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John Sellers (New Hampshire politician)

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American politician (born 1956)

John Sellers
Member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives
Assumed office
December 4, 2024
Preceded byCarroll Brown Jr.
ConstituencyGrafton 10th
In office
December 7, 2022 – December 4, 2024
Succeeded byDonald McFarlane
ConstituencyGrafton 18th
Personal details
BornJohn Matthew Sellers
March 1956 (age 69)
PartyRepublican[1]
SpouseDonna[2]
Children9[2]
Residence(s)Bristol, New Hampshire, U.S.[3]

John Matthew Sellers is an AmericanRepublican party politician who represents theGrafton 10th district in theNew Hampshire House of Representatives.

He is strongly againstpublic education and is an advocate ofhomeschooling andschool choice. A former member of theNewfound Area School District budgeting committee from 2020 to 2023,[4] he has suggested that "parents get their children out of the public government schools",[5] claimed public schools are "following the path ofHitler",[6] and stated that the "only things kids learn in [public] schools involve porn and demons".[7] He has been considered to be aconspiracy theorist[8] and has often quoted Hitler,Vladimir Lenin, andJoseph Stalin.[6][9][10]

Life and career

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Sellers grew up inWeymouth, Massachusetts, with five siblings and joined theUnited States Air Force after high school.[11] He served in the USAF[12] for six years, worked as a small business owner for many years, was a Senior Business Analyst atSAS Institute and retired in 2021. Sellers was on theBristol Town Budget Committee and was a member of the Newfound Area School District budget committee. He is a board member of the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire.[11]

He was the plaintiff in theNew Hampshire Superior Court caseJohn M Sellers v. Town of Bristol. He sued the town, seeking to invalidate the results of the March 14, 2017, election held by the town, in which he was a candidate, and sought for the town to hold a new election.[13] Sellers ran for one of two open positions on the Board of Selectmen and came in third place in the election.[14] The New Hampshire Superior Court decided that without any fraud, voting irregularities do not invalidate an election unless they affect the result.[15]

In September 2022, Sellers defeated Andrew Ware in the Republican primary election for the Grafton 18th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[16] In November 2022, he defeatedCarolyn Fluehr-Lobban in thegeneral election by four votes.[17] He assumed office in December 2022.

In December 2022, Sellers and his wife Donna were granted a special exception by the Town of Bristol to operate a short-term rentalAirbnb at their property subject to meeting thefire chiefs requirements.[18]

In June 2023, Sellers was announced as the Grafton County chair of the "New Hampshire Grassroots Leadership Team" for theDonald Trump 2024 presidential campaign.[19]

On December 5, 2023, Sellers was one of four Republican co-sponsors of HB 1248, a bill that would have bannedabortion after 15 days of pregnancy.[20] Sellers said he was not sure why the bills author had targeted 15 days, but said he was in favor of any restriction on abortion.[21]

On February 5, 2024, Sellers was the prime sponsor[22] of a bill that he introduced that would bansocial–emotional learning in schools[23] and said "It is a tool. It is indoctrination".[22][24][25] In September 2024, Sellers joined 30 other New Hampshire House andSenate Republicans in signing anamicus brief calling for the overturn of theClaremont School District v. Governor of New Hampshire decisions decided in 1993 and 1997.[26]

When Sellers was a representative from the Grafton 18th district, he represented the towns ofAlexandria,Bridgewater,Bristol,Canaan,Dorchester,Enfield,Grafton,Groton,Hebron, andOrange.[2]

He ran unopposed in the primary[27] and defeatedRichard Lobban in the2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives election for the Grafton 10th district.[28]

In December 2024, Sellers introduced a bill "requiring the discussion of abortion procedures and viewing of certain videos during health education in public schools" and another bill requiring school districts to educate students from grades 9–12 about adoption.[29]

Open letters

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Sellers has written manyletters to the editor that have been published byThe Laconia Daily Sun and others.

