Russell Prescott

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Russell Prescott
Image of Russell Prescott
Prior offices
New Hampshire State Senate District 23

New Hampshire Executive Council District 3
Successor: Janet Stevens

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of South Florida

Personal
Birthplace
New Hampshire
Religion
Christian
Profession
Engineer
Contact

Russell Prescott (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 5, 2017. He left office on January 6, 2021.

Prescott (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Prescott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Russell Prescott was born in New Hampshire. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. His professional experience includes working as co-owner and vice president of R.E. Prescott Company, and as a mechanical engineer. He has been affiliated with Rotary and Chamber of Commerce.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Prescott served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Prescott served on the following committees:

2011-2012

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's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Russell Prescott in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas (D)
 
54.0
 
218,577
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.9
 
185,936
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
295

Total votes: 404,808
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Kevin Rondeau in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas
 
94.8
 
54,927
Image of Kevin Rondeau
Kevin Rondeau
 
4.8
 
2,783
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
209

Total votes: 57,919
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott Candidate Connection
 
26.0
 
17,408
Image of Hollie Noveletsky
Hollie Noveletsky
 
23.7
 
15,896
Image of Joseph Kelly Levasseur
Joseph Kelly Levasseur
 
23.0
 
15,418
Image of Christian Bright
Christian Bright
 
13.0
 
8,733
Image of Walter McFarlane III
Walter McFarlane III
 
8.1
 
5,421
Image of Max Abramson
Max Abramson Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
2,180
Image of Andy Martin
Andy Martin
 
2.3
 
1,563
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
417

Total votes: 67,036
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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Pledges

Prescott signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

2022

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Karoline Leavitt in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas (D)
 
54.0
 
167,391
Image of Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt (R)
 
45.9
 
142,229
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
342

Total votes: 309,962
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Pappas
Chris Pappas
 
99.1
 
41,990
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
378

Total votes: 42,368
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
 
34.4
 
25,931
Image of Matt Mowers
Matt Mowers
 
25.3
 
19,072
Image of Gail Huff Brown
Gail Huff Brown
 
17.2
 
12,999
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott
 
10.0
 
7,551
Image of Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter
 
9.2
 
6,970
Image of Mary Maxwell
Mary Maxwell
 
0.9
 
673
Image of Kevin Rondeau
Kevin Rondeau
 
0.8
 
610
Image of Gilead Towne
Gilead Towne Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
466
Image of Mark Kilbane
Mark Kilbane Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
347
Image of Tom Alciere
Tom Alciere
 
0.5
 
342
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
440

Total votes: 75,401
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2020

Russell Prescott did not file to run for re-election.

2018

See also: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Incumbent Russell Prescott defeated Joe Pace and James Jarvis in the general election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott (R)
 
49.0
 
57,956
Image of Joe Pace
Joe Pace (D)
 
48.1
 
56,902
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James Jarvis (L)
 
3.0
 
3,504

Total votes: 118,362
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Joe Pace advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Pace
Joe Pace
 
100.0
 
19,776

Total votes: 19,776
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3

Incumbent Russell Prescott advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 3 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott
 
100.0
 
17,940

Total votes: 17,940
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2016

Executive Council

Main article: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2016

Prescott filed to run as a Republican candidate for District 3 of the New Hampshire Executive Council. He competed in the November 8, 2016, general election with Democrat Beth Roth.[2]

Russell Prescott defeated Beth Roth in the New Hampshire executive council, District 3 election.

New Hampshire Executive Council, District 3, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Russell Prescott 54.70% 63,985
     Democratic Beth Roth 45.30% 53,000
Total Votes 116,985
Source: The New York Times

State Senate

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016. Incumbent Russell Prescott (R) did not seek re-election.

William Gannon defeated Alexis Simpson in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 general election.[3][4]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png William Gannon 56.51% 17,337
     Democratic Alexis Simpson 43.49% 13,343
Total Votes 30,680
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Alexis Simpson ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 Democratic primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Alexis Simpson  (unopposed)


William Gannon defeated Maureen Barrows, Bob Goodman, and Nancy Steenson in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 Republican primary.[5][6]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png William Gannon 37.61% 1,850
     Republican Maureen Barrows 18.76% 923
     Republican Bob Goodman 27.61% 1,358
     Republican Nancy Steenson 16.02% 788
Total Votes 4,919

