Matthew Roach
Republican
Hinsdale
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State Representative, Cheshire 15
- Vote for
- 2
- Term
- 2 years
- Candidates
- 4
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
What this office does: A state representative votes on New Hampshire laws and the state budget in the 400-member House of Representatives.
Becky Shields
Republican
Retired teacher · Hinsdale
The gist
- Supports more state encouragement of nuclear power.
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Supports more state encouragement of nuclear power.
Citizens Count: Becky Shields profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I am very much in”
Nicholas Germana
DemocraticIncumbent
Professor · Keene
The gist
- Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
- Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
- Voted against capping school district budget increases.
- Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
- Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
- Voted against bills allowing separation by biological sex.
- Opposes requiring local police to aid immigration enforcement.
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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Public funds for public schools.”
Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens 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.
Citizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against capping how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Citizens 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”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens 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.”
Voted against bills allowing separation by biological sex.
Citizens 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”
Opposes requiring local police to aid immigration enforcement.
Citizens Count: Nicholas Germana profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Municipalities can make policies based on the wishes of their residents.”
Samantha Jacobs
DemocraticIncumbent
Grocery wholesale buyer · Keene
The gist
- Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
- Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
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Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Samantha Jacobs profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I think an income tax could lower property taxes for all, especially folks with limited incomes due to being retired or unemployed.”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Samantha Jacobs profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“It is a small percentage of NHs highest earners that were paying this, and they ought to be paying their fair share.”
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