Carry Spier
2022 - Present
2026
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Carry Spier (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 6. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Spier (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 6. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Carry Spier was born in New York, New York, and lives in Nashua, New Hampshire. Spier's career experience includes working as a systems engineer and systems engineering manager in the military aerospace industry.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Spier was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Ann Kluger (D) | 19.3 | 2,322 | |
| ✔ | Suzanne Vail (D) | 18.7 | 2,251 | |
| ✔ | Carry Spier (D) | 18.3 | 2,195 | |
| Paul Berube (R) | 16.0 | 1,923 | ||
| Daniel Richardson (R) | 14.0 | 1,687 | ||
| Doris Hohensee (R) | 13.6 | 1,634 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 12,016 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
Lee Ann Kluger, incumbent Suzanne Vail, and incumbent Carry Spier advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Ann Kluger | 33.5 | 536 | |
| ✔ | Suzanne Vail | 33.3 | 533 | |
| ✔ | Carry Spier | 32.3 | 516 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 1,599 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
Paul Berube, Daniel Richardson, and Doris Hohensee advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paul Berube | 36.2 | 430 | |
| ✔ | Daniel Richardson | 32.2 | 383 | |
| ✔ | Doris Hohensee | 30.5 | 362 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 1,188 | ||||
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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 Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sherry Dutzy (D) | 19.6 | 1,731 | |
| ✔ | Suzanne Vail (D) | 19.5 | 1,725 | |
| ✔ | Carry Spier (D) | 19.3 | 1,708 | |
| Tara Canaway (R) | 14.2 | 1,257 | ||
| Paul Berube (R) | 14.0 | 1,240 | ||
| David Schoneman (R) | 13.4 | 1,188 | ||
| Total votes: 8,849 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
Incumbent Sherry Dutzy, incumbent Suzanne Vail, and Carry Spier advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sherry Dutzy | 33.7 | 380 | |
| ✔ | Suzanne Vail | 33.2 | 375 | |
| ✔ | Carry Spier | 32.6 | 368 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 1,129 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 (3 seats)
Paul Berube, Tara Canaway, and David Schoneman defeated Doris Hohensee and Joseph Chartier in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paul Berube | 26.9 | 356 | |
| ✔ | Tara Canaway | 25.5 | 337 | |
| ✔ | David Schoneman | 24.7 | 326 | |
| Doris Hohensee | 13.8 | 182 | ||
| Joseph Chartier | 9.2 | 121 | ||
| Total votes: 1,322 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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I grew up on Long Island as the oldest of 5 children. My father was a shop teacher and my mother stayed home to care for the kids. We all got great educations in public schools and went on to get advanced degrees. I have been a systems engineer and systems engineering manager for more than 50 years until retirement and have worked on projects from Apollo to F-35 across many technologies from radar to lasers. For the past 25 I have lived in Nashua with my husband, Danny and had worked at BAE Systems for 23 years. After retirement, I decided that it was time to work to help the people of the community I have come to respect and care for. Nashua is one of the most beautiful and diverse towns in New Hampshire. We have access to all types of wonderful food and great parks. Danny and I look forward to spending many more years actively participating in all Nashua has to offer.
- We need to break our dependance on fossil fuels and unpredictable rate hikes. NH generates a great deal of wind power but the current administration would rather import coal and sell the energy out of state than improve the infrastructure to bring the electricity down-state.
- The current administration keeps taking money from the education system to fund vouchers for religious schools. So far this year over $9M has been taken out. Our public schools need to be protected for the almost 90% of students that use them and for our own future leaders.
- NH has passed it first abortion ban since the state was founded. There are numerous bills waiting to further restrict access to an abortion while there is no attempt to provide prenatal or childcare. The restrictions and lack of support do not reflect any type of respect for life. We need to stop this type of marginalizing women so that all people have control over their own bodies.
I have spent months going over bills that have passed and those that have failed in order to become a well-informed candidate. From that, I have learned that the areas I would like to focus on include: protecting public education, reducing dependance on fossil fuels, expanding voting rights, protecting the environment, expanding access to health care especially for the elderly, protecting against gun violence, and workforce housing. I am especially passionate about human rights and personal dignity. Bills proposed in the NH legislature would marginalize the LGBTQ community. At the same time NH has passed a law that prohibits teaches from discussing systemic racism, LGBTQ marginalization, gender inequality, etc. Taken together it can be seen that the LGBTQ community is being systemically marginalized. We need to put a stop to the push by special interest groups to literally break down our freedoms. I don’t believe Granit Staters want this type of legislation and I will do my best to work to stop it.
Like many women, I look up to Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It's her meticulous study of issues affecting gender equality has been an inspiration. I always hope I am able to do my research to deeply understand all sides of an issue to may informed decisions.
Talk to and listed to the people being represented.
Based on 50 years in engineering, I have a great capacity to research and evaluate. NH generates more applications for bills than any other state. These need to be assessed. I have an open mind and am not influenced by special interest groups. I don't fall prey to conspiracy theories. My main goal is to represent the people of Nashua and the Granite State to the best of my ability.
Ability to research all sides of an issue and an honest attempt to always act in the best interest of the people being represented.
I remember the assassination of President John Kennedy. I was 13 years old in school at the time and this was the first time I realized that all people are vulnerable.
Other than part time jobs in high school, my first real job was working on Apollo 9 at Grumman Aerospace on Long Island. The group I was a part of trained astronauts in inertial navigation. I worked on that project through Apollo 13 and eventually worked at Grumman for 15 years.
I would like the governor to be in touch with the people of the state, to always have their best interests at heart. To that end, the governor should participate with the legislature in crafting bills. In NH we have gotten to the point where the governor does not seem to participate at all. With respect to some issues, like energy, he only seems to care about where his campaign funding comes from. Other than that, he only seems to act to veto.
We need to disconnect from special interest groups. We are plagued by Free Staters that want to destroy government from the inside. We are plagued by Christian Nationalists (political group, not a religion), that want to marginalize groups of people taking away their rights. Instead, we need to repair our education system and reduce our dependance on fossil fuels.
NH has a house of representatives with 400 legislators and a senate with 24 senators. In NH, the senate seems to be a tool of which ever party has control. This past year, the controlling Republican party tried to gerrymander the districts so that the Democrats would loose one of their remaining districts. The effort went to court where it was essentially stopped. The house of representatives does most of the legislative work and is in much close touch with what people need and want. So, in the state of NH, not having a senate so that we have only one legislative body would probably be a good thing. I can't see a serious drawback considering the size of the house.
It depends on the state. In NH we have 400 legislators so that each represents a small segment of the population. It was decided in its development that having legislators with close ties to their communities and the people they represent is what is most important. However, for states with much smaller legislative bodies and greater populations, political or governmental experience could be much more beneficial.
Of course it is. In NH we have 400 representatives, without building relationships and getting to know one another, we would get nothing accomplished.
I support a process that does not include gerrymandering. Minorities should not loose representation. Party affiliations should play no part. Tight knit communities should not be broken up. Districts should end up being approximately the same size. I also believe that all people should be counted in a district without restriction.
I would like to be part of the Science, Technology and Energy Committee as well as the House Education Committee. Alternatives include the Election Law Committee and the Special Committee on Redistricting.
Of course it is, but not to the point where the policy becomes other than what was the original intent.
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2024
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In 2024, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2023
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In 2023, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 |
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