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Rick Watrous
New Hampshire State House, Merrimack 12
Incumbent
In office
2008 - Present
Term ends
December 1, 2012
Years in position 4
PartyDemocratic
Compensation
Base salary$200/two-year term
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 2, 2010
First elected2008
Next electionNovember 6, 2012
Term limitsN/A
Websites
Office website

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Rick Watrous (b. September 24, 1952) is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He has represented the Merrimack 12 District since 2008.

Watrous' professional experience includes media literacy health educator, tour guide, executive director, and adjunct instructor.

Watrous earned a BA in communications from Temple University and a MA in english-nonfiction writing from University of New Hampshire.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Watrous has been appointed to these committees:

Elections

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010 Watrous won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 12 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Mary Wallner (D) 2,526
Harold Rice (D) 2,499
Helen Deloge (D) 2,412
Rick Watrous (D) 2,266
Pamela Ean (R) 1,577
John Kalb (R) 1,408
Garret Ean (R) 1,395
Seth Hipple (R) 1,237

2008

On November 4, 2008, Watrous won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives by finishing as the fourth-place candidate in the election for District 12 of Merrimack County, which sends four representatives to the New Hampshire House. Watrous received 3,010 votes. Other winners from District 12 were Mary Wallner (D) with 3,670 votes, Harold Rice (D) with 3,482 votes, and Jessie Osborne with 3,310 votes. The losing candidates in the race were John Kalb (R) with 1,924 votes, Pamela Ean (R) with 1,734 votes, Travis Ingram (R) with 1,562 votes, Garret Ean (R) with 1,462 votes, and Elizabeth Hager (write-in) with 591 votes. Additionally, 13 votes went to "others", presumably write-in candidates. [1]

Watrous raised $639 for his campaign in 2008. Other candidates in the District 12 race (with data available) raised the following amounts: Wallner ($550), Rice ($283), Osborne ($1,450), Kalb ($15,170), and P. Ean ($1,252).[2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack District 12
Candidates Votes
Mary Wallner (D) 3,670
Harold Rice (D) 3,482
Jessie Osborne (D) 3,310
Rick Watrous (D) 3,010
John Kalb (R) 1,924
Pamela Ean (R) 1,734
Travis Ingram (R) 1,562
Garret Ean (R) 1,442
Elizabeth Hager (write-in) 591
Others 13

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, a year in which Watrous was up for re-election, he did not collect any money in donations.[3]

2008

In 2008, Watrous collected $639 in donations. He received one donation for the entire $639, attributed to "Blank".[4]

Personal

Watrous and his wife, Deborah, have two children; Miranda and Mac.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ New Hampshire House of Representatives official election results for 2008
  2. ↑ Merrimack District 12 New Hampshire House of Representatives Candidate Funds, 2008
  3. ↑ 2010 campaign contributions
  4. ↑ 2008 Contributions to Rick Watrous
  5. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Watrous
Political offices
Preceded by
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2008–present 		Succeeded by
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Republican majority Current members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
House Speaker: William O'Brien (R) • House Majority Leader: David Bettencourt (R) • House Deputy Minority Leader: Terie Norelli (D)
   
