Dan Innis
New Hampshire State Senator, District 7 since 2016. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 4 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 3.
- In office
- 9 yrs
- Since 2016
- Bills became law
- 7
- 19 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 2.4%
- Chamber median 0.0%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +11.0
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 5
- 2016–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Commerce · chair
- Education Finance · vice chair
- Finance · vice chair
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Innis sits in the New Hampshire State Senate
Innis is closer to the center than 50% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Kevin Avard, Regina Birdsell, David Rochefort
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:56 PM ET
With Innis’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills16%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the New Hampshire State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Innis’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Innis | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | SB 475: relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to… | No | Yes | No | Failed 8–16 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | SB 535: defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and… | No | No | No | Failed 5–19 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | SB 434: relative to regulation of public school materials. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 16–8 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | SB 468: relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation… | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 16–8 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1766: relative to cruelty to livestock. | Yes | Yes | No | Failed 11–13 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Innis was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Hampshire Senate District 7 | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2024 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 7 | Won | R+11.0 | R+6.9 | +4.1 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 7 | Won | R+9.2 | R+2.3 | +6.9 |
| 2018 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 | Lost | D+6.2 | — | — |
| 2016 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 | Won | R+4.3 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Innis has held
- New Hampshire State Senate, District 7 · since 2022
- New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 · since 2016
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Innis has run against
- Stu Green (D) · 2024 election, won
- Richard A. Lobban Jr. (D) · 2022 election, won
- Tom Sherman (D) · 2018 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Innis
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/6328e7f7-d952-4d28-98b8-75a9a6f50c8d
- Wikidata Q5217577
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET