Granite State Taxpayers surveyed primary candidates for their positions on topics of interest to taxpayers.
All candidates were asked the following 9 questions:
Would you oppose any income, sales, or consumption tax, and any other increase in the overall tax burden in New Hampshire?
Would you support decreasing state spending or at least stopping any increase in state spending?
Would you support limiting legal voting to permanent New Hampshire residents only?
Would you support requiring that all NH services that require residency use the same standard (voting, residency, in-state tuition, hunting, vehicle registration, etc.)?
Do you believe that state public school funding should be set by the legislature and not by the courts?
Would you support passing Right-to-Work legislation?
Would you support pension reforms for government employees including a transition from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans?
Would you vote to terminate expanded Medicaid if the Federal contribution is cut?
Would you oppose casino gambling?
Click here for survey information on Governor and Executive Council Candidates.
Candidates for Governor and Executive Council were asked the following 7 additional questions:
Do you believe the actions of the Executive Council can have a substantial influence on controlling State spending?
Will you oppose increasing the toll rates on NH turnpikes?
Will you support only Public Utilities and Environmental Services commissioner nominees who will roll back RGGI?
In the case of same-day voter registrants in the past election who filled out affidavits, the Secretary of State mailed postcards to confirm their addresses. A large number of the postcards were not returned or returned undeliverable. The current AG has placed a low priority on investigating those returned postcards. Would you support only a nominee for AG who will take seriously and investigate such potential voter fraud issues?
Will you support only judicial nominees who will uphold the NH Constitution as written and not interpret it in today’s context?
Do you believe that the EC is entitled to ask pointed questions as to the need and purpose of particular contracts and those questions and answers should be aired in public?
Will you support only those nominees for the State Board of Education and Commissioner who will promote citizen choice in Education, such as homeschooling, educational tax abatements, and charter schools?
The following candidates filled out surveys:
For Governor: Ian Freeman 63% (16 question survey)
For Governor: Jonathan Smolin 89% (9 question survey)
For Executive Council District 2: Tim Dillon 94% (16 question survey)
For Executive Council District 4: James Adams 100% (16 question survey)
For Executive Council District 4: Robert Burn 100% (9 question survey)
For Executive Council District 5: Dave Wheeler 100% (16 question survey)
To download a password protected spreadsheet with survey data and specific candidate answers and comments, please click on the following link
GST2014 Survey Spreadsheet
Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire’s oldest statewide taxpayer association. Founded in 1990 by former Governor Mel Thomson and former State Senator George Lovejoy, our mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf.