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State Representative, Hillsborough 13

C. Mark DelSesto

Candidate for State Representative, Hillsborough 13

Independent

Background

Occupation
Software product manager
Lives in
Hudson
Campaign website
votedelsesto.com

A software product manager with an MBA from DePaul University.

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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?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate 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.”
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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?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org

    “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”
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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?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org

    “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.”
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Economy & jobs

  • Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.

    Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate 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”
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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?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org

    “Net metering is how a business, a school district or a town gets a project big enough to actually cut its power bill.”
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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)?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org

    “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.”
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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?"

    Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile

    Candidate 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.”
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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.

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