Regina Birdsell
Candidate for State Senator, 19th District
Background
- Occupation
- High-tech recruiter; state senator
- Lives in
- Hampstead
- Campaign website
- reginafornh.com
A Hampstead Republican in the state Senate since 2015 who chairs the Health and Human Services Committee. She served in the New Hampshire House from 2011 to 2014 and in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Should NH add an income tax on earned income?”
Public safety
Opposes passing stricter state gun control laws.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?"
ReportCitizens Count: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?”
Education
Supports the Education Freedom Account program.
Answered "For" 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?"
ReportCitizens Count: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“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”
Housing
Supports state push to ease local zoning 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?"
ReportCitizens Count: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“One of the big issues is housing and the municipalities have to understand zoning barriers must be removable”
Health & human services
Opposes guaranteeing a right to abortion before 24 weeks.
Answered "Against" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?"
ReportCitizens Count: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Our current law works for NH”
Government & transparency
Supports requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Answered "For" on Citizens Count's 2026 issue survey: "Should New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?"
ReportCitizens Count: Regina Birdsell profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Should New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?”
All sources (4)
- 2026 State General Election Candidate List
Election filing · New Hampshire Secretary of State · mm.nh.gov
- 2026 State General Election Candidate List (Rockingham County offices and districts)
Election filing · New Hampshire Secretary of State · mm.nh.gov
- New Hampshire Senate: District 19 senator biography
Government record · New Hampshire General Court · gc.nh.gov
- Citizens Count: Regina Birdsell profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
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