    Belknap 1:
  1. Tyler Simpson (R)
    Belknap 2:
  1. Dennis Fields (R)
  2. Bill Tobin (R)
    Belknap 3:
  1. Colette Worsman (R)
  2. Bob Greemore (R)
    Belknap 4:
  1. Donald Flanders (R)
  2. Franklin Tilton (R)
  3. Robert Luther (R)
  4. Robert Kingsbury (R)
  5. Harry Accornero (R)
    Belknap 5:
  1. Jeffrey St. Cyr (R)
  2. Alida Millham (R)
  3. Robert Malone (R)
  4. Guy Comtois (R)
  5. Peter Bolster (R)
  6. Elaine Swinford (R)
  7. James Pilliod (R)
    Belknap 6:
  1. David Russell (R)
    Carroll 1:
  1. Gene Chandler (R)
  2. Karen Umberger (R)
  3. Frank McCarthy (R)
  4. Laurie Pettengill (R)
    Carroll 2:
  1. Norman Tregenza (R)
    Carroll 3:
  1. Harry Merrow (R)
  2. Mark McConkey (R)
  3. David Babson (R)
    Carroll 4:
  1. Betsey Patten (R)
  2. J. David Knox (R)
  3. Christopher Ahlgren (R)
  4. Steve Schmidt (R)
    Carroll 5:
  1. Joseph Fleck (R)
  2. Dino Scala (R)
    Cheshire 1:
  1. Robert Moore (R)
    Cheshire 2:
  1. Lucy McVitty Weber (D)
  2. Tara Sad (D)
  3. Ann Cartwright (R)
    Cheshire 3:
  1. Charles Weed (D)
  2. Kris Roberts (D)
  3. Steven Lindsey (D)
  4. Cynthia Chase (D)
  5. David Meader (D)
  6. Gladys Johnsen (D)
  7. Sam Hawkes (D)
    Cheshire 4:
  1. William Butynski (D)
  2. Henry Parkhurst (D)
  3. Daniel Carr (D)
  4. Edwin Smith (R)
    Cheshire 5:
  1. Richard Dwinell (R)
    Cheshire 6:
  1. Alfred Lerandeau (D)
  2. Bruce Tatro (D)
  3. Jane Johnson (R)
  4. John Byrne (R)
    Cheshire 7:
  1. John Hunt (R)
  2. Susan Emerson (R)
  3. Franklin Sterling (R)
  4. Charlie Moore (R)
    Coos 1:
  1. Laurence Rappaport (R)
  2. Duffy Daugherty (R)
    Coos 2:
  1. Evalyn Merrick (D)
  2. John Tholl (R)
  3. Herbert Richardson (R)
  4. William Remick (R)
    Coos 3:
  1. William Hatch (D)
    Coos 4:
  1. Gary Coulombe (D+R)
  2. Robert Theberge (D)
  3. Yvonne Thomas (D)
  4. Marc Tremblay (R)
    Grafton 1:
  1. Lyle Bulis (R)
  2. Stephanie Eaton (R)
    Grafton 2:
  1. Kathleen Taylor (D)
    Grafton 3:
  1. Edmond Gionet (R)
  2. Gregory Sorg (R)
    Grafton 4:
  1. Lester Bradley (R)
    Grafton 5:
  1. Paul Ingbretson (R)
  2. Roderick Ladd (R)
    Grafton 6:
  1. James Aguiar (D)
  2. Charles Brosseau (R)
    Grafton 7:
  1. Mary Cooney (D)
  2. Suzanne Smith (D)
    Grafton 8:
  1. Skip Reilly (R)
  2. Jeff Shackett (D)
  3. Paul Simard (R)
    Grafton 9:
  1. Sharon Nordgren (D)
  2. Bernard Benn (D)
  3. David Pierce (D)
  4. Beatriz Pastor-Bodmer (D)
    Grafton 10:
  1. Chuck Townsend (D)
  2. Paul Mirski (R)
  3. Charles Sova (R)
    Grafton 11:
  1. Susan Almy (D)
  2. Laurie Harding (D)
  3. Andrew White (D)
  4. Franklin Gould (D)
    Hillsborough 1:
  1. Marjorie Porter (D)
  2. Robert Fredette (R)
  3. Holly Mecheski (R)
    Hillsborough 2:
  1. Harry Bartlett Hardwick (R)
