James Summers
New Hampshire State Representative, District 720 since 2010. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 6 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 3.
- In office
- 16 yrs
- Since 2010
- Bills became law
- 1
- 1 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 37.0%
- Chamber median 5.8%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- −2.6
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 7
- 2010–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Science, Technology and Energy
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Became law Jul 2025
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Summers sits in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Summers is closer to the center than 16% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Michael Granger, Keith Erf, Diane Pauer
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:56 PM ET
With Summers’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills0%
Black tick: the average of Republicans 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: Summers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Summers | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 221: enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and… | Not voting | Yes | No | Failed 152–167 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1337: repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. | Not voting | Yes | No | Failed 148–172 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1442: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited… | Not voting | Yes | No | Passed 165–149 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1358: establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter… | Not voting | Yes | No | Failed 150–166 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1726: relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study… | Not voting | Yes | No | Failed 101–206 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Summers 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 20 | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2024 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720 | Won | D+2.6 | R+18.3 | −20.9 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720 | Won | D+2.4 | R+10.9 | −13.3 |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 532 (primary) | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 532 (primary) | Lost | −17.2 | — | — |
| 2012 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 532 | Lost | D+3.7 | — | — |
| 2010 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 526 | Won | D+1.3 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Summers has held
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 720 · since 2022
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 526 · since 2010
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Summers has run against
- Bob Harb (R) · 2024 election, won
- David Murotake (R) · 2012 election, lost
- Peter Silva (R) · 2010 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Summers
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/14936ed1-5203-4f3e-be18-4243f1fff521
- Wikidata Q126178100
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET