Max Abramson
Republican · NH
Max Abramson served three terms in the New Hampshire House for Seabrook and sat on Seabrook's planning board and budget committee. A former merchant mariner and the 2016 Libertarian nominee for governor, he has pushed bills on self-defense rights and family court corruption.
Where Max Abramson stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Data Privacy (2 records),
Opposes
Housing Affordability (2 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Gun Control (8 records)
Mixed record
Healthcare Affordability (1 support · 2 oppose), Environment and Public Health (2 support · 3 oppose), Labor Rights (2 support · 5 oppose),
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Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted for a prescription-drug cost bill that included an insulin copay limit in the House vote on HB1280.
March 11, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against easing work requirements for expanded Medicaid in the House vote on SB290.
June 5, 2019Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against continuing New Hampshire Medicaid expansion in the House vote on HB1696.
March 9, 2016Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 3 oppose
Voted to concur with legislation setting limits on PFAS chemicals in the House vote on HB1264.
July 1, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against setting a state goal of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 in the House vote on HB1664.
February 19, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to raise the size cap on net-metering projects for renewable energy in the House vote on HB365.
March 20, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against a restriction on plastic straws in the House vote on HB558.
March 19, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Co-sponsored HB543 to repeal the state renewable portfolio standard.
January 8, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support · 5 oppose
Introduced HB1538 to require prevailing wages on state-funded public works projects.
January 5, 2022Supports Labor Rights
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Voted for a right-to-work bill in the House vote on SB61.
June 3, 2021Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against overriding a veto of coronavirus-era employee protections and employer requirements in the House vote on HB1166.
September 17, 2020Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against raising the state minimum wage in the House vote on SB10.
June 5, 2019Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against a statewide paid family and medical leave program in the House vote on HB712.
February 27, 2019Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to reject a bill raising the minimum wage in the House vote on HB684.
March 12, 2015Opposes Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against a right-to-work bill in the House vote on HB658.
March 11, 2015Supports Labor Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support
Introduced CACR30 to create elected inspector-general positions.
January 5, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB430 to require school-board conflict-of-interest policies.
January 3, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB1543 to address prosecutorial misconduct.
January 6, 2016Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 support · 3 oppose
Voted for the companion state budget policy bill in the House vote on HB2.
April 7, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for the House state budget bill in the House vote on HB1.
April 7, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HCR1 to urge Congress to restrain federal spending and seek a constitutional convention on that issue.
January 6, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against the companion state budget policy bill in the House vote on HB2.
April 11, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against the state budget bill in the House vote on HB1.
April 11, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against the final conference-report version of the 2015 state budget bill, HB1.
June 24, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against a proposed state loan for redevelopment of the Balsams resort in the House vote on SB30.
May 6, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to increase state funding for charter schools in the House vote on HB563.
March 12, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Voted to concur with legislation restricting police chokeholds and requiring misconduct reporting in the House vote on HB1645.
July 1, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB373 to allow counties to establish drug and alcohol prevention and treatment programs.
January 3, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB1562 to allow counties to establish heroin-prevention and treatment programs.
January 6, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 oppose
Voted to allow eviction at the end of a lease term in the House vote on HB227.
April 8, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against coronavirus-era tenant protections in the House vote on HB1247.
March 12, 2020Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Voted to restrict purchases made with electronic benefit transfer cards in the House vote on SB169.
June 24, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted to kill a bill repealing the Education Freedom Account program in the House vote on HB1683.
March 16, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted against repealing the requirement that schools provide free menstrual products in the House vote on HB458.
April 8, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to prohibit use of Common Core academic standards in the House vote on SB101.
April 15, 2015Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to increase state funding for charter schools in the House vote on HB563.
March 12, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB603 to allow students to opt out of statewide assessments.
January 8, 2015Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 8 oppose
Voted to block state enforcement of federal firearm restrictions in the House vote on HB1178.
March 15, 2022Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill a bill expanding firearm background checks in the House vote on HB1668.
March 15, 2022Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to abolish the state firearm-background-check telephone system in the House vote on SB141.
June 3, 2021Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against banning firearms on school property in the House vote on HB564.
April 4, 2019Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against expanding firearm background checks in the House vote on HB109.
March 19, 2019Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against a waiting period for firearm purchases in the House vote on HB514.
March 19, 2019Opposes Gun Control
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to require law enforcement to issue concealed-carry permits to qualified applicants in the House vote on SB336.
May 11, 2016Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to allow concealed carry of firearms without a license in the House vote on SB116.
