Peter Lovett

Snapshot

Field Detail
Full name Peter Lovett (Citizens Count)
Born Not found in the evidence.
Party Democrat (Citizens Count)
Current office New Hampshire House of Representatives, Grafton County District 8 (Citizens Count)
Seeking Re-election to the New Hampshire House, Grafton District 8; he won the 2026 Democratic primary with 34% of the vote (Citizens Count)
Education University of New Hampshire, degree earned in 1983; Yale Divinity School, degree earned in 1989; M.Div. listed by Citizens Count (Ballotpedia, Citizens Count)
Personal Holderness resident; married (Ballotpedia, Citizens Count)
Campaign site No campaign site found. Official House member profile: New Hampshire House (FastDemocracy)

Career Timeline

Years Role
1983–1985 Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa (Ballotpedia)
Undated Christian minister and pastor; ordained Christian minister (Ballotpedia, Citizens Count)
2022–present Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (Ballotpedia, Decode the Vote)

Committees and Caucuses

Positions

Issue Stated position
Abortion Against bans during the first and second trimesters; for guaranteeing abortion access before 24 weeks and repealing the ban after 24 weeks (Citizens Count)
LGBTQ rights His recorded 2025 votes opposed HB 148, which allowed classification by biological sex in specified settings, and HB 377, which restricted hormone treatments and puberty blockers for minors. He voted for HB 368, described as providing legal protections for gender-related health care (Citizens Count)
Education and school funding Against the current system in which about two-thirds of public-school funding comes from local property taxes; for more state action to encourage housing development; against the Education Freedom Account program in the 2022 survey (Citizens Count)
EFA vouchers Against the Education Freedom Account program in the 2022 Citizens Count survey; he also voted against removing the household-income limit for the program in 2025 (Citizens Count)
Property tax Against New Hampshire’s current public-school funding structure, described in the survey as relying on about two-thirds local property-tax funding (Citizens Count)
Housing For encouraging municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development; voted to limit residential parking requirements in zoning laws and against allowing no-cause eviction at the end of a lease (Citizens Count)
Immigration Against requiring local immigration enforcement; voted against legislation requiring state and local governments to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement and banning sanctuary policies (Citizens Count)
Democracy and voting Undecided in 2022 on conditional affidavit ballots for voters who register without identification on Election Day; he was recorded as excused/did not vote on SB 287 in 2025 (Citizens Count)
Environment and energy For government action on climate change and for expanded net-metering opportunities; he voted to consider increasing net-metering eligibility in 2025 (Citizens Count)
Marijuana For legalizing marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, with state liquor stores used for sales; he also voted for home-growing by qualifying medical-marijuana patients and caregivers (Citizens Count)
Guns Supports the Second Amendment but also supports “sensible gun laws”; voted to consider expanded background checks and a three-day waiting period for firearm transfers (Citizens Count)
Taxes Undecided in 2022 on a broad-based income tax and broad-based sales tax; against lowering business taxes (Citizens Count)

Notable Votes

Vote Position Source
HB 1 (2025), final compromise state budget Against Citizens Count
HB 10 (2025), Parental Bill of Rights Against an early version described on the page Citizens Count
HB 238 (2025), Right-to-Work Against Citizens Count
HB 324 (2025), restrictions on sexually explicit or harmful material in schools Against Citizens Count
HB 357 (2025), limits on DHHS authority to require vaccines Against Citizens Count
HB 377 (2025), restrictions on hormone treatments and puberty blockers for minors Against Citizens Count
HB 53 (2025), home-growing of medical marijuana For Citizens Count
HB 56 (2025), expanded firearm background checks and a three-day waiting period Voted to consider Citizens Count
HB 60 (2025), no-cause eviction after the end of a lease Against Citizens Count
SB 295 (2025), removing the EFA household-income limit Against Citizens Count
HB 1792 (2026), classroom censorship legislation No NEA-NH
SB 434 (2026), book-ban legislation in schools and libraries No NEA-NH

Free State / MAGA Ties

None found in the reviewed evidence. (Citizens Count, Ballotpedia)

Criticism From the Left

Criticism From the Right

Endorsements (Selected)

Money

Item Amount
Campaign funds raised $50,000; Decode the Vote reports that 70% came from small-dollar donors. The source provides no coverage dates or donor-level details (Decode the Vote)

Gaps