Melissa Blasek

Melissa Blasek

Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 21st district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2020

Personal details
Born	Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	1
Residence(s)	Merrimack, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Berklee College of Music
Profession	Musician

Melissa Blasek is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, sitting as a Republican from the Hillsborough-21 multi-member district.^[1]^[2]

Career[]

Blasek graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. She currently teaches private voice, guitar and piano lessons in southern New Hampshire.^[3] She was first elected in 2020. Her current term ends on December 6, 2022.

Blasek has been among a group of Republican representatives opposed to the way the Sununu administration has handled the COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire.^[4]^[5] Blasek is a leader in the organization RebuildNH, which is opposed to vaccine mandates and believes that masks should be optional for children in schools.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References[]

^ "Melissa Blasek". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
^ "Welcome to the NH General Court | NH General Court". Gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
^ "Nh People in the News".
^ "New Hampshire conservatives launch long-shot effort to impeach GOP governor after mask mandate". Fox News. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
^ https://www.unionleader.com
^ "DHHS Quietly Drops Proposed Changes to Vaccine Registry". 5 October 2021.
^ Tracy, Paula (2021-09-28). "'Medical Freedom' Protesters Plan March Before Executive Council Meeting". IndepthNH.org. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
^ "Tele-Talk responses: Should masks be optional in schools?".

