Robert Richard-Snipes
Democratic
Manchester
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State Representative, Hillsborough 40
- Vote for
- 4
- Term
- 2 years
- Candidates
- 8
- 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.
Lynne M. Cumming
Republican
Manchester
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No documented position found.
Carlos Gonzalez
Republican
Security supervisor · Manchester
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No documented position found.
Bill O'Brien
Republican
Lawyer · Manchester
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No documented position found.
Robert Rivera
Republican
Manchester
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Erin Kerwin
DemocraticIncumbent
Teacher and social worker · Manchester
The gist
- Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
- Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
- Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
- Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
- Opposes adding a broad-based state sales tax.
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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Erin Kerwin profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I oppose the Education Freedom Account program. Public money should stay in public schools.”
Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Erin Kerwin profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I believe it is time for an honest conversation about New Hampshire's tax structure.”
Supports raising the net metering cap to 5 megawatts.
Citizens Count: Erin Kerwin profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Yes, I support expanding the net energy metering capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW.”
Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Erin Kerwin profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I oppose municipal tax caps. I have seen firsthand in Manchester what happens when a community is locked into an arbitrary spending limit - public”
Opposes adding a broad-based state sales tax.
Citizens Count: Erin Kerwin profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Broad-based sales taxes disproportionately negatively affect low-income households.”
Mark S. MacKenzie
DemocraticIncumbent
Retired fire captain · Manchester
The gist
- Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
- Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
- Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
- Voted against banning sanctuary policies.In office
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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Mark S. MacKenzie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I think that this program has expanded far beyond what it was originally intended for.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Mark S. MacKenzie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Housing is critical to the economic development of the State of New Hampshire absent affordable housing people can’t move here. They can’t service our economy.”
Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Mark S. MacKenzie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I think decisions are made better by people in the local communities who have control over their own spending and can set their own priorities”
Voted against banning sanctuary policies.
Citizens Count: Mark S. MacKenzie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against ban on "sanctuary policies" and against requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”
Trinidad Tellez
DemocraticIncumbent
Public health consultant · Manchester
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.
- Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
- Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
- Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
- Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
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Opposes the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“'Public education is the foundation of our free and democratic society. The continuous attacks on public education undermine our democracy and our future.”
Opposes allowing sex-based separation under anti-discrimination law.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We should not roll back critical civil rights protections and allow discrimination.”
Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Abortion is a PRIVATE medical decision left to the individual/family in consultation with their medical provider, and sometimes also their spiritual or other advisor of”
Supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The Office of the Child Advocate is an important watchdog, responsible for investigating and advocating for survivors.”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The NH Fiscal Policy Institute wrote 'New analyses of the elimination of New Hampshire's Interest and Dividends Tax show that the reduction in tax revenue”
Supports legalizing marijuana home-growing and private use.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“'Cannabis should be legalized, regulated, and equitably enforced.' (2026 NHDP Platform)”
Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Trinidad Tellez profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Local control is the NH way!”
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