Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
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Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 21. She assumed office on December 2, 2020. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Perkins Kwoka (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 21. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[1] Kwoka earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 2004 and a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2010. Her career experience includes working as a green energy lawyer.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Perkins Kwoka was assigned to the following committees:
- Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee
- Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee
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2021-2022
Perkins Kwoka was assigned to the following committees:
- Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Information Technology Oversight Committee
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Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka defeated Don Cardinale in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D) | 67.0 | 22,700 |
| Don Cardinale (R) | 32.9 | 11,155 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 33,893 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | 99.6 | 7,329 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 7,362 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Don Cardinale advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Don Cardinale | 99.0 | 2,707 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 2,733 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Perkins Kwoka in this election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka won election in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D) | 98.9 | 20,084 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 231 | ||
| Total votes: 20,315 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | 99.7 | 5,577 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 5,595 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka defeated Sue Polidura in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D) | 67.1 | 21,827 |
| Sue Polidura (R) | 32.9 | 10,717 | ||
| Total votes: 32,544 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka defeated Deaglan McEachern in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | 62.9 | 6,185 |
 | Deaglan McEachern | 37.0 | 3,640 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 9,839 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21
Sue Polidura advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sue Polidura | 98.7 | 2,832 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 2,870 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Perkins Kwoka's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I understand hard work because I've been working hard my whole life. I understand struggle because I grew up making ends meet. I understand the incredible challenges small businesses are facing because I depended on one for everything. I know what it's like to run a small business, save for college, and try to afford a place to live. And in Concord, I'll work to help the average Granite Stater get ahead. I was raised by a single mom and we ran the Dairy Queen in Exeter. I say "we" because our home was the small space above my family's restaurant for a time, and by the age of 15 I was managing employees and working 30+ hours per week while also attending high school. While most of my peers at Exeter rowed crew or played lacrosse after school, I ran the drive-thru. And I can still make a burger and fries with the best of them.
Dartmouth and Cornell Law opened doors I never even knew existed. But going to these schools also opened my eyes to just how many people get left behind. We need better jobs so people can actually pay their bills and save for college, better schools that help our children excel and to find new and creative ways to fund them, cleaner air and drinking water, and equality no matter the color of your skin, gender or who you love.- Affordable Housing: Housing is the foundation through which we create a more diverse and inclusive New Hampshire, and is the most basic need no one should be without.
- Climate Change: We need bold, purposeful policy change to fix the climate crisis so that everyone can access a greener, more prosperous future.
- An Equitable Economy: Small businesses and working families are the foundation of our state's economy and well-being, and COVID-19 has threatened small businesses' livelihoods. We must support small businesses across the state in their time of need, passing meaningful rent relief legislation to protect jobs and keep doors open.
2) Our Green Energy Future: We need aggressive policy to combat the climate crisis to protect our future, and we need more and better jobs here in New Hampshire. Bringing green energy to our state is the key to our economic and environmental future. As general counsel to a solar company by day, I understand deeply the effects of policy on green energy development, making me uniquely qualified to lead the conversation on bringing jobs and green energy to our state.
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2024
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In 2024, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2023
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In 2023, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth)," accessed February 24, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 5, 2020
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| Preceded by Martha Fuller Clark (D) |
New Hampshire State Senate District 21 2020-Present |
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