Nicholas Germana
Candidate for State Representative, Cheshire 15
Background
- Occupation
- Professor
- Lives in
- Keene
A House member since 2022 and a professor at Keene State College. Serves on the House Environment and Agriculture Committee.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
Answered "For" on Citizens Count's 2024 issue survey: "Should NH add an income tax on earned income?"
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“A progressive income tax would shift the tax burden away from regressive property taxes.”
Voted against capping school district budget increases.
From Citizens Count's 2026 voting-record summary for this issue ("School district tax cap mandate").
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against capping how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Public safety
Opposes requiring local police to aid immigration enforcement.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2024 issue survey: "Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?"
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Municipalities can make policies based on the wishes of their residents.”
Education
Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2024 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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“Public funds for public schools.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2024 issue survey: "Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?"
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This is a regressive system that pits communities against each other and the more and less affluent against each other within communities.”
Government & transparency
Voted against bills allowing separation by biological sex.
From Citizens Count's 2026 voting-record summary for this issue ("Allow segregation based on biological sex").
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against several bills that would revise New Hampshire's anti-discrimination law to allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings”
Courts & justice
Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Answered "For" on Citizens Count's 2024 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?"
ReportCitizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Cannabis legalization legislation also needs to include provisions for the expunging of records of people with criminal records for cannabis possession that would be legalized”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Nicholas Germana on them.
- Environment & parksNo documented position found.
All sources (3)
- 2026 State General Election Candidate List
Election filing · New Hampshire Secretary of State · mm.nh.gov
- NH House member page: Rep. Nicholas Germana
Government record · New Hampshire General Court · gc.nh.gov
- Citizens Count: Nicholas Germana profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
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