John Sellers (New Hampshire politician) explained

State House:New Hampshire
District:Grafton 10th
Term Start:December 4, 2024
Succeeding:Carroll Brown Jr.
State House2:New Hampshire
District2:Grafton 18th
Term Start2:December 7, 2022
Successor2:Donald McFarlane (elect)
Birth Name:John Matthew Sellers
Spouse:Donna[1]
Residence:Bristol, New Hampshire, U.S.[2]
Children:9
Party:Republican[3]

John Matthew Sellers is an American Republican party politician who represents the Grafton 18th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

He is strongly against public education and is an advocate of homeschooling and school choice. A former member of the Newfound Area School District budgeting committee from 2020 to 2023,[4] he has suggested that "parents get their children out of the public government schools",[5] claimed public schools are "following the path of Hitler",[6] and stated that the "only things kids learn in [public] schools involve porn and demons".[7] He has been considered to be a conspiracy theorist[8] and has often quoted Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin.[6] [9] [10]

Life and career

Sellers grew up in Weymouth, Massachusetts, with five siblings and joined the United States Air Force after high school.[11] He served in the USAF[12] for six years, worked as a small business owner for many years, was a Senior Business Analyst at SAS Institute and retired in 2021. Sellers was on the Bristol Town Budget Committee and was a member of the Newfound Area School District budget committee. He is a board member of the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire.[11]

He was the plaintiff in the New Hampshire Superior Court case John M Sellers v. Town of Bristol. He sued the city, seeking to invalidate the results of the March 14, 2017, election held by the town, in which he was a candidate, and sought for the town to hold a new election.[13] Sellers ran for one of two open positions on the Board of Selectmen and came in third place in the election.[14] The New Hampshire Superior Court decided that without any fraud, voting irregularities do not invalidate an election unless they affect the result.[15]

In September 2022, Sellers defeated Andrew Ware in the Republican primary election for the Grafton 18th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[16] In November 2022, he defeated Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban in the general election by four votes.[17] He assumed office in December 2022.

In December 2022, Sellers and his wife Donna were granted a special exception by the Town of Bristol to operate a short-term rental Airbnb at their property subject to meeting the fire chiefs requirements.[18]

On December 5, 2023, Sellers was one of four Republican co-sponsors of HB 1248, a bill that would have banned abortion after 15 days of pregnancy.[19] Sellers said he was not sure why the bills author had targeted 15 days, but said he was in favor of any restriction on abortion.[20]

On February 5, 2024, Sellers was the prime sponsor[21] of a bill that he introduced that would ban social–emotional learning in schools[22] and said "It is a tool. It is indoctrination".[21] [23] [24] In September 2024, Sellers joined 30 other New Hampshire House and Senate Republicans in signing an amicus brief calling for the overturn of the Claremont School District v. Governor of New Hampshire decisions decided in 1993 and 1997.[25]

He currently represents the towns of Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, and Orange.[1]

He ran unopposed in the primary[26] and defeated Richard Lobban in the 2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives election for the Grafton 10th district.[27]

Open letters

Sellers has written many letters to the editor that have been published by The Laconia Daily Sun.