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167th General Court (2021–present) Speaker of the House Sherman Packard (R) Deputy Speaker Steven D. Smith (R) Speaker pro tempore Kimberly Rice (R) Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R) Minority Leader David Cote (D, acting)
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Chesh. 10) ▌ John Hunt (R, Chesh. 11) ▌ (R, Chesh. 11) ▌ (D, Chesh. 12) ▌ Jennie Gomarlo (D, Chesh. 12) ▌ (D, Chesh. 13) ▌ (D, Chesh. 14) ▌ (R, Chesh. 15) ▌ (D, Chesh. 16) ▌ (D, Chesh. 16) ▌ Donald Dostie (R, Coös 1) ▌ (R, Coös 1) ▌ (R, Coös 2) ▌ (D, Coös 3) ▌ (D, Coös 3) ▌ (R, Coös 3) ▌ (R, Coös 4) ▌ (D, Coös 5) ▌ William Hatch (D, Coös 6) ▌ (R, Coös 7) ▌ (R, Graf. 1) ▌ (D, Graf. 1) ▌ (D, Graf. 2) ▌ Dennis Ruprecht (D, Graf. 3) ▌ (R, Graf. 4) ▌ Bonnie Ham (R, Graf. 5) ▌ (R, Graf. 6) ▌ (R, Graf. 7) ▌ Sallie Fellows (D, Graf. 8) ▌ (D, Graf. 8) ▌ Joyce Weston (D, Graf. 8) ▌ (R, Graf. 9) ▌ (R, Graf. 9) ▌ (D, Graf. 10) ▌ Beth Folsom (R, Graf. 11) ▌ (D, Graf. 12) ▌ (D, Graf. 12) ▌ (D, Graf. 12) ▌ Sharon Nordgren (D, Graf. 12) ▌ Richard Abel (D, Graf. 13) ▌ Susan Almy (D, Graf. 13) ▌ (D, Graf. 13) ▌ George Sykes (D, Graf. 13) ▌ (R, Graf. 14) ▌ (R, Graf. 15) ▌ (R, Graf. 16) ▌ Joshua Adjutant (D, Graf. 17) ▌ Jim Fedolfi (R, Hills. 1) ▌ (D, Hills. 1) ▌ Leah Cushman (R, Hills. 2) ▌ (R, Hills. 2) ▌ (R, Hills. 2) ▌ Dan Pickering (D, Hills. 3) ▌ (R, Hills. 4) ▌ (R, Hills. 4) ▌ (R, Hills. 5) ▌ (R, Hills. 5) ▌ (R, Hills. 6) ▌ (R, Hills. 6) ▌ Vacant (Hills. 6) ▌ (R, Hills. 6) ▌ Claire Rouillard (R, Hills. 6) ▌ Vacant (Hills. 7) ▌ Linda Gould (R, Hills. 7) ▌ (R, Hills. 7) ▌ (R, Hills. 7) ▌ (R, Hills. 7) ▌ Sue Mullen (D, Hills. 7) ▌ (D, Hills. 8) ▌ (D, Hills. 8) ▌ (D, Hills. 9) ▌ Iz Piedra (D, Hills. 9) ▌ Jean Jeudy (D, Hills. 10) ▌ (D, Hills. 10) ▌ (D, Hills. 11) ▌ (D, Hills. 11) ▌ Amanda Bouldin (D, Hills. 12) ▌ Andrew Bouldin (D, Hills. 12) ▌ (R, Hills. 13) ▌ (R, Hills. 13) ▌ (D, Hills. 14) ▌ Mary Heath (D, Hills. 14) ▌ (D, Hills. 15) ▌ (R, Hills. 15) ▌ Joshua Query (D, Hills. 16) ▌ Barbara Shaw (D, Hills. 16) ▌ (D, Hills. 17) ▌ Timothy Smith (D, Hills. 17) ▌ (D, Hills. 18) ▌ (D, Hills. 18) ▌ (R, Hills. 19) ▌ (D, Hills. 19) ▌ (R, Hills. 20) ▌ (R, Hills. 20) ▌ Melissa Blasek (R, Hills. 21) ▌ (R, Hills. 21) ▌ (R, Hills. 21) ▌ Maureen Mooney (R, Hills. 21) ▌ Jeanine Notter (R, Hills. 21) ▌ Rosemarie Rung (D, Hills. 21) ▌ (R, Hills. 21) ▌ (R, Hills. 21) ▌ Tony Labranche (D, Hills. 22) ▌ (D, Hills. 22) ▌ (D, Hills. 22) ▌ Bill King (R, Hills. 23) ▌ (D, Hills. 23) ▌ Peter Petrigno (D, Hills. 23) ▌ (R, Hills. 23) ▌ (D, Hills. 24) ▌ (D, Hills. 24) ▌ (R, Hills. 25) ▌ (R, Hills. 