  2. Daniel Donovan (R)
    Hillsborough 3:
  1. James Coffey (R)
  2. Bruce Marcus (R)
  3. Jim Parison (R)
  4. Peter Leishman (D)
    Hillsborough 4:
  1. William Condra (R)
  2. Frank Holden (R)
  3. Jennifer Daler (D)
  4. William O'Brien (R)
    Hillsborough 5:
  1. Jim Belanger (R)
  2. Richard Drisko (R)
  3. Carolyn Gargasz (R)
  4. Jack Flanagan (R)
    Hillsborough 6:
  1. Stephen Stepanek (R)
  2. Robert Rowe (R)
  3. Gary Daniels (R)
  4. Sean Coughlin (R)
  5. Robert Willette (R)
  6. Peter Hansen (R)
  7. William Belvin (R)
  8. Stephen Palmer (R)
    Hillsborough 7:
  1. Mark Warden (R)
  2. Lawrence Emerton (R)
  3. Neal Kurk (R)
  4. John Hikel (R)
  5. Russell Day (R)
  6. Gary Hopper (R)
  7. John Burt (R)
  8. Calvin Pratt (R)
    Hillsborough 8:
  1. Jeffrey Goley (D)
  2. Peter Ramsey (D)
  3. Daniel Sullivan (D)
    Hillsborough 9:
  1. Win Hutchinson (R)
  2. Cam DeJong (R)
  3. Mike Ball (R)
    Hillsborough 10:
  1. Patrick Long (D)
  2. Jean Jeudy (D)
  3. Peter Sullivan (D)
    Hillsborough 11:
  1. Leo Pepino (R)
  2. Kathleen Souza (R)
  3. Nickolas Levasseur (D)
    Hillsborough 12:
  1. Theodoros Rokas (D)
  2. John Gimas (D)
  3. Norma Greer Champagne (R)
    Hillsborough 13:
  1. Benjamin Baroody (D)
  2. William Infantine (R)
  3. Larry Gagne (R)
    Hillsborough 14:
  1. Patrick Garrity (D)
  2. Kathleen Cusson-Cail (R)
  3. Ross Terrio (R)
    Hillsborough 15:
  1. Thomas Katsiantonis (D)
  2. Steve Vaillancourt (R)
  3. Mark Proulx (R)
    Hillsborough 16:
  1. Barbara Shaw (D)
  2. Maurice Pilotte (D)
  3. Gail Barry (R)
    Hillsborough 17:
  1. Connie Soucy (R)
  2. Irene Messier (R)
  3. Carlos Gonzalez (R)
  4. Phil Greazzo (R)
  5. Matthew Swank (R)
  6. Tammy Simmons (R)
  7. Jerry Bergevin (R)
  8. Thomas Beattie (R)
    Hillsborough 18:
  1. Moe Villeneuve (R)
  2. John Cebrowski (R)
  3. Ken Hawkins (R)
  4. Edward Moran (R)
  5. Keith Murphy (R)
  6. John Graham (R)
    Hillsborough 19:
  1. Chris Christensen (R)
  2. Dick Hinch (R)
  3. Tony Pellegrino (R)
  4. Jeanine Notter (R)
  5. Dick Barry (R)
  6. Lenette Peterson (R)
  7. Joseph Thomas (D)
  8. Kathleen Stroud (R)
    Hillsborough 20:
  1. Carl Seidel (R)
  2. Sean McGuinness (R)
  3. Kevin Avard (R)
    Hillsborough 21:
  1. Michael McCarthy (R)
  2. Michael Balboni (R)
  3. Donald McClarren (R)
    Hillsborough 22:
  1. Brian Rhodes (D)
  2. Lisa Scontsas (R)
  3. Lucinda Rosenwald (R)
    Hillsborough 23:
  1. David Cote (D)
  2. Mary Gorman (D)
  3. Timothy Hogan (R)
    Hillsborough 24:
  1. Kenneth Gidge (D)
  2. David Campbell (D)
  3. Michael Buxton (R)
    Hillsborough 25:
  1. Edith Hogan (R)
  2. Timothy Twombly (R)
  3. Duane Erickson (R)
    Hillsborough 26:
  1. Peter Silva (R)
  2. Barry Palmer (R)
  3. Bill Ohm (R)
