Granite State Taxpayers surveyed primary candidates for their positions on topics of interest to taxpayers.
Candidates for the New Hampshire House and Senate were asked the following questions:
Will you oppose any income or sales tax, or any increase in the overall tax burden in New Hampshire?
Will you support decreasing state spending or at least stopping any increase in state spending?
Will you support limiting voting to persons who have been New Hampshire residents for at least 30 days?
Will you support using the same residency standard for all NH services (voting, in-state tuition, hunting, vehicle registration, etc.) that require residency?
Do you believe that state public school funding should be set by the legislature and not by the courts?
Do you support additional school choice, such as more charter schools?
Will you support passing Right-to-Work legislation?
Will you support reducing business taxes to encourage economic development and improve retention?
Will you support pension reforms for government employees including a transition from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans?
Will you vote to terminate expanded Medicaid if the Federal contribution is cut?
Will you oppose casino gambling?
To review the GST ranking of NH House and Senate candidates, please click on the following links:
Survey by Name
Survey by District
Survey by Score
To download a read-only spreadsheet with survey data and specific candidate answers and comments, please click on the following links
GST2016SurveyLegislatureGST 2016 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.