Ellen Read
New Hampshire State Representative, District 710 since 2016. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5.
- In office
- 9 yrs
- Since 2016
- Bills became law
- 0
- 17 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Last margin
- −1.0
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 6
- 2016–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Housing
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Career
Offices held, and every time Read 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 House of Representatives: State House District Rockingham 10 | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2024 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 710 | Won | R+1.0 | D+29.7 | −30.7 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 710 | Won | R+1.0 | D+31.4 | −32.4 |
| 2020 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 717 | Won | R+1.9 | — | — |
| 2018 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 717 | Won | R+1.9 | — | — |
| 2016 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 717 | Won | R+0.2 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Read has held
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 710 · since 2022
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 717 · since 2016
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Read has run against
- Michael Cahill (D) · 2024 election, won
- Charlotte DiLorenzo (D) · 2020 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Read
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/77304532-17fb-4b2c-aed6-213a435e4a46
- Wikidata Q86688692
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET