Terms of Service
Jan 6, 2011 → Jan 2, 2013
District 5
Elected 2010
Jan 8, 2015 → Jan 2, 2019
District 5
Elected 2014, re-elected 2016
Jan 6, 2021 → Present
District 5
Elected 2020, re-elected 2022, 2024
Voting Record
Dissenting Votes (752)
| Date | Item | Description | Vendor | Amount | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/07/25 | #25 | Authorized the Bureau of Right-of-Way to sell 90.35+/- acres of vacant State-owned land located on the east side of Stark Road, in the Town of Conway, NH to Shawn and Caitlin Baldwin for $235,000 and | $235,000 | denied | |
| 05/07/25 | #54 | FAILED - Authorize to enter into a lease agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ in the amount of $2,099,998.84, for Axon TASER® 10 Energy Weapons. Effective upon G&C approval through Apr | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | $2.1M | denied |
| 04/23/25 | #16 | FAILED - The Governor and Council, with Councilors Kenney, Stephen, and Wheeler voting no and Councilor Stevens abstaining, failed to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the New Hampshire De | $521,420 | denied | |
| 04/23/25 | #42 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a contract agreement with Vanasse Hagen Brustlin, Watertown, MA, in the amount of $85,000 to perform natural resources services across NHARN | Vanasse Hagen Brustlin | $85,000 | approved |
| 04/23/25 | #58 | Authorized, with Councilors Kenney and Wheeler voting no, to enter into a contract with MPACT Strategic Consulting LLC, Houston, TX, in an amount not to exceed $542,895.92 to conduct Davis-Bacon and R | MPACT Strategic Consultin | $542,896 | approved |
| 04/23/25 | #60 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Liot Hill, with Councilors Stephen and Wheeler voting no, authorized to enter into a contract with Drive Brand Studio, Inc | Drive Brand Studio, Inc. | $600,000 | approved |
| 04/23/25 | #88 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a grant agreement with Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation, Lincoln, NH totaling $114,190 for partial funding of one snow groomer replaceme | Loon Mountain Recreation | $114,190 | approved |
| 04/23/25 | #128 | Authorized, with Councilors Stephen and Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend $69,750 in registration fees and further accept and expend $38,000 in Federal Funds for a total of $107,750, for a two- | JPA III Management Compan | $107,750 | approved |
| 04/23/25 | #9 | FAILED - Authorize to enter into a sole source amendment to an existing contract with Maximus US Services, Inc., McLean, VA (originally approved by G&C on 6/30/21, Item #13), to continue providing com | Maximus US Services, Inc. | $4.1M | denied |
| 04/23/25 | #35 | FAILED - Authorize to enter into a contract with Amy C. McClellan, East Burke, VT in an amount up to and not to exceed $30,000 for the provision of Real Estate Appraisal Expert Consultant Services. Ef | New Hampshire Association | $362,012 | denied |
| 04/09/25 | #41 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Liot Hill, seconded by Councilor Stevens, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, authorized to grant an annual salary increase for Cassandra Sanchez, Directo | $128,912 | approved | |
| 04/09/25 | #46 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Agricultural Development to enter into a retroactive amendment to an existing sole source agreement with Farm Financial Analysis Services, | Farm Financial Analysis S | $30,000 | approved |
| 04/09/25 | #82 | Authorized, with Councilors Kenney and Wheeler voting no, to enter into a grant agreement with the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, Concord, NH, to support the June 2025 Annual Leadersh | New Hampshire Association | $50,000 | approved |
| 04/09/25 | #83 | Authorized, with Councilors Kenney and Wheeler voting no, to enter into a grant agreement with the New Hampshire School Administrators Association, Concord, NH, to support the 84th Annual 2025 Confere | New Hampshire School Admi | $50,000 | approved |
| 04/09/25 | #14 | Authorized to award a contract with Deloitte Consulting, LLP, New York, NY, in the amount of $18,576,555.05, to support the safety, permanency, and well-being of New Hampshire’s children and their fam | MAO Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a | $570,000 | approved |
| 04/09/25 | #14 | Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with NTT DATA State Health Consulting, LLC., Plano, TX, in the amount of $3,486,773.44 for Independent Verification and Validation services, as required | MAO Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a | $570,000 | approved |
| 02/26/25 | #15 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Stevens, seconded by Councilor Stephen, and with Councilors Stephen and Wheeler voting no, authorized to amend an existing contract with TDB Communicati | Mary Hitchcock Memorial H | $25,000 | approved |
| 02/26/25 | #16 | FAILED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Stevens, seconded by Councilor Stephen voted to adopt this item for the purpose of discussion. Following discussion, with Councilors Kenney, St | $7.5M | denied | |
| 01/15/25 | #6 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Liot Hill, seconded by Councilor Stevens, and further on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – Yes, Councilor Liot Hill – Yes, Councilor Steve | $50.0M | approved | |
| 01/15/25 | #14 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Stevens, seconded by Councilor Kenney authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to retroactively continue the full-time temporary position MISC SOC | approved | ||
| 12/18/24 | #7 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to extend one full-time temporary PARALGLS-LGL ASSTS 4 (Legal Assistant), a position assigned to the Office of the Commissioner, Legal and Regulatory Serv | approved | ||
| 12/18/24 | #9 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a contract with Pyramid Model Consortium, Missoula, MT, in the amount of $1,100,000 to establish a temporary six month Child Care Workforce | Pyramid Model Consortium | $1.1M | approved |
| 12/04/24 | #44 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend an existing contract with GYK Antler, Manchester, NH (originally approved by G&C on 5/31/23, Item #82), for marketing services, by increasing the | GYK Antler | $18.1M | approved |
| 11/13/24 | #24 | Authorized, with Councilors Kenney and Wheeler voting no, the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with R.S. Audley, Inc., Bow, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $15,987,400, for toll conver | R.S. Audley, Inc. | $16.0M | approved |
| 10/16/24 | #57 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the approval of the recommendation of the Cannon Mountain Advisory Commission to implement the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway & Ski Area capital improveme | $709,500 | approved | |
| 10/16/24 | #159 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the NH Office of Highway Safety to enter into a sole source contract with AAA Northern New England, Portland, ME, for the creation and delivery of public | AAA Northern New England | $170,000 | approved |
| 09/25/24 | #92 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend $1,961,773 to support the creation of the Lisbon Early Learning Center. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2025. 100% Feder | $2.0M | approved | |
| 09/25/24 | #97 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $1,110,110 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to three recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $1.1M | approved | |
| 09/25/24 | #144 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source contract with VRTKL, Inc. d/b/a Fork Farms, Green Bay, WI, in an amount not to exceed $88,390 to purchase hydroponic Flex Farm | VRTKL, Inc. d/b/a Fork Fa | $88,390 | approved |
| 08/30/24 | #93 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Office of Planning and Development to accept and expend $160,000 in American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery Funds to fund the Office of Plannin | $160,000 | approved | |
| 08/30/24 | #94 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Office of Planning and Development to enter into a contract with Econsult Solutions Inc, Philadelphia, PA, in the amount of $149,500 in American Rescu | Econsult Solutions Inc | $149,500 | approved |
| 08/30/24 | #97 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to award $20,284,407.55 from the Broadband Matching Grant Initiative Program to two recipients for eight projects as detailed in the letter dated August 1 | $20.3M | approved | |
| 08/07/24 | #33 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $420,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to the three recipients as detailed in the lette | $420,000 | approved | |
| 08/07/24 | #34 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $655,708 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the six recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $2.0M | approved | |
| 08/07/24 | #23 | FAILED – Authorize the Bureau of Highway Maintenance to enter into a rental agreement with United Rentals (North America), Inc., for an amount not to exceed $298,710, based on a rental agreement for t | $298,710 | denied | |
| 07/24/24 | #29 | Authorized, with Councilors Gatsas and Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source contract with Kelmar Associates, LLC, Wakefield, MA (originally approved by G&C on 4/23/14, Item #15), in the amou | Kelmar Associates, LLC | $3.2M | approved |
| 07/10/24 | #52 | Authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord, NH, in the amount of $562,000, to support New Hampshire school districts with exploring | $562,000 | approved | |
| 06/26/24 | #17 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source cooperative project agreements with the Contractors as detailed in the letter dated June 3, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $ | $525,234 | approved | |
| 06/26/24 | #108 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award an InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant to the Town of Hanover, NH, in the amount of $90,000, as an incentive r | Town of Hanover | $90,000 | approved |
| 06/26/24 | #109 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $888,411 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the six recipients as detailed in the letter date | $888,411 | approved | |
| 05/29/24 | #66 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $1,140,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Programs to the two recipients as detailed in the lett | $1.1M | approved | |
| 05/29/24 | #67 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $823,432 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the four recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $823,432 | approved | |
| 05/15/24 | #89 | TABLED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Warmington, and with Councilor Wheeler voting no, voted to table the request of the Division of Travel and Touris | Brian Nevins Photography | $1.3M | tabled |
| 05/15/24 | #90 | TABLED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Warmington, and with Councilor Wheeler voting no, voted to table the request of the Division of Travel and Touris | Portland Post-Production | $860,000 | tabled |
| 05/15/24 | #91 | TABLED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Warmington, and with Councilor Wheeler voting no, voted to table the request of the Division of Travel and Touris | Walk Tall Inc. d/b/a Denn | $1.1M | tabled |
| 05/15/24 | #92 | TABLED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Warmington, and with Councilor Wheeler voting no, voted to table the request of the Division of Travel and Touris | Warden Co LLC | $860,000 | tabled |
| 04/10/24 | #44 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $2,040,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to the four recipients as detailed in the lett | $2.0M | approved | |
| 03/27/24 | #49 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into an agreement with NHSCOT, Concord, NH in the amount of $197,300 in American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery Funds in order to replace | NHSCOT | $197,300 | approved |
| 03/13/24 | #53 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend an existing sole source sub award (or grant) agreement with the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (originally approved by G&C on 7/27/22, L | $14.0M | approved | |
| 03/13/24 | #54 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend an existing sole source sub award (or grant) agreement with the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (originally approved by G&C on 7/27/22, L | $7.9M | approved |