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Catherine Rombeau

Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office October 13, 2021
Preceded by	David Danielson

Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Bedford, New Hampshire
Education	Amherst College (BA) New York University (JD)

Catherine A. Rombeau is an American politician of the Democratic Party, who is a State Representative for Hillsborough County's 7th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Her 37-vote victory in a special election marked the first flip for Democrats in the 2021 United States state legislative elections, and made her only the second Democrat to be elected to the state house from the town of Bedford, a historically Republican town.^[1]

Before being elected to the state legislature, Rombeau was a member of the Bedford City Council. ^[2]

Electoral history

2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough County 7th district election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Gould (incumbent)	7,241	9.7
	Republican	Niki Kelsey	7,079	9.5
	Republican	John Graham (incumbent)	6,907	9.3
	Democratic	Sue Mullen (incumbent)	6,896	9.3
	Republican	David Danielson (incumbent)	6,890	9.3
	Republican	Ted Gorski	6,747	9.1
	Republican	Stephen Kenda	6,370	8.6
	Democratic	Daniel Dong	5,717	7.7
	Democratic	Catherine Rombeau	5,488	7.4
	Democratic	Shana Potvin	5,207	7.0
	Democratic	Emma Paradis	5,188	7.0
	Democratic	Cheri Schmitt	4,771	6.4
Total votes			74,501	100.0
	Republican hold
	Republican hold
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

2021 New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough County 7th district special election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Catherine Rombeau	2,325	50.4%
	Republican	Linda Camarota	2,288	49.6%
Total votes			4,613	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

^ "NH Dems Surprise Victory in Bedford - Special Election Fluke or 2022 Omen?". NH Journal. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Democrat Catherine Rombeau Wins State House Seat in Bedford, N.H. Special Election". September 8, 2021.
^ "New Hampshire Election Results – Hillsborough 7 General election". WMUR, Associated Press. November 3, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
^ Gowins, Max (September 7, 2021). "Special Election Results from New Hampshire and Alabama - DDHQ". Decision Desk HQ. Retrieved September 8, 2021.

