Dan Innis

Republican Party

New Hampshire State Senate District 7

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor:Harold French (R)

Prior offices:

New Hampshire State Senate District 24

Years in office: 2016 - 2018

Successor:Tom Sherman (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

September 8, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Ohio University, 1985

Ph.D

The Ohio State University, 1991

Graduate

Miami University, 1986

Personal

Birthplace

Columbus, OH

Profession

Professor

Contact

Official website

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Dan Innis (Republican Party) is a member of theNew Hampshire State Senate, representingDistrict 7. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Innis (Republican Party) ran for election to theU.S. Senate to represent New Hampshire. He will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary onSeptember 8, 2026.

Biography

Dan Innis was born in Columbus, Ohio, and lives in Bradford, New Hampshire. Innis earned a B.B.A. from Ohio University in 1985, an M.B.A. from Miami University (Ohio) in 1986, and a Ph.D. in marketing from Ohio State University in 1991. His career experience includes co-founding The Hotel Portsmouth and the Ale House Inn and working as a professor of marketing and hospitality management from the University of New Hampshire, the dean of the University of Maine College of Business, Public Policy, and Health, and the dean of the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics.^[1][2][3]

Committee assignments

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2025-2026

Innis was assigned to the following committees:

• Commerce Committee,Chair
• Education Finance Committee,Vice Chair
• Senate Finance Committee,Vice Chair

2023-2024

Innis was assigned to the following committees:

• Capital Budget Committee,Chair
• Commerce Committee
• Senate Finance Committee,Vice Chair
• Senate Ways and Means Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2026

See also: United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on September 8, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Matt Giovonizzi is running in the general election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on November 3, 2026.

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Karishma Manzur andChris Pappas are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 8, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Karishma Manzur
		Chris Pappas

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeanne Shaheen (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Scott Brown,Tejasinha Sivalingam, andJohn Sununu are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 8, 2026.

		Candidate
		Scott Brown
		Tejasinha Sivalingam
		John Sununu

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• Dan Innis (R)

Endorsements

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

IncumbentDan Innis defeatedStu Green in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Innis (R)	55.5	17,888
		Stu Green (D)	44.5	14,337
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	17

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,242
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

Stu Green advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stu Green	99.4	4,681
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	27

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,708
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

IncumbentDan Innis advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Innis	99.2	5,260
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	45

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Endorsements

2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

Dan Innis defeatedRichard Lobban Jr. in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Innis (R)	54.5	13,413
		Richard Lobban Jr. (D)	45.3	11,146
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	34

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

Richard Lobban Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Lobban Jr.	99.3	3,288
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	23

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7

Dan Innis defeatedThomas Dunne Jr. in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 7 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Innis	62.8	3,509
	Submit photo	Thomas Dunne Jr.	36.6	2,044
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	35

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,588
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2018

See also:New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 24

Tom Sherman defeated incumbentDan Innis in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 24 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Sherman (D)	53.1	15,664
		Dan Innis (R)	46.9	13,832

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,496
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 24

Tom Sherman advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 24 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Sherman	100.0	5,686

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 24

IncumbentDan Innis advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 24 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Innis	100.0	4,396

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2016

State Senate

See also:New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theNew Hampshire State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016.IncumbentNancy Stiles (R) did not seek re-election.

Dan Innis defeatedTom Sherman in the New Hampshire State Senate District 24 general election.^[4][5]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Innis	52.15%	17,844
	Democratic	Tom Sherman	47.85%	16,373
Total Votes				34,217
Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State

Tom Sherman ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 24 Democratic primary.^[6][7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Tom Sherman (unopposed)

Dan Innis defeatedStephen Kenda,Jim Maggiore, andRay Tweedie in the New Hampshire State Senate District 24 Republican primary.^[6][7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Innis	35.00%	1,895
	Republican	Stephen Kenda	27.15%	1,470
	Republican	Jim Maggiore	7.72%	418
	Republican	Ray Tweedie	30.14%	1,632
Total Votes				5,415

U.S. House

See also:New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District was abattleground district in 2016.Carol Shea-Porter (D) defeated incumbentFrank Guinta (R),Robert Lombardo (L), and businessmanShawn O'Connor (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Guinta defeated Republican challengersJamieson Gradert,Rich Ashooh,Michael Callis, andRobert Risley in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016. This election marked the fourth contest between Guinta and Shea-Porter, who alternately won against one another in elections; Guinta defeated Shea-Porter in 2010 and 2014 and Shea-Porter defeated Guinta in 2012. Guinta was a member of theNRCC's Patriot Program, which was designed to assist vulnerable Republican incumbents seeking re-election.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter	44.3%	162,080
	Republican	Frank GuintaIncumbent	43%	157,176
	Independent	Shawn O'Connor	9.5%	34,735
	Independent	Brendan Kelly	1.7%	6,074
	Libertarian	Robert Lombardo	1.5%	5,507
Total Votes				365,572
Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank GuintaIncumbent	46.6%	26,400
Rich Ashooh	45.3%	25,678
Michael Callis	4%	2,243
Robert Risley	2.4%	1,347
Jamieson Gradert	1.8%	1,031
Total Votes		56,699
Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State

Innis dropped out of the race in March 2016.^[20]

2014

See also:New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The1st Congressional District of New Hampshire held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.Republican candidateFrank Guinta challenged and defeatedDemocratic incumbentCarol Shea-Porter in the general election.^[21] While Shea-Porter ran uncontested in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014, Guinta defeated three other candidates—Dan Innis,Everett Jabour andBrendan Kelly—for the Republican nomination.^[22]

New Hampshire's 1st was considered a battleground district in 2014. Shea-Porter was first elected in 2006, but lost to Guinta in 2010 and regained her seat again in the 2012 election, where she defeated Guinta by a 3.8 percent margin of victory. The 1st District also voted Democratic in the 2012 presidential elections, but President Barack Obama won by only 1.6 percent. With 2014 being a third rematch between Shea-Porter and Guinta, this race was viewed as a toss-up.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Guinta	49.1%	29,246
Dan Innis	40.9%	24,342
Brendan Kelly	8.4%	4,999
Everett Jabour	1.7%	996
Total Votes		59,583
Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State - Official Election Results

Endorsements

Innis received the following endorsements:

• Former New Hampshire state representativeDoug Scamman^[23]
• Former New Hampshire state representativeStella Scamman^[23]
• TheLGBTQ Victory Fund^[24][25]
• Former New Hampshire state representativeJim Waddell^[26]
• New Hampshire state senatorJohn Reagan^[27]
• Former Executive Councilor for the Third District of New Hampshire Ruth Griffin^[28]
• Twenty-one "Granite Staters" listedhere^[29]

Media

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

Dan Innis did not completeBallotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

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2014

Innis listed the following four priorities on his campaign website:^[31]

Campaign finance summary

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2024

2023

2018

2017

2016

Personal

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When he served in the state Senate, Innis lived with his husband in New Hampshire, as of October 2013.^[33] He had three children from a previous marriage.^[1] Innis was one of three openly gay Republicans running for Congress in 2014, and he was endorsed by the LGBTQ Victory Fund.^[34]

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