Heather Deiner
Democratic
Manchester
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State Representative, Hillsborough 25
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- 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.
Kathy Staub
DemocraticIncumbent
Retired museum educator · Manchester
The gist
- Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
- Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
- Opposes more state encouragement of nuclear power.
- Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
- Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
- Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
- Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
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Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The current laws are putting women and girls at risk. Abortion is a medical procedure. Our volunteer legislature should not be interfering.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“There are some situations where development is not appropriate.”
Opposes more state encouragement of nuclear power.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Three Mile island, Chernobyl, Fukushima I would need convincing.”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The child advocate rescued those kids from Tennessee. If we truly care about children we need someone who is watching out for them.”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I would be in favor of this if the level of income that was exempted was raised.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“This is unsustainable. Municipalities have limited ways to raise revenue.”
Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Kathy Staub profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We have a tax cap in Manchester. It has not improved anything.”
Kathleen Paquette
RepublicanIncumbent
Small business owner · Manchester
The gist
- Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
- Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
- Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.In office
- Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.In office
- Voted to cap annual school district budget increases.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
More about Kathleen
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Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Kathleen Paquette profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Children are all different, and each has different needs.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Kathleen Paquette profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“After 6 months with acceptions”
Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Kathleen Paquette profileCandidate 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 1299 ”
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.
Citizens Count: Kathleen Paquette profileCandidate 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: Kathleen Paquette profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cap how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
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