Isaac Fernandez

Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income

Answered "Against" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should NH add an income tax on earned income?" Written answer: “I oppose adding a broad-based tax on earned income. Instead of asking working families to pay a new tax on their wages, New Hampshire should consider restoring a modest tax on high levels of interest and dividend income.”

Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax

Answered "For" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?" Written answer: “I support reinstating a modest Interest and Dividends Tax on high levels of investment income.”

Supports stricter gun control laws

Answered "For" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?" Written answer: “I support focused gun-safety laws, including background checks for private firearm sales and reasonable safe-storage requirements when a minor or prohibited person could reasonably gain access to a firearm.”

Opposes the Education Freedom Account program

Answered "Against" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "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?" Written answer: “Families should remain free to choose private education or home schooling, but taxpayers should not be required to subsidize those private choices.”

Opposes a state cap on school budget increases

Answered "Against" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?" Written answer: “I oppose a state-imposed cap on local school budgets. Communities elect school boards, budget committees and other officials to examine spending, make difficult choices and present budgets to voters.”

Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire

Answered "For" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should New Hampshire do more to encourage the development of nuclear power, including small modular reactors (SMR), in the state?" Written answer: “New Hampshire should stop treating energy policy as a series of short-term fixes. We should plan now for the electricity system we will need for the next 50–80 years.”

Supports guaranteeing abortion access before 24 weeks

Answered "For" on the Citizens Count 2026 issue survey question: "Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?" Written answer: “I support legal access to abortion before viability and reasonable restrictions on elective abortion afterward. Later medical decisions should remain available when necessary to protect the patient's life or serious health and in other grave fetal medical circumstances.”