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Hunt (R, Chesh. 14) ▌Renee Monteil (D, Chesh. 15) ▌Amanda Toll (D, Chesh. 15) ▌Joe Schapiro (D, Chesh. 16) ▌Jennifer Rhodes (R, Chesh. 17) ▌Jim Qualey (R, Chesh. 18) ▌Matthew Santonastaso (R, Chesh. 18) ▌Sean Durkin (R, Coös 1) ▌James Tierney Jr. (R, Coös 1) ▌Arnold Davis (R, Coös 2) ▌Mike Ouellet (R, Coös 3) ▌Seth King (R, Coös 4) ▌Corinne Cascadden (D, Coös 5) ▌Henry Noel (D, Coös 5) ▌Michael Murphy (R, Coös 6) ▌Eamon Kelley (D, Coös 7) ▌Linda Massimilla (D, Graf. 1) ▌David Rochefort (R, Graf. 1) ▌Matthew Simon (R, Graf. 1) ▌Jared Sullivan (D, Graf. 2) ▌Jerry Stringham (D, Graf. 3) ▌Heather Baldwin (D, Graf. 4) ▌Matthew Coulon (R, Graf. 5) ▌Rick Ladd (R, Graf. 5) ▌Vacant (Graf. 6) ▌Tommy Hoyt (D, Graf. 7) ▌Bill Bolton (D, Graf. 8) ▌Sallie Fellows (D, Graf. 8) ▌Peter Lovett (D, Graf. 8) ▌Corinne Morse (D, Graf. 9) ▌Carroll Brown Jr. (R, Graf. 10) ▌Lex Berezhny (R, Graf. 11) ▌Mary Hakken-Phillips (D, Graf. 12) ▌Russell Muirhead (D, Graf. 12) ▌James Murphy (D, Graf. 12) ▌Vacant (Graf. 12) ▌Laurel Stavis (D, Graf. 13) ▌George Sykes (D, Graf. 14) ▌Thomas H. Cormen (D, Graf. 15) ▌David Fracht (D, Graf. 16) ▌Susan Almy (D, Graf. 17) ▌John Sellers (R, Graf. 18) ▌Kimberly Abare (R, Hills. 1) ▌Tom Mannion (R, Hills. 1) ▌Sandra Panek (R, Hills. 1) ▌Jeffrey Tenczar (R, Hills. 1) ▌Loren Foxx (D, Hills. 2) ▌Ted Gorski (R, Hills. 2) ▌Linda Gould (R, Hills. 2) ▌Vacant (Hills. 2) ▌Kristin Noble (R, Hills. 2) ▌Catherine Rombeau (D, Hills. 2) ▌Laurie Sanborn (R, Hills. 2) ▌Paige Beauchemin (D, Hills. 3) ▌Fred Davis Jr. (D, Hills. 3) ▌Marc Plamondon (D, Hills. 3) ▌Ray Newman (D, Hills. 4) ▌Sue Newman (D, Hills. 4) ▌Linda Ryan (D, Hills. 4) ▌Shelley Devine (D, Hills. 5) ▌Susan Elberger (D, Hills. 5) ▌Heather Raymond (D, Hills. 5) ▌Sherry Dutzy (D, Hills. 6) ▌Carry Spier (D, Hills. 6) ▌Suzanne Vail (D, Hills. 6) ▌Alicia Gregg (D, Hills. 7) ▌Louis Juris (D, Hills. 7 ▌Catherine Sofikitis (D, Hills. 7) ▌Efstathia Booras (D, Hills. 8) ▌Christal Lloyd (D, Hills. 8) ▌Fran Nutter-Upham (D, Hills. 8) ▌William Dolan (D, Hills. 9) ▌Allison Nutting-Wong (D, Hills. 9) ▌Michael Pedersen (D, Hills. 9) ▌Linda Harriott-Gathright (D, Hills. 10) ▌Martin Jack (D, Hills. 10) ▌Michael O'Brien (D, Hills. 10) ▌Will Darby (D, Hills. 11) ▌Latha Mangipudi (D, Hills. 11) ▌Laura Telerski (D, Hills. 11) ▌William Boyd III (R, Hills. 12) ▌Vacant (Hills. 12) ▌Tim McGough (R, Hills. 12) ▌Maureen Mooney (R, Hills. 12) ▌Nancy Murphy (D, Hills. 12) ▌Jeanine Notter (R, Hills. 12) ▌Rosemarie Rung (D, Hills. 12) ▌Wendy Thomas (D, Hills. 12) ▌Stephen Kennedy (R, Hills. 13) ▌Cathy Kenny (R, Hills. 13) ▌Andrew Prout (R, Hills. 13) ▌Andrew Renzullo (R, Hills. 13) ▌Jordan Ulery (R, Hills. 13) ▌Robert Wherry (R, Hills. 13) ▌Ralph Boehm (R, Hills. 14) ▌Richard Lascelles (R, Hills. 14) ▌Mark McLean (R, Hills. 15) ▌Mark Proulx (R, Hills. 15) ▌Larry Gagne (R, Hills. 16) ▌William Infantine (R, Hills. 16) ▌Linda DiSilvestro (D, Hills. 17) ▌David Preece (D, Hills. 17) ▌Jessica Grill (D, Hills. 