Cassandra Levesque | |
---|---|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Strafford 4 district | |
Assumed office December 5, 2018 Serving with
Len Turcotte and
Heath Howard | |
Preceded by |
Jackie Cilley Len Turcotte |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1999 |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Barrington, New Hampshire |
Alma mater | Southern New Hampshire University |
Cassandra Levesque (born c. 1999) is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She has been a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2018, representing the Strafford 4 district. [1] Levesque has contributed to efforts to eliminate child marriage in New Hampshire.
Levesque became a Girl Scout when she was five years old. She began researching child marriage as a project for the program's Gold Award. Levesque worked with her state Representative, Jackie Cilley, to draft a bill that would eliminate provisions allowing minors to marry with judicial and parental consent. The state House of Representatives voted against the bill's passage. [2] [3] Despite the bill's failure, other legislation sponsored by Cilley passed which raised the minimum age for marriage from 13 to 16. [2] Levesque said she would continue to advocate for the minimum marriage age to be raised to 18. [4] [5]
When both incumbents from the Strafford 4 district, Cilley and Len Turcotte, decided to retire, local Democrats convinced Levesque to run in the 2018 election. [2] Levesque was elected on a campaign of representing small businesses and addressing water-quality issues. [6] At 19, she became the youngest serving member of New Hampshire's legislature. [7] Levesque has continued to press the issue of child marriage in the legislature. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 699 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 663 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 1,362 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 2,061 | 26.4 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 1,983 | 25.4 | |
Republican | Jenny Wilson | 1,801 | 23.0 | |
Republican | Robert Drew | 1,787 | 22.9 | |
Libertarian | Frank Bertone | 187 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 7,819 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 870 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne (incumbent) | 827 | 48.6 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 3 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 1,362 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Len Turcotte | 2,844 | 26.3 | |
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 2,755 | 25.5 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne (incumbent) | 2,611 | 24.1 | |
Republican | Jenny Wilson | 2,604 | 24.1 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 5 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 10,819 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 798 | 34.4 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 776 | 33.4 | |
Democratic | Heath Howard | 749 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 2,323 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 3,363 | 17.4 | |
Republican | Len Turcotte (incumbent) | 3,283 | 17.0 | |
Democratic | Heath Howard | 3,243 | 16.8 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 3,236 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Kurt Wuelper (incumbent) [a] | 3,127 | 16.2 | |
Republican | Davis Miller | 3,052 | 15.8 | |
Total votes | 19,304 | 100.0 |
Cassandra Levesque | |
---|---|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Strafford 4 district | |
Assumed office December 5, 2018 Serving with
Len Turcotte and
Heath Howard | |
Preceded by |
Jackie Cilley Len Turcotte |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1999 |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Barrington, New Hampshire |
Alma mater | Southern New Hampshire University |
Cassandra Levesque (born c. 1999) is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She has been a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2018, representing the Strafford 4 district. [1] Levesque has contributed to efforts to eliminate child marriage in New Hampshire.
Levesque became a Girl Scout when she was five years old. She began researching child marriage as a project for the program's Gold Award. Levesque worked with her state Representative, Jackie Cilley, to draft a bill that would eliminate provisions allowing minors to marry with judicial and parental consent. The state House of Representatives voted against the bill's passage. [2] [3] Despite the bill's failure, other legislation sponsored by Cilley passed which raised the minimum age for marriage from 13 to 16. [2] Levesque said she would continue to advocate for the minimum marriage age to be raised to 18. [4] [5]
When both incumbents from the Strafford 4 district, Cilley and Len Turcotte, decided to retire, local Democrats convinced Levesque to run in the 2018 election. [2] Levesque was elected on a campaign of representing small businesses and addressing water-quality issues. [6] At 19, she became the youngest serving member of New Hampshire's legislature. [7] Levesque has continued to press the issue of child marriage in the legislature. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 699 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 663 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 1,362 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 2,061 | 26.4 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 1,983 | 25.4 | |
Republican | Jenny Wilson | 1,801 | 23.0 | |
Republican | Robert Drew | 1,787 | 22.9 | |
Libertarian | Frank Bertone | 187 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 7,819 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 870 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne (incumbent) | 827 | 48.6 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 3 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 1,362 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Len Turcotte | 2,844 | 26.3 | |
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 2,755 | 25.5 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne (incumbent) | 2,611 | 24.1 | |
Republican | Jenny Wilson | 2,604 | 24.1 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 5 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 10,819 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque | 798 | 34.4 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 776 | 33.4 | |
Democratic | Heath Howard | 749 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 2,323 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cassandra Levesque (incumbent) | 3,363 | 17.4 | |
Republican | Len Turcotte (incumbent) | 3,283 | 17.0 | |
Democratic | Heath Howard | 3,243 | 16.8 | |
Democratic | Matthew Towne | 3,236 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Kurt Wuelper (incumbent) [a] | 3,127 | 16.2 | |
Republican | Davis Miller | 3,052 | 15.8 | |
Total votes | 19,304 | 100.0 |