janet Wall Incumbent |
21% | 6,167 | |
| Democratic | Judith Spang Incumbent |
16.8% | 4,928 | |
| Democratic | Marjorie Smith |
15.8% | 4,635 | |
| Democratic | Phil Ginsburg Incumbent |
15.6% | 4,580 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Horrigan Incumbent |
15.2% | 4,463 | |
| Republican | David Childs | 8.3% | 2,429 | |
| Republican | James Ziegra | 7.5% | 2,202 | |
| Total Votes | 29,404 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Janet Wall Incumbent |
19% | 981 |
| Judith Spang Incumbent |
18.2% | 938 |
| Marjorie Smith |
17.8% | 919 |
| Philip Ginsburg Incumbent |
15.3% | 790 |
| Timothy Horrigan Incumbent |
15.3% | 790 |
| Jenna Roberts Incumbent | 14.3% | 735 |
| Total Votes | 5,153 | |
2010
Smith did not seek re-election to Strafford 7 in 2010.
2008
On November 4, 2008, Smith finished fourth for the six-seat Strafford 7 District in New Hampshire receiving 5,730 votes, behind Democrats Janet Wall (8,056), Naida Kaen (5,936), and Emma Rous (5,815), and ahead of Democrats Judith Spang (5,668) and Timothy Horrigan (5,629) and Others (52).[10]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 7 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Janet Wall (D)
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8,056 | |||
| Naida Kaen (D)
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5,936 | |||
| Emma Rous (D)
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5,815 | |||
| Marjorie Smith (D)
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5,730 | |||
| Judith Spang (D)
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5,668 | |||
| Timothy Horrigan (D)
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5,629 | |||
| Others | 52 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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In 2013, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, first year, was in session from January 2 to July 1.
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Footnotes
- ↑ The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Marjorie Smith (D)," accessed May 26, 2023
- ↑ 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
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 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, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 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
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State General Election Results- November 4, 2008," accessed May 16, 2014
