As promised, here are the candidates for State Senate.
District 1:
-Littleton, David Rochefort, a Liberty Alliance member, supports school vouchers and (surprisingly) abortion before 24 weeks, against increasing minimum wage and stricter gun laws, incumbent
District 2:
-Sanbornton, Tim Lang, another Liberty Alliance member who is against abortion, decreasing the capital gains tax and action on climate change, supports school vouchers, incumbent
District 3:
-Freedom, Mark McConkey, another Liberty Alliance member, undecided about legalizing growing pot, but is against and supports the same issues as other LA members
District 4:
-Dover, Shawn Mickelonis, surprisingly he supports climate change action and legalizing growing pot but not for private sale
District 5:
-Hanover, John McIntyre, supports climate change action and school vouchers, against conditional affidavit ballots for new voters
District 6:
-Rochester, James Gray, votes the same, incumbent
District 7:
-Bradford, Daniel Innis, votes the same, incumbent
District 8:
-Stoddard, Ruth Ward, chairs the Senate Education Committee, is woefully uninformed as to how school vouchers actually work, incumbent
District 9:
-Bedford, Denise Ricciardi, incumbent who votes the same
District 10:
-Westmoreland, Rick Merkt, while this link would have the reader believe Merkt has lived in NH for many decades, he’s been here since 2017, his public service has been to the state of New Jersey, he’s against capital gains tax, climate change action and increasing the minimum wage, not surprisingly supports school vouchers
District 11:
-Merrimack, Tim McGough, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues
District 12:
-Nashua, Kevin Avard, endorsed by “We the People” (anti-government), incumbent and votes the same
District 13:
-Nashua, Stephen Scaer, endorsed by “We the People” (anti-government), very transphobic according to his website, supports and is against the same issues
District 14:
-Londonderry, Sharon Carson, incumbent who votes the same
District 15:
-Concord, Pamela. Ean, supports and is against the same issues
District 16:
-Manchester, Keith Murphy, Liberty Alliance member, incumbent who votes the same
District 17:
-Loudon, Howard Pearl, Liberty Alliance member, incumbent who votes the same
District 18:
-Manchester, Victoria Sullivan, member of the Free State Project, supports and is against the same issues
District 19:
-Hampstead, Regina Birdsell, incumbent who votes the same on issues except she’s for encouraging local zoning changes for housing development
District 20:
-Manchester, Brittany Ping, husband Matt has been a speaker at the Free State Project’s annual Porcfest also known as the Porcupine Freedom Festival, supports and is against the same issues
District 21:
-Newfields, Don Cardinale, secretary of Newfields-Newmarket Republican Town Committee
District 22:
-Salem, Daryl Abbas, incumbent Liberty Alliance member, surprisingly he supports legalizing state run shops to sell pot and encouraging local zoning changes for housing development, not surprisingly he supports school vouchers and is against abortion
District 23:
-Sandown, Bill Gannon, incumbent who votes the same on issues
-Fremont, Emily Phillips, Young Americans for Liberty and Liberty Alliance member, voted 2024 Liberty Alliance legislator of the year, she supports conditional affidavit ballots for new voters and encouraging local zoning changes for housing development, not surprisingly she supports school vouchers
District 24:
-Stratham, Patrick Abrami, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues
Next article(s) will focus on the candidates for the State House.