Dick Ames
New Hampshire State Representative, District 213 since 2012. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 10 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 8.
- In office
- 14 yrs
- Since 2012
- Bills became law
- 1
- 7 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 5.8%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +3.7
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 10
- 2010–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Education Funding
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 Ames sits in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Ames is closer to the center than 3% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Kathy Staub, Heather Baldwin, Trinidad Tellez
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:56 PM ET
With Ames’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills11%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Ames’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Ames | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 221: enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and… | No | No | Yes | Failed 152–167 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1337: repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. | No | No | Yes | Failed 148–172 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1442: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited… | No | No | Yes | Passed 165–149 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1358: establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter… | No | No | Yes | Failed 150–166 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1726: relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study… | No | No | Yes | Failed 101–206 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Ames 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 213 | Won | D+3.7 | D+3.9 | −0.2 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 213 | Won | D+7.6 | D+10.0 | −2.4 |
| 2020 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 | Won | D+2.0 | — | — |
| 2018 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 | Won | D+2.7 | — | — |
| 2016 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 | Won | D+2.8 | — | — |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 | Won | D+1.5 | — | — |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 (primary) | Won | +8.4 | — | — |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 (primary) | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2012 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 | Won | D+1.8 | — | — |
| 2010 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 7 | Lost | R+4.7 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Ames has held
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 213 · since 2022
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 209 · since 2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Ames has run against
- Donald R. Primrose (R) · 2024 election, won
- Rita Mattson (R) · 2022 election, won
- Douglas Ley (D) · 2020 election, won
- John Hunt (R) · 2010 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Ames
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/47c165c7-ecd9-4b88-b9f7-2e58e8e290d4
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET