Due to the large amount of Republican candidates in the upcoming primary, two counties at a time will be focused on. Here we go . . .
Belknap County - District 1:
-Center Harbor, Tom Ploszaj, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) member, votes the same as other members, surprisingly he supports legalizing the growth, private sales of and state run sales of pot
District 2:
-Meredith, Matt Coker, incumbent, votes the same on issues
-Meredith, Matthew Lunney
-Meredith, Edward Twaddell III
District 3:
-Tilton, Juliet Harvey-Bolia, incumbent, member of Liberty Alliance and YAL, votes the same on issues
District 4:
-Belmont, Travis Toner, website has a “Don’t tread on me” flag which has become a symbol for conservative and libertarian groups. Website is eye-opening . . .
District 5:
-Laconia, Stephen Bogert, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Laconia, Mike Bordes, incumbent, votes the same on issues
-Laconia, Dawn Johnson, Liberty Alliance member
-Laconia, Richard Littlefield, Liberty Alliance member, supports school vouchers, abortion before 24 weeks, conditional affidavits for new voters, local immigration enforcement
-Laconia, Sheri Minor
District 6:
-Gilford, Harry Bean, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, against everything and votes that way
-Gilford, Richard Beaudoin, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, he is against school vouchers and supports protection for interstate travel for gender, abortion (huh?)
-Gilford, Russell Dumais, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Gilmanton, David Nagel, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Gilford, Glen Aldrich, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues
-Gilford, Ronnie Abbott
District 7:
-Barnstead, Barbara Comtois, incumbent and YAL member, is against everything and votes that way
-Alton, Paul Terry, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, co-founder and director of far-right Christian Camp Constitution, was a proponent of CACR32 an amendment for NH to secede from the US, supports and is against the same issues
-Alton, Peter Varney, incumbent, supports and is against same issues
-Barnstead, Brianna Weller
District 8:
-Tilton, Douglas Trottier, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, undecided on a lot of issues but definitely against stricter gun laws
-Tilton, Lisa Freeman, against increasing minimum wage and stricter gun laws
Carroll County, District 1:
-Conway, Karen Umberger, supports school vouchers and local immigration enforcement, against increasing minimum wage and anything to do with legalizing pot
-District 3:
-Moultonborough, Karel Crawford, incumbent, is against a lot of the issues
-Moultonborough, Joseph Hamblen, supports and is against a lot of the same issues
District 4:
-Wakefield, Lino Avellani, incumbent, votes the same way
-Wakefield, Mike Belcher, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, supports and is against a lot of the same issues
District 5:
-Ossipee, Jonathan Smith, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same way
District 6:
-Wolfeboro, Katy Peternel, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, votes the same
-Wolfeboro, John MacDonald, incumbent, against a lot of the issues but actually supports climate change action
District 7:
-Tuftonboro, Glenn Cordelli, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, in Jan. 2023 CACR7 was proposed by 10 Republican legislators (Cordelli included) to repeal the Blaine Amendment in the NH Constitution. This bill was “relating to use of money raised by taxation for education. Providing that money raised by taxation may be applied for the use of religious educational institutions.” Blaine Amendments are found in 37 state constitutions and prohibits state legislatures from appropriating funds to religious sects or institutions, including religious schools. In March 2023, the bill did not have the required 3/5 vote to pass. (The above link is quite informative) He votes against most issues except for school vouchers and banning abortion.
District 8:
-Freedom, Michael Costable Jr., incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Moultonborough, Richard Brown, incumbent, YAL member, votes the same on issues
-Freedom, Brian Taylor, against climate change action and increased funding for child care workers.
There is nothing quite like an informed, educated voter. Next time, Cheshire and Coos Counties.