Rick Ladd

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Margaret Susie Hodsdon
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(m. 1968)​
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Rick M. Ladd
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Children3
Education
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  • Teacher
  • principal
  • politician
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/service United States Army

Roderick Merrill Ladd Jr. is an American politician and retired teacher and school principal. He is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Grafton 5th district. As of 2024, he has been elected for nine consecutive terms. [3] [4] He is the chair of the House Education Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. [5] Ladd is a Republican. [6]

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Biography

Early life and education

He attended Vermont Academy, the University of Maine, [2] and the University of Southern Maine. Ladd married Margaret Susie Hodsdon at the Franklin Street Methodist Church in Rumford, Maine, on September 28, 1968. Ladd was stationed at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, while an officer in the United States Army. [2]

In 1998, Ladd was named the national distinguished principal of Alaska by the Alaska Council of School Administrators when he was the principal of West Homer Elementary School in Kenai. [7] [8] [9]

Political career

He was first elected in 2008 after he received the most votes in the general election for the Grafton 5th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Ladd received thirteen more votes than fellow Republican party politician Paul Ingbretson, who was also elected. [10]

Ladd supported Carly Fiorina in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. [11]

In 2024 while an incumbent, he received the most votes in the Republican party primary election for the Grafton 5th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. [3] He received the most votes and defeated Rachael Booth and Dustin Vigneault, who both ran uncontested in the Democratic party primary election, [3] in the 2024 general election for the Grafton 5th district. [4] Ladd endorsed Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. [12]

He is a member of the New England Board of Higher Education. [13]

Electoral history

New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 5th district, 2024      Source: [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Ladd 2,126 31.24
Republican Marie Louise Bjelobrk 2,088 30.68
Democratic Rachael Booth1,37520.20
Democratic Dustin Vigneault1,21717.88
Total votes6,806 100
New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican party primary election for the Grafton 5th district, 2024     Source: [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Ladd 454 39
Republican Marie Louise Bjelobrk 411 35
Republican Greg Mathieson30226
Total votes1,167 100
New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 4th district, 2020      Source: [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Ladd 1,405 68.07
Democratic Don LoCascio65931.93
Total votes2,064 100
New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 5th district, 2008     Source: [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Roderick Ladd 1,464 28.03
Republican Paul Ingbretson 1,451 27.78
Democratic Charles W. Chandler1,39726.75
Democratic Thomas J. Friel91117.44
Total votes5,223 100

References

  1. ↑ "N. H. House of Representatives Rick Ladd: Rick Ladd". Town of Haverhill New Hampshire. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maine Girl Weds Lt. R. M. Ladd Jr". Niagara Falls, New York: Niagara Falls Gazette. September 30, 1968 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ladd, Bjelobrk win contested Republican primary for Haverhill-area House seats". Valley News. September 11, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "2024 New Hampshire State House Grafton District 5 election results". The Boston Globe . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ Adrian, Patrick (August 25, 2024). "Three Haverhill Republicans vie for nomination for two House seats". Valley News. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Representative Rick Ladd (R)". The General Court of New Hampshire. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "National Distinguished Principal (NDP)". The Alaska Council of School Administrators. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board Meeting April 20, 1998". Kenai Peninsula Borough School District . April 20, 1998. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board Meeting December 7, 1998" (PDF). Kenai Peninsula Borough School District . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "2008 State Representative General Election Grafton 5 district". New Hampshire Public Radio . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  11. ↑ John DiStaso (June 16, 2015). "Gene Chandler heads list of 13 NH House members backing Fiorina". WMUR-TV.
  12. ↑ Landrigan, Kevin (May 17, 2023). "Pro-DeSantis PAC Claims More House GOP Backers Than Trump". The New Hampshire Union Leader . Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Membership". New England Board of Higher Education. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Full New Hampshire State House election results for Nov. 5, 2024". WMUR-TV . November 5, 2024.
  15. ↑ "2020 State Representative General Election Grafton 4 district". New Hampshire Public Radio . November 5, 2024.
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