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

2014

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Donna Schlachman was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Russell Prescott was unopposed in the Republican primary. Schlachman and Prescott faced off in the general election.[7] Incumbent Prescott defeated Schlachman in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.[8]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRussell Prescott Incumbent 57.4% 12,030
     Democratic Donna Schlachman 42.6% 8,915
Total Votes 20,945

2012

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012

Prescott won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire State Senate, District 23. Prescott defeated Dennis Acton in the September 11th Republican primary election and defeated Carol E. Croteau (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRussell Prescott Incumbent 53.5% 15,029
     Democratic Carol Croteau 46.5% 13,076
Total Votes 28,105
New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRussell Prescott Incumbent 77% 3,415
Dennis Acton 23% 1,018
Total Votes 4,433

2010

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Prescott won election to the New Hampshire State Senate. He faced no opposition in the September 14 primary and defeated Margaret Hassan (D) in the general election.[11][12]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Russell Prescott (R) 11,001
Margaret Hassan (D) 9,606

Campaign themes

2024

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Russell Prescott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Prescott's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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A New Hampshire native of the Seacoast, Russell Prescott grew up in Exeter and currently lives in Kingston. For several decades, he was the co-owner and vice-president of R.E. Prescott Company, a wholesale distributor and manufacturer of water treatment systems. He purchased the business in 2020 and is now the president and sole owner. Russell practiced Professional Engineering for 30 years and designs many of the products his company manufactures. As a result, he holds several patents for removing arsenic and radon from water. The company, founded in 1954 by his father, employs approximately 50 people and has operated in the same Exeter building since 1963.

Wanting to give back to his community, Prescott served five terms as a New Hampshire State Senator, being first elected in 2000 for two terms. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012, and again in 2014. As Senator, he represented Senate Districts 19 and 23, including towns from Newmarket to Plaistow and Derry to Seabrook. Prescott was then twice elected to the Executive Council, once in 2016 and again in 2018.

He decided to retire from the Executive Council in 2021 after purchasing his company.

He and his wife, Susan, have been married for 42 years, and they have five grown children and eight grandchildren. Following in their grandfather’s and father’s footsteps, his oldest three children are heavily involved with the daily operation and vision of the family business.

  • Secure our Borders: First and foremost, our open border is a national security issue. Since President Biden took office in January of 2021, more than 9.2 million individuals have been encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol attempting to cross into the United States illegally. Those are just the ones we know of – countless more went undiscovered. Illegal migrants have also placed an unsustainable burden on our communities, including here in New Hampshire. America is and always will be the shining city on the hill, and people from around the world will continue to seek to come here. However, we should demand that those who immigrate to America do so legally.
  • Tackle Inflation: From higher fuel costs to increased grocery bills, inflation has hit New Hampshire families hard. Congress must look at ways to reduce spending, address problems in the housing market, and stop its constant aggression toward the American worker and domestic energy production. Addressing this issue will be one of my top priorities in Washington.
  • Lower taxes, cut spending, and reduce our debt and deficits: In Concord, I earned a reputation as one of the most fiscally conservative state senators in New Hampshire, fighting an income and sales tax at every turn. The overall problem is not that our government taxes too little; it is that it spends too much. I will take that same attitude to Washington, supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment, zero-based budgeting, and always looking for ways to give taxpayers back more of their hard-earned money.

Enacting term limits, protecting our Second Amendment rights, defending social security and Medicare, supporting Israel, fighting for our veterans and first responders, defending states rights and promoting local control, securing our elections, staying tough on China, and promoting domestic energy production.

Integrity, dedication to working hard, and commitment to always listen to my constituents.

I was the first candidate in this race to sign the Term Limits Pledge.

I have more than 200 grass roots endorsements from a broad spectrum of republican activists and elected officials, business leaders, and community leaders.

I will evaluate committees and caucuses once I am elected to Congress.

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Campaign website

Prescott’s campaign website stated the following:

ISSUES

SECURE THE BORDER

Without a secure border, we cannot be a secure nation. First and foremost, our open border is a national security issue. Since President Biden took office in January of 2021, more than 9.2 million individuals have been encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol attempting to cross into the United States illegally. Those are just the ones we know of – countless more went undiscovered. Illegal migrants have placed an unsustainable burden on our communities, including here in New Hampshire.

When I am elected to serve you in Congress, my first priority will be to secure the border. You can read in detail how I plan to do that in my recent column in the NH Journal.

America is and always will be the shining city on the hill, and people from around the world will continue to seek to come here. However, we should demand that those who immigrate to America do so legally.

