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Joseph P. Stallcop (born May 7, 1996) is an American politician, author, EMT, and former member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral State legislature (United States), legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members com ...
. He was first elected to the chamber in 2016 as a Democrat. In May 2017, Stallcop switched his party affiliation to
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. He served on the House Legislative Administration Committee and as a member of the House Libertarian Caucus led by Rep. Caleb Q. Dyer.


Personal life

Joseph Stallcop was born in
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, on May 7, 1996, to John and Julie Stallcop. When Joseph was young, his father was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and thus their family moved several times before eventually settling in Gales Ferry, Connecticut, where he was raised. He attended Saint Bernard School, a Catholic private school in
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, from the 6th grade through high school. In 2014, Joseph moved to New Hampshire to attend
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. He is also an author.


Political career


Electoral history

In June 2016, Stallcop filed to run as a Democratic candidate for the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Cheshire County's 4th district. By the end of the filing period he was the only candidate in the race on either side. On September 13, 2016, he was elected unopposed for the Democratic nomination. On November 8, 2016, without Republican or write-in opposition, Stallcop was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.


Switch to Libertarian Party

On May 10, 2017, Stallcop announced that he had changed his voter registration from Democrat to Libertarian. In a speech given on the steps of the
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, Stallcop said that Libertarian Party was a better fit for those of his views, which he described as classically liberal and civil libertarian. Stallcop also cited his experiences attending the
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in North Dakota. Stallcop also said he was frustrated by criticism over his vote to kill legislation to increase the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old and his vote to allow the carrying of concealed guns without a permit. Stallcop resigned from the New Hampshire House of Representatives on August 6, 2018, citing the fact that he had moved out of Keene following his graduation from the college and did not plan to run for re-election.


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New Hampshire General Court
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stallcop, Joseph 1996 births Living people Libertarian Party (United States) officeholders Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives New Hampshire Libertarians Politicians from Keene, New Hampshire Politicians from Saratoga Springs, New York 21st-century members of the New Hampshire General Court