E22: A NH House Check-in, and a look at the Changing Politics of Northern NH, w/State Rep. Anita Burroughs

New Hampshire State Representative Anita Burroughs has seen a lot during her four terms in the NH House, going back to her upset win vs. former Speaker of the House Gene Chandler in 2018. In the 7+ years since then, Burroughs has become a well-respected member of the Commerce & Consumer Affairs Committee, able to thread the needle: Working well with Republicans while publicly calling out the problems she sees with the GOP's agenda and leadership. Her Substack, Inside the New Hampshire Dome with Anita Burroughs, does a great job of providing the blow-by-blow of policymaking in NH from a veteran legislator's perspective. We go through some of the highest-profile and potentially most consequential bills of 2026; how she got involved in politics in the first place, and what it was like to take on one of the most prominent state-level politicians in NH; and the changing politics of her part of the state (she represents the northern part of Carroll County, a part of the state with a combination of bright blue and ruby red - towns quickly getting bluer thanks to an influx of tourists-turned-residents and anti-MAGA Yankee Republicans, and other towns getting redder, reflecting the transition of blue-collar mill towns we see across the country). It's a great, relaxed, wide-ranging conversation. Learn more at Anita's Substack (go to Substack.com and type her name into the search bar), and visit Steve's Substack at www.SteveMarchand.com.