25) ▌ (R, Hills. 26) ▌ (R, Hills. 26) ▌ (R, Hills. 27) ▌ (D, Hills. 27) ▌ (R, Hills. 28) ▌ (D, Hills. 28) ▌ Jan Schmidt (D, Hills. 28) ▌ (D, Hills. 29) ▌ Ray Newman (D, Hills. 29) ▌ Sue Newman (D, Hills. 29) ▌ Sherry Dutzy (D, Hills. 30) ▌ Patricia Klee (D, Hills. 30) ▌ (D, Hills. 30) ▌ David Cote (D, Hills. 31) ▌ (D, Hills. 31) ▌ Stacie Laughton (D, Hills. 31) ▌ Allison Nutting-Wong (D, Hills. 32) ▌ Michael Pedersen (D, Hills. 32) ▌ Dan Toomey (D, Hills. 32) ▌ (D, Hills. 33) ▌ Mark King (D, Hills. 33) ▌ Fran Nutter-Upham (D, Hills. 33) ▌ (D, Hills. 34) ▌ Catherine Sofikitis (D, Hills. 34) ▌ Deb Stevens (D, Hills. 34) ▌ Skip Cleaver (D, Hills. 35) ▌ Latha Mangipudi (D, Hills. 35) ▌ (D, Hills. 35) ▌ (D, Hills. 36) ▌ (D, Hills. 36) ▌ (D, Hills. 36) ▌ Bob Greene (R, Hills. 37) ▌ (R, Hills. 37) ▌ (R, Hills. 37) ▌ (R, Hills. 37) ▌ Vacant (Hills. 37) ▌ Vacant (Hills. 37) ▌ Andrew Prout (R, Hills. 37) ▌ Andrew Renzullo (R, Hills. 37) ▌ Kimberly Rice (R, Hills. 37) ▌ (R, Hills. 37) ▌ Jordan Ulery (R, Hills. 37) ▌ (R, Hills. 38) ▌ (D, Hills. 38) ▌ (R, Hills. 39) ▌ Keith Ammon (R, Hills. 40) ▌ Laurie Sanborn (R, Hills. 41) ▌ Jacqueline Chretien (D, Hills. 42) ▌ Matt Wilhelm (D, Hills. 42) ▌ Benjamin Baroody (D, Hills. 43) ▌ (D, Hills. 43) ▌ (D, Hills. 43) ▌ Ross Berry (R, Hills. 44) ▌ (R, Hills. 44) ▌ Jane Beaulieu (D, Hills. 45) ▌ (D, Hills. 45) ▌ (R, Merr. 1) ▌ (R, Merr. 2) ▌ (R, Merr. 2) ▌ (R, Merr. 3) ▌ (R, Merr. 3) ▌ Tom Schamberg (D, Merr. 4) ▌ (D, Merr. 5) ▌ Dan Wolf (R, Merr. 5) ▌ (D, Merr. 6) ▌ (D, Merr. 6) ▌ Margaret Kennedy (R, Merr. 7) ▌ (D, Merr. 8) ▌ (R, Merr. 9) ▌ (R, Merr. 9) ▌ David Luneau (D, Merr. 10) ▌ (D, Merr. 10) ▌ Mary Jane Wallner (D, Merr. 10) ▌ Steve Shurtleff (D, Merr. 11) ▌ (D, Merr. 12) ▌ Beth Richards (D, Merr. 13) ▌ (D, Merr. 14) ▌ (D, Merr. 15) ▌ (D, Merr. 16) ▌ Safiya Wazir (D, Merr. 17) ▌ (D, Merr. 18) ▌ (D, Merr. 19) ▌ (R, Merr. 20) ▌ (D, Merr. 20) ▌ (R, Merr. 20) ▌ (R, Merr. 21) ▌ (R, Merr. 21) ▌ (R, Merr. 22) ▌ (D, Merr. 23) ▌ (D, Merr. 23) ▌ (D, Merr. 23) ▌ (R, Merr. 24) ▌ (R, Merr. 24) ▌ (R, Merr. 24) ▌ (R, Merr. 24) ▌ (R, Merr. 25) ▌ (R, Merr. 26) ▌ Art Ellison (D, Merr. 27) ▌ (D, Merr. 27) ▌ (D, Merr. 28) ▌ Carol McGuire (R, Merr. 29) ▌ (R, Rock. 1) ▌ (R, Rock. 2) ▌ (R, Rock. 2) ▌ (R, Rock. 2) ▌ (R, Rock. 3) ▌ (R, Rock. 3) ▌ (R, Rock. 3) ▌ (R, Rock. 4) ▌ (R, Rock. 4) ▌ Jason Osborne (R, Rock. 4) ▌ (R, Rock. 4) ▌ (R, Rock. 4) ▌ Al Baldasaro (R, Rock. 5) ▌ (R, Rock. 5) ▌ (R, Rock. 5) ▌ (R, Rock. 5) ▌ Betsy McKinney (R, Rock. 5) ▌ Sherman Packard (R, Rock. 5) ▌ (R, Rock. 5) ▌ Vacant (Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ Phyllis Katsakiores (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ (R, Rock. 6) ▌ Mary Griffin (R, Rock. 7) ▌ Robert J. Lynn (R, Rock. 7) ▌ (R, Rock. 7) ▌ (R, Rock. 7) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ Fred Doucette (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ Joe Sweeney (R, Rock. 8) ▌ John Sytek (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 8) ▌ (R, Rock. 9) ▌ (R, Rock. 9) ▌ (R, Rock. 10) ▌ (R, Rock. 11) ▌ (R, Rock. 12) ▌ (R, Rock. 13) ▌ (R, Rock. 13) ▌ David Welch (R, Rock. 13) ▌ Kenneth Weyler (R, Rock. 13) ▌ (R, Rock. 14) ▌ (R, Rock. 14) ▌ Norman Major (R, Rock. 14) ▌ (R, Rock. 14) ▌ (R, Rock. 15) ▌ (R, Rock. 16) ▌ (D, Rock. 17) ▌ (D, Rock. 17) ▌ Ellen Read (D, Rock. 17) ▌ Lisa Bunker (D, Rock. 18) ▌ (D, Rock. 18) ▌ (D, Rock. 18) ▌ (D, Rock. 18) ▌ (R, Rock. 19) ▌ (D, Rock. 19) ▌ Tim Baxter (R, Rock. 20) ▌ (R, Rock. 20) ▌ Aboul Khan (R, Rock. 20) ▌ Vacant (Rock. 21) ▌ (D, Rock. 21) ▌ (R, Rock. 21) ▌ (D, Rock. 21) ▌ (D, Rock. 22) ▌ (D, Rock. 23) ▌ (D, Rock. 24) ▌ (D, Rock. 24) ▌ Laura Pantelakos (D, Rock. 25) ▌ (D, Rock. 26) ▌ (D, Rock. 27) ▌ (D, Rock. 28) ▌ (D, Rock. 29) ▌ Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (D, Rock. 30) ▌ (D, Rock. 31) ▌ (R, Rock. 32) ▌ Josh Yokela (R, Rock. 33) ▌ (R, Rock. 34) ▌ (R, Rock. 35) ▌ (D, Rock. 36) ▌ Max Abramson (R, Rock. 37) ▌ (R, Straf. 1) ▌ (R, Straf. 1) ▌ (R, Straf. 2) ▌ Joseph Pitre (R, Straf. 2) ▌ (R, Straf. 3) ▌ (R, Straf. 3) ▌ Cassandra Levesque (D, Straf. 4) ▌ (R, Straf. 4) ▌ Jeffrey Salloway (D, Straf. 5) ▌ Timothy Horrigan (D, Straf. 6) ▌ Cam Kenney (D, Straf. 6) ▌ Marjorie Smith (D, Straf. 6) ▌ Judith Spang (D, Straf. 6) ▌ Janet Wall (D, Straf. 6) ▌ Timothy Fontneau (D, Straf. 7) ▌ (D, Straf. 8) ▌ (R, Straf. 9) ▌ (R, Straf. 10) ▌ (D, Straf. 11) ▌ (R, Straf. 12) ▌ (D, Straf. 13) ▌ Kristina Fargo (D, Straf. 14) ▌ (D, Straf. 15) ▌ Sherry Frost (D, Straf. 16) ▌ Peter Bixby (D, Straf. 17) ▌ (D, Straf. 17) ▌ (D, Straf. 17) ▌ Gerri Cannon (D, Straf. 18) ▌ Wendy Chase (D, Straf. 18) ▌ Cecilia Rich (D, Straf. 18) ▌ Peter B. Schmidt (D, Straf. 19) ▌ (D, Straf. 20) ▌ (D, Straf. 21) ▌ Thomas Kaczynski Jr. (R, Straf. 22) ▌ Fenton Groen (R, Straf. 23) ▌ (R, Straf. 24) ▌ Amanda Gourgue (D, Straf. 25) ▌ (D, Sullivan 1) ▌ Brian Sullivan (D, Sullivan 1) ▌ (R, Sullivan 2) ▌ Andrew O'Hearne (D, Sullivan 3) ▌ Gary Merchant (D, Sullivan 4) ▌ Walter Stapleton (R, Sullivan 5) ▌ John Callum (R, Sullivan 6) ▌ Skip Rollins (R, Sullivan 6) ▌ Judy Aron (R, Sullivan 7) ▌ (R, Sullivan 8) ▌ Linda Tanner (D, Sullivan 9) ▌ John Cloutier (D, Sullivan 10) ▌ Steven Smith (R, Sullivan 11)
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