  4. Kevin Brown (R)
  5. Randall Whitehead (R)
  6. David Robbins (R)
  7. Michael Reed (R)
  8. Joseph Krasucki (R)
  9. James Summers (R)
  10. Don LeBrun (R)
    Hillsborough 27:
  1. Shaun Doherty (R)
  2. Lynne Ober (R)
  3. Ralph Boehm (R)
  4. Shawn Jasper (R)
  5. Lars Christiansen (R)
  6. Russell Ober (D)
  7. Laura Gandia (R)
  8. Robert Haefner (R)
  9. Jordan Ulery (R)
  10. Andrew Renzullo (R)
  11. George Lambert (R)
  12. Jonathan Maltz (R)
  13. Randy Brownrigg (R)
    Merrimack 1:
  1. Robert Foose (D)
  2. David Kidder (R)
    Merrimack 2:
  1. David Palfrey (R)
  2. Dennis Reed (R)
  3. Kathy Lauer-Rago (R)
    Merrimack 3:
  1. Steve Winter (R)
    Merrimack 4:
  1. Christine Hamm (D)
  2. Derek Owen (D)
  3. Gary Richardson (D)
    Merrimack 5:
  1. Laurie Sanborn (R)
  2. Mark Lindsley (R)
    Merrimack 6:
  1. Jennifer Coffey (R)
  2. Gregory Hill (R)
  3. Seth Cohn (R)
  4. Priscilla Lockwood (R)
  5. Kenneth Kreis (R)
  6. Vacant (R)
    Merrimack 7:
  1. Brandon Giuda (R)
  2. John McDonnell (R)
  3. Brian Seaworth (R)
    Merrimack 8:
  1. Carol McGuire (R)
  2. Dan McGuire (R)
  3. Jon Richardson (R)
  4. Tony Soltani (R)
    Merrimack 9:
  1. David Hess (R)
  2. Frank Kotowski (R)
  3. Todd Smith (R)
  4. Molly Smith (R)
    Merrimack 10:
  1. Mary Gile (D)
  2. Frances Potter (D)
  3. Stephen Shurtleff (D)
  4. June Frazer (D)
    Merrimack 11:
  1. Jim MacKay (D)
  2. Lynne Blankenbeker (R)
  3. Candace Bouchard (D)
  4. Dick Patten (D)
  5. Robert Williams (D)
    Merrimack 12:
  1. Helen Deloge (D)
  2. Harold Rice (D)
  3. Mary Wallner (D)
  4. Rick Watrous (D)
    Merrimack 13:
  1. Thomas Keane (R)
  2. J.R. Hoell (R)
  3. Stephen DeStefano (D)
    Rockingham 1:
  1. Frank Case (R)
  2. Kyle Tasker (R)
  3. Joe Duarte (R)
  4. John Reagan (R)
  5. James Sullivan (R)
    Rockingham 2:
  1. Paul Brown (R)
  2. Kathleen Hoelzel (R)
  3. Lawrence Kappler (R)
    Rockingham 3:
  1. Stella Tremblay (R)
  2. Alfred Baldasaro (R)
  3. David Lundgren (R)
  4. Daniel Tamburello (R)
  5. James Headd (R)
  6. Robert Introne (R)
  7. Karen Hutchinson (R)
  8. Betsy McKinney (R)
  9. Sherman Packard (R)
    Rockingham 4:
  1. David Bates (R)
  2. Ronald Belanger (R)
  3. David Bettencourt (R)
  4. Donna Mauro (R)
  5. Gary Azarian (R)
  6. Robert Elliott (R)
  7. Marilinda Garcia (R)
  8. Mary Griffin (R)
  9. John Sytek (R)
  10. Walter Kolodziej (R)
  11. Charles McMahon (R)
  12. Richard Okerman (R)
  13. Kevin Waterhouse (R)
    Rockingham 5:
  1. Patricia Dowling (R)
  2. Beverly Ann Ferrante (R)
  3. Robert Fesh (R)
  4. Brian Chirichiello (R)
  5. Vacant (R)
  6. Andrew Manuse (R)
  7. Phyllis Katsakiores (R)
  8. John O'Connor (R)
  9. James Webb (R)
  10. Frank Sapareto (R)
  11. Kevin Reichard (R)
    Rockingham 6:
