State Representative, Carroll 7 · New Hampshire 2026 General Election

Karen Burnett-Kurie

Democratic

Nonprofit administrator · Wolfeboro

The gist

Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Supports stricter gun control laws.
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“NH should meets its constitutional obligation to adequately fund traditional public schools first; before it spends money any other eduational purposes.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“While zoning is a local control issue, and should remain one, the state should encourage affordable housing in this and other ways.”
Supports stricter gun control laws.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“While NH has a low crime rate we have a high suicide rate by guns.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Any restrictions on abortions should be accompanied by a range of exceptions to address the circumstances which caused the pregnancy, the health and wellbeing of”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“All sources of energy contributions to the grid should be compensated.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Until the state is covering in full its obligation to education it should not be reducing any taxes.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens Count: Karen Burnett-Kurie profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The present funding of education creates huge disparities in education from town to town. This is unacceptable.”

Dale Fincher

Republican

Investor; author · Wolfeboro

The gist

Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Opposes guaranteeing a right to abortion before 24 weeks.
Opposes legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Opposes reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Supports current school funding relying mostly on property taxes.

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Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Dale Fincher profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Education Freedom is parent-directed education. The Education Freedom Account (EFA) allows the state-aid portion of the student to follow the student and is not taken”
Opposes guaranteeing a right to abortion before 24 weeks.
Citizens Count: Dale Fincher profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We need to re-build a culture of motherhood in NH, supports families in need, and opens up more opportunities for adoption-ready families.”
Opposes legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Citizens Count: Dale Fincher profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The THC levels in many marijuana strains--available for home grown use--have increased up to sixteen fold since the 1970s, making it more both more impairing”
Opposes reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Dale Fincher profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“'Interest and Dividends' Tax is also an income tax--especially on retirees--and should remain cancelled.”
Supports current school funding relying mostly on property taxes.
Citizens Count: Dale Fincher profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Local control allows better transparency, accountability, and relationship to families and taxpayers in school districts.”