State

State Representative, Hillsborough 11

Vote for: 3
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.

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Arya Shams

Democratic

Self-employed · Nashua

The gist

Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“No. The families saving money are the same families with enough money to pay tuition to begin with. At least bring back income caps.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“NH doesn't have a revenue problem...it has a 'priorities problem.'”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“We're third in the country in property taxes. These businesses have gotten enough cuts since 2016.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“The rental vacancy in New Hampshire is 0.6% and the average home above 500k. This isn't a housing shortage; it's a housing crisis.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“More local control to push back against arbitrary rate hikes.”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“This is just a silly question on its face; should we defund a system literally designed to catching the children falling through the cracks??”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Arya Shams profile
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“Should have never revealed it. Shifted the onus to renters.”

Kristie Hart

Republican

Homemaker · Nashua

The gist

No documented position found.

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Manoj Chourasia

DemocraticIncumbent

IT professional · Nashua

The gist

Voted against bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.In office
Voted against cutting the Business Enterprise Tax rate.In office
Voted against capping school district budget increases.In office
Voted to keep penalties for marijuana possession and use.In office
Voted against banning sanctuary policies.In office

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Voted against bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Manoj Chourasia profile
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“Voted against several bills that would revise New Hampshire's anti-discrimination law to allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, including HB 1217 ”
Voted against cutting the Business Enterprise Tax rate.
Citizens Count: Manoj Chourasia profile
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“Voted against cutting the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) rate from 0.55% to 0.50% starting in 2028”
Voted against capping school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Manoj Chourasia profile
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“Voted against capping how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Voted to keep penalties for marijuana possession and use.
Citizens Count: Manoj Chourasia profile
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“Voted to keep legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana”
Voted against banning sanctuary policies.
Citizens Count: Manoj Chourasia profile
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“Voted against ban on "sanctuary policies" and against requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”

Will Darby

DemocraticIncumbent

Software manager · Nashua

The gist

Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
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“'Education Freedom Accounts' provide vouchers that direct public money to private schools.”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
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“These laws demonstrably lead to privacy concerns, and have been proven to be unworkable in other states.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
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“Women's healthcare should be between women and their doctors. The state has no right to interfere in these private medical decisions.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
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“I do not support taxes on earned income or sales.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The state has continued to cut the business profits tax and business enterprise tax over the last decade, which has been proven to not support”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“It has been proven that net metering reduces the average cost of electricity in New Hampshire with only minute impacts for those customers that do”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Will Darby profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“New Hampshire has a poor track record of protecting vulnerable children in the state, including at the Sununu Youth Center, those placed in state approved”

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