James Roesener

Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 22nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 7, 2022

Personal details
Political party	Democratic

James Roesener is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. He is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 22nd district, having been first elected in 2022; this election made him the first openly transgender man to win election to any state legislature in the United States. Roesener is a member of the Democratic Party.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Roesener is openly transgender and bisexual. He lives in Concord, New Hampshire and is married to a woman.^[3]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Treisman, Rachel (November 9, 2022). "James Roesener is the first out trans man elected to a U.S. state legislature". NPR. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
^ "New Hampshire's James Roesener is first trans man elected to a state legislature". NBC News.
^ "James Roesener Is the First Out Trans Man Elected to a U.S. State Legislature". Them. November 9, 2022.

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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 (Coös 1) ▌James Tierney Jr. (R, Coös 1) ▌Arnold Davis (R, Coös 2) ▌Michael Ouellett (R, Coös 3) ▌Seth King (R, Coös 4) ▌Corinne Cascadden (D, Coös 5) ▌Henry Noel (D, Coös 5) ▌Michael Murphy (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) ▌Roderick Ladd (R, Graf. 5) ▌Jeffrey Greeson (R, 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) ▌Sharon Nordgren (D, 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) ▌Dan Hynes (I, 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) ▌Marty Jack (D, Hills. 10) ▌Michael O'Brien (D, Hills. 10) ▌William Darby (D, Hills. 11) ▌Latha Mangipudi (D, Hills. 11) ▌Laura Telerski (D, Hills. 11) ▌William Boyd III (R, Hills. 12) ▌Robert Healey (R, 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 Moulton (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) ▌Richie 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) ▌Ross Berry (R, Hills. 39) ▌Damond Ford (D, 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 (D, 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) ▌Jim 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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