State

State Representative, Hillsborough 13

Vote for: 6
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 12
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.

Candidates Compare by issue

Luan Baci

Democratic

Retired · Hudson

The gist

Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“Schools taking money from public education and this is not right”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“Women should have only right to choose for their life”
Supports adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“I support 2% on those who make more than $20,000/year”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“The state can't afford to lose anymore income. The state is finanically in bad shape.”
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“Yes, we need clean and safe energy”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“Yes, should be more data to have good sense”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Luan Baci profile
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“State needs support for education”

James Battis

Democratic

Retired research scientist · Hudson

The gist

No documented position found.

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James M. Caron

Democratic

Retired marketing consultant · Hudson

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 lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Opposes more state encouragement of nuclear power.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“For the current school year, my town (Hudson) is paying 263 students to NOT go to our public schools, at an average cost of $5200.”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This issue is bogus, trumped up by right wingers to generate anger and divide voters.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“My wife spent her career as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, so I am aware of both the issues confronting women regarding pregnancy as well”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The incremental reductions made to the Business Enterprise and Business Profits taxes have drained $150M per year from the state's revenues, without any measurable benefit”
Opposes more state encouragement of nuclear power.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This is a solution that doesn't solve any problem.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
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“Expanding renewable energy generation is far cheaper and more effective than Governor Ayotte's Small Modular Reactor initiative, which is a boondoggle.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens Count: James M. Caron profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“After the Claremont ruling, NH provided about 40% of the cost of public schools to the towns and municipalities.”

Kate Messner

Democratic

Sales support · Hudson

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 state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The way the program is currently structured it is taking funds away from public schools, yet siphoning off services from the same when necessary or”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This is a pet ideological issue which should not be dictated by government.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I support women's rights to reproductive freedom and do not support the government interfering with their and their doctors' decisions.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The citizens of NH have made it very clear that they are not in support of an income tax.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“My research has shown me that businesses are more concerned with having the trained, skilled employees to fill their open positions.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“It is no secret that there is an affordable housing shortage throughout the state and the country.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Kate Messner profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“It only makes sense to increase capacity, allowing for more energy production to the grid and thereby bringing costs down for consumers.”

Don Staveley

Democratic

Retired teacher · Hudson

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 encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The reasons are many but, in conclusion, it violates our NH Constitution.”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The legislature does not need to tell towns how to manage sexual differences.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I will support legislation to maximize the rights of women to have control over their own wellbeing.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“There are revenue options that make an income tax unnecessary.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“'The most recent proposal to reduce the BET rate would lower it from 0.55 percent to 0.50 percent.”
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Yes, but with caution. Consider the fiasco that went with the development of Seabrook Station and the bankruptcy of Public Service as a consequence.”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Don Staveley profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I have listened to Cassandra Sanchez, who oversees the state's child welfare, juvenile justice, and youth care systems. We all should.”

Tom Trost

Republican

Hudson

The gist

No documented position found.

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C. Mark DelSesto

Independent

Software product manager · Hudson

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 state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.

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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“No. The state hasn't met its obligation to fund the public schools it already has, and until it does, routing per-pupil money to private and”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“No. We settled this in 2018 with bipartisan support and a Republican governor's signature, and the problems we were warned about never materialized.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I'm pro-choice. This decision belongs to a woman and her doctor, and I don't see what a legislator in Concord adds to that conversation.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I'm not going to campaign on lowering the property tax burden and then hand people a new tax on top of it.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“No. I work in the private sector and I want New Hampshire to be a good place to run a company, but we've already cut”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We have a genuine housing shortage in this state, and it's why young families can't buy here and why our own kids leave.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: C. Mark DelSesto profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Net metering is how a business, a school district or a town gets a project big enough to actually cut its power bill.”

