Rich Lascelles
New Hampshire State Representative, District 514 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
- 0 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 1.4%
- Chamber median 5.8%
- With party
- 96%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +0.5
- 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.
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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
Voting record
Where Lascelles sits in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Lascelles is closer to the center than 61% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Mike Belcher, Joe Alexander, Travis Corcoran
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:56 PM ET
With Lascelles’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
- 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: Lascelles’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Lascelles | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 221: enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and… | Yes | Yes | No | Failed 152–167 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1337: repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. | Yes | Yes | No | Failed 148–172 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1442: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 165–149 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | HB 1358: establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter… | Yes | 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 Lascelles 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 Hillsborough 14 | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2024 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 514 | Won | R+0.5 | R+10.8 | −10.3 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 514 | Won | R+3.6 | R+6.1 | −2.5 |
| 2020 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 520 | Won | R+6.3 | — | — |
| 2018 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 520 | Won | R+2.1 | — | — |
| 2016 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 520 | Won | Even | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Lascelles has held
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 514 · since 2022
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 520 · since 2016
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Lascelles has run against
- Ray Peeples (R) · 2024 election, won
- Ralph Boehm (R) · 2022 election, won
- Frank A. Byron (R) · 2016 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Lascelles
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/c11f9fad-128e-455e-896e-2e880b6cc29e
- Wikidata Q123785657
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET