Margaret Drye
Margaret Drye (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Sullivan 7. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Drye (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Sullivan 7. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. She advanced from the Republican primary on September 8, 2026.
Biography
Margaret Drye lives in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Drye earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in 1980. Her career experience includes working as a volunteer EMT and home-schooling her children. Drye served as a member and chairman of the Plainfield Finance Committee and was the clerk of the Plainfield Village Water District.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Drye was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2026
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Incumbent Margaret Drye (R) and Lawrence Schissel (D) are running in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
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| Lawrence Schissel (D) | ||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Lawrence Schissel (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 8, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lawrence Schissel | 99.7 | 1,415 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 1,419 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Incumbent Margaret Drye (R) advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 8, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye | 98.8 | 993 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2% | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 1,005 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Incumbent Margaret Drye defeated Jenny Ramsey in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye (R) | 53.6 | 4,904 |
| Jenny Ramsey (D) | 46.3 | 4,236 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 9,143 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Jenny Ramsey advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jenny Ramsey (Write-in) | 96.9 | 744 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.1 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 768 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Incumbent Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye | 99.1 | 1,308 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 1,320 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Margaret Drye defeated Jason Bourne in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye (R) | 51.1 | 3,603 |
 | Jason Bourne (D) | 48.8 | 3,438 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 7,045 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Jason Bourne defeated Larry Flint in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Bourne | 76.6 | 992 |
| Larry Flint | 22.8 | 295 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 1,295 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye | 99.0 | 1,288 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 1,301 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Julie Sims (R)
2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Incumbent Linda Tanner defeated Margaret Drye and Tobin Menard in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Tanner (D) | 48.2 | 6,022 |
| Margaret Drye (R) | 47.4 | 5,914 | |
 | Tobin Menard (L) | 4.4 | 546 | |
| Total votes: 12,482 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Tanner | 99.7 | 2,506 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 2,513 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye | 99.6 | 1,957 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 1,964 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Incumbent Linda Tanner defeated Margaret Drye in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Tanner (D) | 53.2 | 4,938 |
| Margaret Drye (R) | 46.7 | 4,335 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 9,275 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Tanner | 100.0 | 1,896 |
| Total votes: 1,896 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Drye | 100.0 | 1,387 |
| Total votes: 1,387 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 1 was called for November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 19, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 28, 2017.[2]
The seat became vacant on June 22, 2017, when Andy Schmidt (D) resigned.[3]
Brian Sullivan defeated Cody Dziegelewski in the Democratic primary. Margaret Drye was unopposed in the Republican primary.[2] Sullivan defeated Drye in the special election.
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 1, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Brian Sullivan |
65.9% | 1,297 | |
| Republican | Margaret Drye | 34.1% | 671 | |
| Total Votes | 1,968 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 1 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Brian Sullivan |
95.9% | 512 | ||
| Cody Dziegelewski | 4.1% | 22 | ||
| Total Votes | 534 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the New Hampshire General Court in 2025.
- Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire — Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
- New Hampshire House Republican Alliance — Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance — Legislators are scored "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
Below you can find the scorecards found for the New Hampshire General Court in 2024.
- Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire — Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Cornerstone Policy Research — Legislators are scored based on their votes and whether they align with the organization's values.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- New Hampshire House Republican Alliance — Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance — Legislators are scored "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
- Open Democracy Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund — Legislators are scored on their stances on reproductive health issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the New Hampshire General Court in 2023.
- Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire — Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
- New Hampshire House Republican Alliance — Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance — Legislators are scored "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ The New Hampshire House of Representatives, "Representative Margaret Drye (R)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Special Election for State Representative from Sullivan County District No. 1.," accessed July 20, 2017
- ↑ Patch.com, "NH State Budget, Full-Day K Supported By Keno Approved," June 22, 2017
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 2022-Present |
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