18) ▌Juliet Smith (D, Hills. 18) ▌Jane Beaulieu (D, Hills. 19) ▌Heidi Hamer (D, Hills. 19) ▌Candace Gibbons (D, Hills. 20) ▌Alissandra Murray (D, Hills. 20) ▌Jeffrey Goley (D, Hills. 21) ▌Christine Seibert (D, Hills. 21) ▌Patricia Cornell (D, Hills. 22) ▌Nicole Leapley (D, Hills. 22) ▌Jean Jeudy (D, Hills. 23) ▌Patrick Long (D, Hills. 23) ▌Donald Bouchard (D, Hills. 24) ▌Christopher Herbert (D, Hills. 24) ▌Amanda Bouldin (D, Hills. 25) ▌Kathy Staub (D, Hills. 25) ▌Brian Cole (R, Hills. 26) ▌Mary Freitas (D, Hills. 26) ▌Karen Reid (R, Hills. 27) ▌Leah Cushman (R, Hills. 28) ▌Keith Erf (R, Hills. 28) ▌Joe Alexander (R, Hills. 29) ▌Judi Lanza (D, Hills. 29) ▌Fred Plett (R, Hills. 29) ▌Sheila Seidel (R, Hills. 29) ▌Riché Colcombe (R, Hills. 30) ▌Jim Creighton (R, Hills. 30) ▌Jim Fedolfi (R, Hills. 30) ▌Molly Howard (D, Hills. 31) ▌Diane Kelley (R, Hills. 32) ▌Jim Kofalt (R, Hills. 32) ▌Shane Sirois (R, Hills. 32) ▌Peter Leishman (D, Hills. 33) ▌Jonah Wheeler (D, Hills. 33) ▌Daniel LeClerc (D, Hills. 34) ▌Jennifer Morton (D, Hills. 34) ▌Daniel Veilleux (D, Hills. 34) ▌Kat McGhee (D, Hills. 35) ▌Ben Ming (D, Hills. 35) ▌John Lewicke (R, Hills. 36) ▌Diane Pauer (R, Hills. 36) ▌Megan Murray (D, Hills. 37) ▌Alicia Lekas (R, Hills. 38) ▌Tony Lekas (R, Hills. 38) ▌Benjamin Baroody (D, Hills. 39) ▌Vacant (Hills. 39) ▌Vacant (Hills. 40) ▌Mark MacKenzie (D, Hills. 40) ▌Trinidad Tellez (D, Hills. 40) ▌Matthew Wilhelm (D, Hills. 40) ▌Amy Bradley (D, Hills. 41) ▌Jacqueline Chretien (D, Hills. 41) ▌Mary Heath (D, Hills. 41) ▌Keith Ammon (R, Hills. 42) ▌Gerald Griffin (R, Hills. 42) ▌Lisa Post (R, Hills. 42) ▌Bill King (R, Hills. 43) ▌Maria Perez (I, Hills. 43) ▌Peter Petrigno (D, Hills. 43) ▌Vanessa Sheehan (R, Hills. 43) ▌Travis Corcoran (R, Hills. 44) ▌Lisa Mazur (R, Hills. 44) ▌Karen Calabro (D, Hills. 45) ▌Lorrie Carey (D, Merr. 1) ▌Gregory Hill (R, Merr. 2) ▌James Mason (R, Merr. 3) ▌Dave Testerman (R, Merr. 3) ▌Jose Cambrils (R, Merr. 4) ▌Michael Moffett (R, Merr. 4) ▌Louise Andrus (R, Merr. 5) ▌Deborah Aylward (R, Merr. 5) ▌Thomas Schamberg (D, Merr. 6) ▌Karen Ebel (D, Merr. 7) ▌Dan Wolf (R, Merr. 7) ▌Tony Caplan (D, Merr. 8) ▌Sherry Gould (R, Merr. 8) ▌Stephanie Payeur (D, Merr. 8) ▌Angela Brennan (D, Merr. 9) ▌Muriel Hall (D, Merr. 9) ▌David Luneau (D, Merr. 9) ▌Mel Myler (D, Merr. 9) ▌Stephen Boyd (R, Merr. 10) ▌John Leavitt (R, Merr. 10) ▌Yury Polozov (R, Merr. 10) ▌Thomas Walsh (R, Merr. 10) ▌Alan Turcotte (D, Merr. 11) ▌Dianne Schuett (D, Merr. 12) ▌Brian Seaworth (R, Merr. 12) ▌Cyril Aures (R, Merr. 13) ▌Clayton Wood (R, Merr. 13) ▌Dan McGuire (R, Merr. 14) ▌Steve Shurtleff (D, Merr. 15) ▌Connie Lane (D, Merr. 16) ▌Beth Richards (D, Merr. 17) ▌James MacKay (D, Merr. 18) ▌Mary Jane Wallner (D, Merr. 19) ▌Eric Gallager (D, Merr. 20) ▌Timothy Soucy (D, Merr. 21) ▌James Roesener (D, Merr. 22) ▌Meryl Gibbs (D, Merr. 23) ▌Matthew Hicks (D, Merr. 24) ▌Jason Gerhard (R, Merr. 25) ▌Alvin See (R, Merr. 26) ▌J.R. 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