| Cassandra Levesque | |
| State House: | New Hampshire |
| District: | Strafford 4 |
| Term Start: | December 5, 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Jackie Cilley Len Turcotte |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Barrington, New Hampshire |
| Alma Mater: | Southern New Hampshire University |
| Alongside: | Len Turcotte and Heath Howard |
Cassandra Levesque (born) is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She has been a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2018, representing the Strafford 4 district.[1] Levesque has contributed to efforts to eliminate child marriage in New Hampshire.
Levesque became a Girl Scout when she was five years old. She began researching child marriage as a project for the program's Gold Award. Levesque worked with her state Representative, Jackie Cilley, to draft a bill that would eliminate provisions allowing minors to marry with judicial and parental consent. The state House of Representatives voted against the bill's passage.[2] Despite the bill's failure, other legislation sponsored by Cilley passed which raised the minimum age for marriage from 13 to 16.[3] Levesque said she would continue to advocate for the minimum marriage age to be raised to 18.[4] [5]
When both incumbents from the Strafford 4 district, Cilley and Len Turcotte, decided to retire, local Democrats convinced Levesque to run in the 2018 election. Levesque was elected on a campaign of representing small businesses and addressing water-quality issues.[6] At 19, she became the youngest serving member of New Hampshire's legislature.[7] Levesque has continued to press the issue of child marriage in the legislature.