External link

John Sellers' campaign website
John Sellers on WMUR9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Representative John Sellers (R). New Hampshire General Court. March 3, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240712032138/https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10620. July 12, 2024.
  2. Web site: Grafton County Delegation. Grafton County. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240529113433/https://grafton-county.com/delegation/. May 29, 2024.
  3. Web site: NH House kills bill to collect race and ethnicity data during police stops. Concord Monitor. February 15, 2023. Jamie. Costa. March 3, 2023.
  4. Web site: Budget Committee Committee. Newfoundland Area School District.
  5. News: Sellers. John. Rep. John Sellers: Home schooling an easy educational alternative to public schools. May 22, 2023. The Laconia Daily Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20230523093638/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/rep-john-sellers-home-schooling-an-easy-educational-alternative-to-public-schools/article_3bfd5978-f8ad-11ed-8d93-939d7584f13a.html. May 23, 2023. live.
  6. News: Sellers. John. Rep. John Sellers: Take kids out of schools, which are following path of Hitler. June 22, 2023. The Laconia Daily Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20240924182921/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/rep-john-sellers-take-kids-out-of-schools-which-are-following-path-of-hitler/article_a6ef922a-110b-11ee-9c8d-87fc82fda7e3.html. September 24, 2024. live.
  7. News: Sellers. John. Rep. John Sellers: The only things kids learn in schools involve porn and demons. January 2, 2023. The Laconia Daily Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20240924182120/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/rep-john-sellers-the-only-things-kids-learn-in-schools-involve-porn-and-demons/article_b9de5942-8791-11ed-b34b-f3bae5a5e10e.html. September 24, 2024. live.
  8. Web site: Metcalf. Richard. Richard Metcalf: Rep. John Sellers misrepresents his own record. January 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20240924192316/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/richard-metcalf-rep-john-sellers-misrepresents-his-own-record/article_61159f86-6099-11ef-90e8-f334d74586ec.html. September 24, 2024.
  9. News: Sellers. John. Rep. John Sellers: Democrats say one thing, then vote to do the opposite. August 17, 2023. The Laconia Daily Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002150220/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/rep-john-sellers-democrats-say-one-thing-then-vote-to-do-the-opposite/article_a67e5a1c-3d32-11ee-88e0-dbdb7bdae026.html. October 2, 2023. live.
  10. News: Sellers. John. Democrats represent the evil around us. Valley News. August 21, 2023.
  11. Web site: About. School District Governance Association of New Hampshire. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240616113025/https://sdganh.org/about/. June 16, 2024.
  12. Web site: In District 18, candidate claims call to service. Valley News. Laura. Koes. September 6, 2022. March 3, 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220907071955/https://www.vnews.com/Two-Republicans-are-vying-for-one-seat-to-represent-District-18-in-the-N-H-House-47621528. September 7, 2022.
  13. Web site: John M Sellers v. Town of Bristol. New Hampshire Municipal Association. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240822062827/https://www.nhmunicipal.org/sites/default/files/uploads/court_documents/sellers_v._bristol.pdf. August 22, 2024.
  14. News: Bristol is victorious in March town election challenge. The Laconia Daily Sun. August 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20240925205806/https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/bristol-is-victorious-in-march-town-election-challenge/article_5e72b685-ea8f-5931-97c0-835ada89646a.html. September 25, 2024. live.
  15. Web site: Absent Fraud, Voting Irregularities Do Not Invalidate an Election Unless They Affect the Result. August 21, 2017. New Hampshire Municipal Association.
  16. Web site: 2022 New Hampshire State House - Grafton District 18 Election Results. USA Today. September 13, 2022. March 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230304053434/https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-09-13-state-house-NH-32133/. March 4, 2023. live.
  17. Web site: 2022 New Hampshire State House - Grafton District 18 Election Results. USA Today. November 8, 2022. March 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230304053434/https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-11-08-state_house-NH-32139/. March 4, 2023. live.
  18. Web site: Zoning Board of Adjustments - December 6, 2022. December 6, 2022. Bristol, NH. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240924180805/https://www.bristolnh.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif2866/f/minutes/12-6-22_zba_minutes.pdf. September 24, 2024.
  19. News: Graham. Michael. GOP's Perez Calls Support for 15-Day Abortion Bill a 'Mistake,' But Political Damage Is Done. NH Journal - An InsideSources publication. December 7, 2023.
  20. News: Timm. Jane C.. New Hampshire Republicans propose '15-day' abortion ban. NBC News. December 5, 2023.
  21. News: Gokee. Amanda. Why is N.H. considering a ban on social emotional learning?. The Boston Globe. February 5, 2024.
  22. News: Sruti. Gopalakrishnan. Six-year-old from Concord testifies against bill that would prohibit SEL classes. Concord Monitor. February 5, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707134237/https://www.concordmonitor.com/Six-year-old-from-Concord-testifies-against-bill-that-would-prohibit-SEL-classes-53941475. July 7, 2024. live.
  23. News: Social Emotional Learning ban brings out strong opposition. dead. Reaching Higher NH. February 7, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240207173601/https://reachinghighernh.org/2024/02/07/social-emotional-learning-ban-brings-out-strong-opposition/. February 7, 2024.
  24. News: Sexton. Adam. Students, educators testify against bill to ban social and emotional learning programs in New Hampshire. WMUR9. February 5, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217232759/https://www.wmur.com/article/bill-ban-social-emotional-learning-new-hampshire/46652803. February 17, 2024. live.
  25. News: DeWitt. Ethan. Citing fall of Roe, Republicans ask for Claremont school funding decisions to be overturned. September 18, 2024. New Hampshire Bulletin. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240918113558/https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2024/09/18/citing-fall-of-roe-republicans-ask-for-claremont-school-funding-decisions-to-be-overturned/. September 18, 2024.
  26. News: 2024 New Hampshire State House Primary Election Results . USA Today. September 25, 2024.
  27. Web site: New Hampshire Election Results. The New York Times. November 11, 2024.

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