Karen Ebel
Karen Ebel (Democratic Party) is a member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives, representingMerrimack 7. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Ebel (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theNew Hampshire House of Representatives to representMerrimack 7. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.
Biography
Karen Ebel lives inNew Hampshire. Ebel earned a degree from Trinity College in Vermont and aJ.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Ebel was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Ebel was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Ebel was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| •Public Works and Highways |
| •Public Works and Highways |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ebel served on the following committees:
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| •Public Works and Highways |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ebel served on the following committees:
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| •Public Works and Highways |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel andGregory Sargent defeatedDorothy Hitchmoth andClaire Ann Ketteler in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel (D) | 30.6 | 2,721 | |
| ✔ | Gregory Sargent (D) | 29.4 | 2,614 | |
| Dorothy Hitchmoth (R) | 22.1 | 1,966 | ||
Claire Ann Ketteler (R) ![]() | 18.0 | 1,603 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 8,906 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel andGregory Sargent advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel | 55.1 | 1,090 | |
| ✔ | Gregory Sargent | 44.7 | 884 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 5 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,979 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
Dorothy Hitchmoth andClaire Ann Ketteler advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dorothy Hitchmoth | 56.1 | 692 | |
| ✔ | Claire Ann Ketteler ![]() | 41.9 | 517 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 24 | ||
There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,233 | |||
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2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel and incumbentDan Wolf defeatedGregory Sargent andClaire Ann Ketteler in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel (D) | 30.5 | 2,292 | |
| ✔ | Dan Wolf (R) | 26.3 | 1,975 | |
| Gregory Sargent (D) | 25.3 | 1,901 | ||
Claire Ann Ketteler (R) ![]() | 17.9 | 1,344 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 8 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 7,520 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel andGregory Sargent advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel | 54.6 | 796 | |
| ✔ | Gregory Sargent | 43.7 | 637 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 24 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,457 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 (2 seats)
IncumbentDan Wolf andClaire Ann Ketteler defeatedJohn Bowman in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Wolf | 40.0 | 595 | |
| ✔ | Claire Ann Ketteler ![]() | 29.5 | 438 | |
John Bowman ![]() | 28.9 | 430 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 24 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,487 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel and incumbentDan Wolf defeatedKaren Zurheide andRoger Richard in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel (D) | 28.6 | 2,514 | |
| ✔ | Dan Wolf (R) | 26.8 | 2,354 | |
| Karen Zurheide (D) | 25.1 | 2,202 | ||
| Roger Richard (R) | 19.5 | 1,716 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 8,787 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel andKaren Zurheide advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel | 83.6 | 1,202 | |
| ✔ | Karen Zurheide (Write-in) | 13.6 | 196 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 39 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,437 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentDan Wolf andRoger Richard advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Wolf | 58.1 | 721 | |
| ✔ | Roger Richard | 41.0 | 508 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 11 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,240 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel and incumbentDan Wolf defeatedAndy Schmidt in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel (D) | 39.2 | 2,250 | |
| ✔ | Dan Wolf (R) | 35.0 | 2,012 | |
| Andy Schmidt (D) | 25.7 | 1,478 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 4 | ||
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 5,744 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentKaren Ebel andAndy Schmidt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Ebel | 64.9 | 810 | |
| ✔ | Andy Schmidt | 35.1 | 439 | |
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,249 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
IncumbentDan Wolf advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Wolf | 100.0 | 632 | |
Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 632 | |||
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2016
Elections for theNew Hampshire House of Representatives 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.IncumbentDavid Kidder (R) did not seek re-election. Ebel was on the Democratic ticket and the Republican ticket in the 2016 general election.
IncumbentKaren Ebel andDan Wolf defeatedJayne Powers Leary in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 5 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 5 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 43.76% | 3,488 | ||
| Republican | 31.34% | 2,498 | ||
| Democratic | Jayne Powers Leary | 24.90% | 1,985 | |
| Total Votes | 7,971 | |||
| Source:New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
IncumbentKaren Ebel andJayne Powers Leary were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 5 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 5 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | ||
| Democratic | ||
Dan Wolf ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 5 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 5 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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2014
Elections for theNew Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. IncumbentKaren Ebel was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentDavid Kidder was unopposed in the Republican primary. With two seats in the district and lack of challengers, both incumbents were unopposed in the general election.[6]
2012
Ebel won election in the2012 election forNew Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 5. Ebel was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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| Year | Office | Status | Contributions | Expenditures |
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| 2024 | New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 | Won general | $6,300 | $0 |
| 2022 | New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 | Won general | $0 | $0 |
| 2018 | New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 | Won general | $0 | N/A** |
| 2016 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 5 | Won | $0 | N/A** |
| 2014 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 5 | Won | $0 | N/A** |
| 2012 | New Hampshire House, Merrimack 5 | Won | $0 | N/A** |
| ** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle | ||||
| Note: Totals above reflect only available data. | ||||
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2024
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In 2024, theNew Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2023
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In 2023, theNew Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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2022
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In 2022, theNew Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, theNew Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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In 2020, theNew Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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In 2017, theNew Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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In 2015, theNew Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
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In 2014, the 163rdNew Hampshire General Court, second year, was in session from January 8 through June 13.
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In 2013, the 163rdNew Hampshire General Court, first year, was in session from January 2 to July 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑The New Hampshire House of Representatives, "Representative Karen Ebel (D)," accessed February 5, 2023
- ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑4.04.1New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑5.05.1New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
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