C. Mark DelSesto
Candidate for State Representative, Hillsborough 13
Background
- Occupation
- Software product manager
- Lives in
- Hudson
- Campaign website
- votedelsesto.com
A software product manager with an MBA from DePaul University.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should NH add an income tax on earned income?"
ReportCitizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I'm not going to campaign on lowering the property tax burden and then hand people a new tax on top of it.”
Education
Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?"
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“No. The state hasn't met its obligation to fund the public schools it already has, and until it does, routing per-pupil money to private and”
Housing
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Answered "For" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?"
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“We have a genuine housing shortage in this state, and it's why young families can't buy here and why our own kids leave.”
Economy & jobs
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?"
ReportCitizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“No. I work in the private sector and I want New Hampshire to be a good place to run a company, but we've already cut”
Environment & parks
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Answered "For" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Do you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?"
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“Net metering is how a business, a school district or a town gets a project big enough to actually cut its power bill.”
Health & human services
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?"
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“I'm pro-choice. This decision belongs to a woman and her doctor, and I don't see what a legislator in Concord adds to that conversation.”
Government & transparency
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?"
ReportCitizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“No. We settled this in 2018 with bipartisan support and a Republican governor's signature, and the problems we were warned about never materialized.”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from C. Mark DelSesto on them.
- Public safetyNo documented position found.
- Courts & justiceNo documented position found.
All sources (3)
- 2026 State General Election Candidate List
Election filing · New Hampshire Secretary of State · mm.nh.gov
- 2026 State General Election Candidate List (Hillsborough County offices and districts)
Election filing · New Hampshire Secretary of State · mm.nh.gov
- Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
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