Electoral history

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New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for theGrafton 10th district,2024      Source:[30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn Sellers1,49053.7
DemocraticRichard Lobban1,28446.3
Total votes2,774100
New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 18th district,2022     Source:[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn Sellers4,22950.0
DemocraticCarolyn Fluehr-Lobban4,22550.0
Total votes8,454100
New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican party primary election for the Grafton 18th district, 2022     Source:[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn Sellers1,10371.1
RepublicanAndrew Ware44828.9
Total votes1,551100
Bristol Board of Selectmen election, 2017     Source:[13][14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NonpartisanRick Alpers23829.3
NonpartisanDonald Milbrand22427.5
NonpartisanJohn Sellers20825.6
NonpartisanFrederick Eichman III14317.6
Total votes813100

References

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  1. ^Costa, Jamie (February 15, 2023)."NH House kills bill to collect race and ethnicity data during police stops".Concord Monitor. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
  2. ^abc"Representative John Sellers (R)".New Hampshire General Court.Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
  3. ^"Grafton County Delegation".Grafton County.Archived from the original on May 29, 2024.
  4. ^"Budget Committee Committee".Newfound Area School District.
  5. ^Sellers, John (May 22, 2023)."Rep. John Sellers: Home schooling an easy educational alternative to public schools".The Laconia Daily Sun.Archived from the original on May 23, 2023.
  6. ^abSellers, John (June 22, 2023)."Rep. John Sellers: Take kids out of schools, which are following path of Hitler".The Laconia Daily Sun.Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
  7. ^Sellers, John (January 2, 2023)."Rep. John Sellers: The only things kids learn in schools involve porn and demons".The Laconia Daily Sun.Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
  8. ^Metcalf, Richard (January 11, 2023)."Richard Metcalf: Rep. John Sellers misrepresents his own record". Archived fromthe original on September 24, 2024.
  9. ^Sellers, John (August 17, 2023)."Rep. John Sellers: Democrats say one thing, then vote to do the opposite".The Laconia Daily Sun.Archived from the original on October 2, 2023.
  10. ^Sellers, John (August 21, 2023)."Democrats represent the evil around us".Valley News.
  11. ^ab"About".School District Governance Association of New Hampshire.Archived from the original on June 16, 2024.
  12. ^Koes, Laura (September 6, 2022)."In District 18, candidate claims call to service".Valley News. Archived fromthe original on September 7, 2022. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
  13. ^ab"John M Sellers v. Town of Bristol"(PDF).New Hampshire Municipal Association.Archived(PDF) from the original on August 22, 2024.
  14. ^ab"Bristol is victorious in March town election challenge".The Laconia Daily Sun. August 23, 2017.Archived from the original on September 25, 2024.
  15. ^"Absent Fraud, Voting Irregularities Do Not Invalidate an Election Unless They Affect the Result".New Hampshire Municipal Association. August 21, 2017.
  16. ^ab"2022 New Hampshire State House - Grafton District 18 Election Results".USA Today. September 13, 2022.Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
  17. ^ab"2022 New Hampshire State House - Grafton District 18 Election Results".USA Today. November 8, 2022.Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
  18. ^"Zoning Board of Adjustments - December 6, 2022"(PDF).Bristol, NH. December 6, 2022.Archived(PDF) from the original on September 24, 2024.
  19. ^"President Donald J. Trump Announces New Hampshire Grassroots Leadership Team".Donald J Trump. June 27, 2023.
  20. ^Graham, Michael (December 7, 2023)."GOP's Perez Calls Support for 15-Day Abortion Bill a 'Mistake,' But Political Damage Is Done".NH Journal - An InsideSources publication.
  21. ^Timm, Jane C. (December 5, 2023)."New Hampshire Republicans propose '15-day' abortion ban".NBC News.
  22. ^abGokee, Amanda (February 5, 2024)."Why is N.H. considering a ban on social emotional learning?".The Boston Globe.
  23. ^Gopalakrishnan, Sruti (February 5, 2024)."Six-year-old from Concord testifies against bill that would prohibit SEL classes".Concord Monitor.Archived from the original on July 7, 2024.
  24. ^"Social Emotional Learning ban brings out strong opposition".Reaching Higher NH. February 7, 2024. Archived fromthe original on February 7, 2024.
  25. ^Sexton, Adam (February 5, 2024)."Students, educators testify against bill to ban social and emotional learning programs in New Hampshire".WMUR9.Archived from the original on February 17, 2024.
  26. ^DeWitt, Ethan (September 18, 2024)."Citing fall of Roe, Republicans ask for Claremont school funding decisions to be overturned".New Hampshire Bulletin.Archived from the original on September 18, 2024.
  27. ^"2024 New Hampshire State House Primary Election Results".USA Today. September 25, 2024.
  28. ^"New Hampshire Election Results".The New York Times. RetrievedNovember 11, 2024.
  29. ^DeWitt, Ethan (December 4, 2024)."What's next for abortion laws in New Hampshire in 2025?".New Hampshire Public Radio. New Hampshire Bulletin.
  30. ^"Full New Hampshire State House election results for Nov. 5, 2024".WMUR-TV. November 5, 2024.

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