Rick Ladd

Roderick Merrill Ladd Jr. is an American politician and retired teacher and school principal. He is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Grafton 5th district. As of 2024, he has been elected for nine consecutive terms. He is the chair of the House Education Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Ladd is a Republican.

Biography

He attended Vermont Academy, the University of Maine, and the University of Southern Maine. Ladd married Margaret Susie Hodsdon at the Franklin Street Methodist Church in Rumford, Maine, on September 28, 1968. Ladd was stationed at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, while an officer in the United States Army.
In 1998, Ladd was named the national distinguished principal of Alaska by the Alaska Council of School Administrators when he was the principal of West Homer Elementary School in Kenai.

He was first elected in 2008 after he received the most votes in the general election for the Grafton 5th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Ladd received thirteen more votes than fellow Republican party politician Paul Ingbretson, who was also elected.
Ladd supported Carly Fiorina in the Republican Party presidential primaries">Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party presidential primaries.
In 2024 while an incumbent, he received the most votes in the Republican party primary election for the Grafton 5th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He received the most votes and defeated Rachael Booth and Dustin Vigneault, who both ran uncontested in the Democratic party primary election, in the 2024 general election for the Grafton 5th district. Ladd endorsed Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
He is a member of the New England Board of Higher Education.