TACKLE INFLATION

From higher fuel costs to increased grocery bills, inflation has hit New Hampshire families hard. Congress must look at ways to reduce spending, address problems in the housing market, and stop its constant aggression toward the American worker and domestic energy production. Addressing this issue will be one of my top priorities in Washington.

LOWER TAXES, CUT SPENDING, AND ADDRESS OUR DEBT AND DEFICITS

In Concord, I earned a reputation as one of the most fiscally conservative state senators in New Hampshire, fighting an income and sales tax at every turn.

The overall problem is not that our government taxes too little; it is that it spends too much. I will take that same attitude to Washington, supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment, zero-based budgeting, and always looking for ways to give taxpayers back more of their hard-earned money.

DEFEND SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

Promises made, promises kept. I will never vote to touch benefits that Granite Staters have rightfully earned. In Congress, I will be willing to make tough decisions elsewhere to ensure our seniors are protected and find solutions to ensure the program remains solvent for current and future generations.

SUPPORT ISRAEL

Ensuring Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East, has the resources it needs to rightfully defend itself from the atrocities waged against it is not only the morally right decision but also one that is in the best interest of our own nation. I will always stand with the people of Israel, especially in their time of need.

FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

Our military veterans and first responders have sacrificed much to protect and defend America. In Congress, I will fight for them and their benefits just as they have done so for us.

DEFEND STATES’ RIGHTS AND PROMOTE LOCAL CONTROL

Local leaders in New Hampshire know best how to represent us on most issues affecting our daily lives, which is why I am a strong advocate for issues ranging from abortion to education being legislated right here in New Hampshire. Getting the federal government out of the way and allowing our local leaders to hear from their constituents and vote their conscience is always in the best interest of New Hampshire families.

ENACT TERM LIMITS

Washington is broken, and career politicians are a major part of the problem. As the first person in this race to sign the Term Limits Pledge, voters know I am a staunch supporter of enacting term limits for Congress. Just as it is here in New Hampshire, representation should be about service, not about personal profit or a lifetime of power.

DEFEND OUR SECOND AMENDMENT

Throughout my time in Concord, I was one of the strongest advocates for our Second Amendment rights, at times even against members of my own party, as the prime sponsor for Constitutional Carry in the New Hampshire State Senate. I will always fight for our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

SECURE OUR ELECTIONS

Ensuring only those who have the legal right to vote in our elections is crucial to the longevity of our republic. As the prime sponsor for Voter ID here in New Hampshire, you can be sure it is an issue I will always take incredibly seriously.

STAY TOUGH ON CHINA

By manipulating their trade currency, stealing our IP, and using state power to prop up predatory competitors, China has proven time and time again we need leaders in Congress who are willing to stand up to them. Supporting American businesses by getting tough with China on their unfair trade policies is crucial.

PROMOTE DOMESTIC ENERGY

The Biden administration’s war on certain facets of our domestic production has fueled inflation and continues to make us more dependent on other nations, some of which are not friendly to American interests. All of the above energy policy is crucial to both short-term and long-term energy production in our country.[13]

—Russell Prescott’s campaign website (2024)[14]

2022

Russell Prescott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Prescott's campaign website stated the following:

RUSSELL IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN NH-01 TO:

  • Fight back against runaway inflation
  • Help get our economy back on track
  • Deliver real election integrity
  • Stop the flow of illegal immigration[13]
—Russell Prescott's campaign website (2022)[15]

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Russell Prescott campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House New Hampshire District 1Lost general$0 N/A**
2022U.S. House New Hampshire District 1Lost primary$392,938 $392,405
2014New Hampshire State Senate, District 23Won $42,764 N/A**
2012New Hampshire Senate, District 23Won $49,067 N/A**
2010New Hampshire Senate, District 23Won $30,112 N/A**
2008New Hampshire Executive Council, District 3Lost $29,990 N/A**
2006New Hampshire Executive Council, District 3Lost $24,651 N/A**
2004New Hampshire Senate, District 23Lost $58,877 N/A**
2002New Hampshire Senate, District 23Won $60,443 N/A**
2000New Hampshire Senate, District 19Won $49,740 N/A**
1998New Hampshire Senate, District 19Lost $14,375 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Chris Sununu (R)
New Hampshire Executive Council District 3
2017 - 2021
Succeeded by
Janet Stevens (R)
Preceded by
Margaret Hassan (D)
New Hampshire State Senate District 23
2011–2017
Succeeded by
William Gannon (R)


Senators
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Democratic Party (4)