Michael E. Thornton
Republican
Business owner · Milford
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State Representative, Hillsborough 37
- Vote for
- 1
- Term
- 2 years
- Candidates
- 3
- 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.
Daryl D'Angelo
Classic Liberal
Retired management consultant · Amherst
The gist
- Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
- Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
- Supports the current property-tax-based school funding system.
- Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
- Opposes stricter gun control laws.
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Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Daryl D'Angelo profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Our housing situation is dire, and it's clearly a supply/demand problem. But towns have erected artifical exclusionary barriers to keep people out.”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Daryl D'Angelo profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Given the problems at the YDC, it's hard to understand why anybody thought it was a good idea to cut the funding for this office.”
Supports the current property-tax-based school funding system.
Citizens Count: Daryl D'Angelo profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Government is more transparent and acountable when it's closer to its funding source.”
Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Citizens Count: Daryl D'Angelo profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We need to legalize cannabis. It's absurd that we have not.”
Opposes stricter gun control laws.
Citizens Count: Daryl D'Angelo profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I support the 2nd Amendment. NH happily has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country, and I've not seen any evidence that”
Megan A. Murray
DemocraticIncumbent
Former teacher · Amherst
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 expand net energy metering eligibility.In office
- Voted to remove penalties for marijuana possession and use.In office
- Voted against banning sanctuary policies.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Voted against bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Megan A. Murray 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, including HB 1217 ”
Voted against cutting the Business Enterprise Tax rate.
Citizens Count: Megan A. Murray profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“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: Megan A. Murray profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against capping how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Voted to expand net energy metering eligibility.
Citizens Count: Megan A. Murray profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to increase the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts”
Voted to remove penalties for marijuana possession and use.
Citizens Count: Megan A. Murray profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to remove legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana”
Voted against banning sanctuary policies.
Citizens Count: Megan A. Murray profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against ban on "sanctuary policies" and against requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”
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