  1. Debra DeSimone  (R)
  2. James Garrity (R)
    Rockingham 7:
  1. Gene Charron (R)
  2. James Devine (R)
  3. Joseph Hagan (R)
  4. Elisabeth Sanders (R)
    Rockingham 8:
  1. Marie Sapienza (R)
  2. Regina Birdsell (D)
  3. Norman Major (D)
  4. John Sedensky (R)
  5. David Welch (R)
  6. Jeffrey Oligny (R)
  7. Ken Weyler (R)
    Rockingham 9:
  1. Jason Antosz (R)
  2. Timothy Comerford (R)
  3. Daniel Itse (R)
    Rockingham 10:
  1. Bruce MacMahon (R)
    Rockingham 11:
  1. Mary Allen (R)
  2. Wes Shuler (R)
    Rockingham 12:
  1. Joshua Davenport (R)
  2. Marcia Moody (D)
  3. Adam Schroadter (R)
    Rockingham 13:
  1. Donna Schlachman (D)
  2. Patricia Lovejoy (D)
  3. Matthew Quandt (R)
  4. Lee Quandt (R)
  5. Timothy Copeland (R)
  6. Patrick Abrami (R)
  7. Michele Peckham (R)
  8. Joanne Ward (R)
    Rockingham 14:
  1. Amy Perkins (R)
  2. Glenn Ritter (R)
  3. Lawrence Perkins (R)
  4. Kevin Janvrin (R)
    Rockingham 15:
  1. Christopher Nevins (R)
  2. Kevin Sullivan (R)
  3. Frederick Rice (R)
  4. Jim Waddell (R)
  5. Kenneth Sheffert (R)
    Rockingham 16:
  1. Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (D)
  2. Rich DiPentima (D)
  3. James Powers (D)
  4. Terie Norelli (D)
  5. Laura Pantelakos (D)
  6. Robin Read (D)
  7. Christopher Serlin (D)
    Rockingham 17:
  1. Pamela Tucker (R)
    Rockingham 18:
  1. Brian Murphy (R)
  2. Will Smith (R)
    Strafford 1:
  1. Sandra Keans (D)
  2. Anne Grassie (D)
  3. Warren Groen (R)
  4. Laura Jones (R)
  5. Cliff Newton (R)
  6. Kyle Jones (R)
  7. Julie Brown (R)
  8. Fred Leonard (R)
  9. Susan DeLemus (R)
    Strafford 2:
  1. Dale Sprague (D)
  2. Roger Berube (D)
  3. Kristen Larsen (R)
  4. Philip Munck (R)
  5. Dale Spainhower (D)
    Strafford 3:
  1. Sam Cataldo (R)
  2. Lou Vita (R)
  3. Bill O'Connor (R)
  4. Carol Vita (R)
  5. Joseph Pitre (R)
  6. Robbie Parsons (R)
  7. Robert Perry (D)
  8. William Panek (R)
    Strafford 4:
  1. Brendon Browne (D)
  2. Peter Schmidt (D)
  3. David Watters (D)
    Strafford 5:
  1. Dorothea Hooper (D)
  2. Baldwin Domingo (D)
  3. Marsha Pelletier (D)
    Strafford 6:
  1. Roland Hofemann (D)
  2. Michael Weeden (R)
  3. Donald Andolina (R)
    Strafford 7:
  1. Timothy Horrigan (D)
  2. Naida Kaen (D)
  3. Jenna Roberts (D)
  4. Phil Ginsburg (D)
  5. Judith Spang (D)
  6. Janet Wall (D+R)

    Sullivan 1:

  1. Benjamin Lefebvre (D)
  2. Andy Schmidt (D)
    Sullivan 2:
  1. Thomas Howard (R)
  2. Steven Cunningham (R)
  3. Beverly Rodeschin (R)
    Sullivan 3:
  1. Spec Bowers (R)
    Sullivan 4:
  1. John Cloutier (D)
  2. Raymond Gagnon (D)
  3. Paul LaCasse (R)
  4. Charlene Lovett (R)
  5. Philip Osgood (R)
    Sullivan 5:
  1. Steven Smith (R)
  2. Thomas Laware (R)


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