Ethan Aho
Democratic
Software developer · Milford
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State Representative, Hillsborough 43
- 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.
Claire Holston
Democratic
Small business owner · Milford
The gist
- Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
- Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
- Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
- Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
- Opposes requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
- Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
- Supports stricter gun control laws.
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Opposes banning abortion during the first trimester.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Woman have the right to make decisions with regards to their bodies. Not government.”
Supports state push for local zoning changes for housing.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Lifting restrictions will allow for more creative ways to enable housing development.”
Supports encouraging nuclear power development in New Hampshire.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“As long as it is done without committing taxpayer money to do so.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The state needs to pay it's constitutional share per the NH Supreme Court and find a solution(s) instead of deflecting.”
Opposes requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Not everyone can afford to pay for a passport and some people are not able to locate their birth certificate.”
Opposes a state cap on school district budget increases.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“A one size fit all is not acceptable. It shifts the states responsibility onto local towns.”
Supports stricter gun control laws.
Citizens Count: Claire Holston profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Support common sense laws like no assault weapons.”
Maria Elizabeth Perez
Democratic
Customer service representative · Milford
The gist
No documented position found.
William J. Bieschke
Republican
Milford
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No documented position found.
Elizabeth Keenan
Republican
Administrative manager · Milford
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No documented position found.
Paul Dargie
DemocraticIncumbent
Milford
The gist
- Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
- Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
- Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
- Supports stricter gun control laws.
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Opposes lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Paul Dargie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The business tax levels should be returned to the levels that were in effect before they were reduced.”
Supports reinstating the interest and dividends tax.
Citizens Count: Paul Dargie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“There should be a substantial exclusion for lower level I&D income.”
Opposes school funding relying mostly on local property taxes.
Citizens Count: Paul Dargie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Additional state revenues to support public school funding could come from several sources, including reinstating the I&D taxes, reinstating business taxes, reinstating income limits on”
Supports stricter gun control laws.
Citizens Count: Paul Dargie profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“I support a variety of common sense gun violence prevention laws.”
Gary Daniels
RepublicanIncumbent
Insurance agent · Milford
The gist
- Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
- Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
- Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
- Supports more state action on climate change.
- 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.
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Supports the Education Freedom Account school choice program.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We should be giving students a quality public education.”
Opposes adding a state income tax on earned income.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“We have recently become a true income tax free state. We should keep it that way.”
Supports lowering New Hampshire business taxes.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“NH's economy relies on NH being business-friendly.”
Supports more state action on climate change.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The state should be promoting personal responsibility, since it's in everyone's interest. The solution will come through personal responsibility not the passage of a law.”
Voted for bills allowing sex-based separation in some settings.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels 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 1217 ”
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.
Citizens Count: Gary Daniels 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: Gary Daniels profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to cap how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year”
Vanessa L. Sheehan
RepublicanIncumbent
Milford
The gist
- 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
- Voted against expanding net energy metering eligibility.In office
- Voted to keep penalties for marijuana possession and use.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: Vanessa L. Sheehan 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 1217 ”
Voted for statewide public school open enrollment.
Citizens Count: Vanessa L. Sheehan 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: Vanessa L. Sheehan profileCandidate 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: Vanessa L. Sheehan profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted against increasing net energy metering eligibility in 2024”
Voted to keep penalties for marijuana possession and use.
Citizens Count: Vanessa L. Sheehan profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to keep legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana”
Voted to ban sanctuary policies and require immigration cooperation.
Citizens Count: Vanessa L. Sheehan profileCandidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Voted to prohibit "sanctuary policies" and require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement”
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