Dillon Dumont

RepublicanIncumbent

Hudson

The gist

Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.In office
Voted for a constitutional amendment banning income taxes.In office
Voted to cut the Business Enterprise Tax rate.In office
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.In office
Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.In office
Voted to remove the EFA program's household income limit.In office
Voted to remove penalties for marijuana possession and use.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for 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 for a constitutional amendment banning income taxes.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for CACR 12 , a constitutional amendment that would ban any taxes on income.”
Voted to cut the Business Enterprise Tax rate.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cut the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) rate from 0.55% to 0.50% starting in 2028”
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for open enrollment, allowing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state”
Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cap how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Voted to remove the EFA program's household income limit.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to remove the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program, with a 10,000 enrollment cap”
Voted to remove penalties for marijuana possession and use.
Citizens Count: Dillon Dumont profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to remove legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana”

Cathy Kenny

RepublicanIncumbent

Retired veterinarian · Hudson

The gist

Opposes conditional ballots for voters registering without ID.
Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.In office
Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.In office
Voted against expanding net energy metering eligibility.In office
Voted to ban sanctuary policies and require immigration cooperation.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Opposes conditional ballots for voters registering without ID.
Citizens Count: Cathy Kenny profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Need to show proper ID”
Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Cathy Kenny profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for 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 to cap annual school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Cathy Kenny profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cap how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Voted against expanding net energy metering eligibility.
Citizens Count: Cathy Kenny profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against increasing net energy metering eligibility in 2024”
Voted to ban sanctuary policies and require immigration cooperation.
Citizens Count: Cathy Kenny profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to prohibit "sanctuary policies" and require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”

Andrew Prout

RepublicanIncumbent

Computer security engineer · Hudson

The gist

Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.In office
Voted to cut the Business Enterprise Tax rate.In office
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.In office
Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.In office
Voted to consider removing marijuana possession penalties.In office
Voted to ban sanctuary policies and require immigration cooperation.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for 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 to cut the Business Enterprise Tax rate.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cut the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) rate from 0.55% to 0.50% starting in 2028”
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted for open enrollment, allowing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state”
Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cap how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Voted to consider removing marijuana possession penalties.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to consider a bill remove legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana”
Voted to ban sanctuary policies and require immigration cooperation.
Citizens Count: Andrew Prout profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to prohibit "sanctuary policies" and require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”

Jordan Ulery

RepublicanIncumbent

Hudson

The gist

Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Supports allowing sex-based separation in some facilities.
Supports banning abortion during the first trimester.
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.

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Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Let parents choose the best method for their children to be educated.”
Supports allowing sex-based separation in some facilities.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“XX is not the same as XY. Especially as children enter puberty they should be allowed to develop naturally and separately to begin to understand”
Supports banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Check any biology text and it is absolutely clear that a distinct biological entity originates at the instant of conception.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Frederic Bastiat once said, in essence, that excessive taxation is noting but legitimate theft. I agree.”
Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Repeatedly it have been proved that when business taxes are kept to a modest amout, revenues increase as the business culture grows and there are”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Localities can only regulate what the State allows.”
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Citizens Count: Jordan Ulery profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Safe modular so-called micro reactors work in Europe, on ships at sea and they have been vilified in the US because of reactionary and radical”

Bob Wherry

RepublicanIncumbent

Compliance consultant · Hudson

The gist

Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Supports allowing sex-based separation in some facilities.
Supports banning abortion during the first trimester.
Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Supports the current property-tax-based school funding system.

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Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“If the students/family qualify, I am in support of Educational Freedom Accounts helping to support qualified school expenses.”
Supports allowing sex-based separation in some facilities.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This issue is mostly about the protection of a majority of girls and women rather than the alleged desires of a minority of men who”
Supports banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I'm Pro-life, and would prefer that all abortions be limited to those situations when the life of the mother is physically in danger.”
Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“As business revenue grows from the New Hampshire Advantage, the Legislature should carefully consider the possibility of lowering taxes to allow businesses to invest more.”
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Small Modular Reactors (think a nuclear submarine) are an efficient and clean source of energy.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Once the energy supply and infrastructure are sufficient, this would work, but we must make certain NH has the supply and infrastructure to support the”
Supports the current property-tax-based school funding system.
Citizens Count: Bob Wherry profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The majority of funding for public schools has come from local property taxes and this practice should continue to allow better local control.”

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