Jeffrey R. Woodburn (born June 1965) from Dalton, New Hampshire is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate for the 1st district, elected in 2012. He was the minority leader of the Senate Democratic caucus.[1] Woodburn served on the Public and Municipal Affairs Committee and the Election Law and Internal Affairs Committee.[2]
Woodburn was arrested on August 2, 2018, on simple assault, domestic violence, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass charges. Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley called on him to resign.[7] On August 6, Woodburn announced he would resign as the minority leader but would remain as a senator.[8] He won the Democratic primary on September 11, 2018, but was defeated by Republican David Starr in the 2018 general election.
In May 2021, a jury convicted Woodburn of one count of domestic violence, one count of simple assault, and two counts of criminal mischief, but acquitted him of three counts of simple assault, one count of domestic violence, and one count of criminal trespass.[9][10] He received a sixty-day jail term.[11] However, in March 2023 the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned Woodburn's convictions and ordered a new trial on the grounds that the trial judge had improperly refused to allow him to raise self-defence.[12] His second trial in 2024 ended in a mistrial.[13]
Electoral history
New Hampshire's 5th Coos House District election, 1986