April 29, 2015Opposes Gun Control
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Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support · 4 oppose
Voted against an exception to the 24-week abortion ban for a fatal fetal anomaly in the House vote on HB1609.
March 31, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to allow health-care providers to refuse to perform abortions or provide contraception in the House vote on HB1080.
March 16, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for a ban on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy in the House vote on HB625.
February 26, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted to reject a proposed ban on abortions based on fetal genetic abnormality in the House vote on HB1623.
March 9, 2016Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1684 to bar use of public funds and employees to assist with abortions.
January 6, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to repeal the protest-free buffer zone around reproductive health clinics in the House vote on HB403.
March 12, 2015Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 7 support · 2 oppose
Voted to require a conditional affidavit ballot for Election Day registrants without identification in the House vote on SB418.
May 4, 2022Supports Election Integrity
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Co-sponsored HB1522 to require ballots with embedded security and track absentee-ballot custody.
January 5, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for an amendment seeking to nullify the federal For the People Act in the House vote on SB89.
June 3, 2021Opposes Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to kill a bill creating an independent redistricting commission in the House vote on HB121.
February 26, 2021Opposes Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB570 to allow certain political groups to qualify as minor parties after a nominating convention.
January 6, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against repealing stricter voter-registration requirements in the House vote on HB105.
March 7, 2019Supports Election Integrity
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to create an independent redistricting commission in the House vote on HB706.
February 28, 2019Supports Election Integrity
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Introduced HB505 to allow voters to select multiple candidates for one office.
January 3, 2019Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to require 30 days of state and county residency before voting in the House vote on SB179.
June 3, 2015Supports Election Integrity
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Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 2 support
Co-sponsored HB1642 to bar the state from using facial-recognition systems.
January 8, 2020Supports Data Privacy
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Co-sponsored HB1417 to prohibit government use or collection of biometric data.
January 8, 2020Supports Data Privacy
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Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support · 1 oppose
Voted for parental notification requirements concerning students’ gender and sexuality in the House vote on HB1431.
March 15, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB485 to require informed consent to search a motor vehicle.
January 6, 2021Supports Civil Rights
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Voted to make it easier to change the gender designation on a birth certificate in the House vote on HB446.
March 14, 2019Supports Civil Rights
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Introduced HB732 to address excessive sentencing and racial profiling.
January 3, 2019Supports Civil Rights
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Co-sponsored HB545 to bar police from questioning a minor at school without a parent or guardian.
January 3, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Introduced HB1674 to require labels on genetically engineered food.
January 6, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
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Track record — General
General · 36 records
Endorsed Don Bolduc for the U.S. Senate.
July 26, 2022
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Voted against legalizing marijuana sales through the state Liquor Commission in the House vote on HB1598.
March 31, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to cut the state Business Profits Tax rate in the House vote on HB1221.
March 17, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to prohibit state enforcement of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the House vote on HB1455.
March 16, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin without an individual prescription in the House vote on HB1022.
March 16, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to bar state or local government from requiring businesses to impose a vaccine mandate in the House vote on HB1495.
March 16, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to prohibit school face-mask requirements in the House vote on HB1131.
March 15, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against killing CACR32, a proposed constitutional amendment for New Hampshire to secede from the United States.
March 10, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored CACR34 to constitutionally protect adult cannabis use, sale and cultivation.
January 5, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1484 to require a forensic audit of 2020 election results.
January 5, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1473 to authorize a forensic audit of 2020 election results in Merrimack County.
January 5, 2022
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB372 to change enforcement of state election laws.
January 6, 2021
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB138 to allow prisoners serving life sentences to seek parole after 25 years.
January 6, 2021
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against expanding absentee-voting access during the coronavirus pandemic in the House vote on HB1672.
March 12, 2020
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to allow home cultivation and possession of small amounts of marijuana in the House vote on HB1648.
February 20, 2020
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HR10 to urge the return of U.S. service members from the Middle East.
January 8, 2020
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB1613 to allow prisoners serving life sentences to seek parole after 25 years.
January 8, 2020
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
As a Seabrook Planning Board member, moved to nominate James Sanborn as board chair and Mike Rabideau as a regular member.
December 19, 2019
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Filed a minority House committee report opposing SB43, a commission to study barriers to more housing development, because of concerns about local zoning and density.
May 3, 2019
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to legalize marijuana possession and sales in the House vote on HB481.
April 4, 2019
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to repeal the state death penalty in the House vote on HB455.
March 7, 2019
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB208 to change the rules for justified use of deadly force.
January 2, 2019
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in the House vote on SB498.
May 11, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against killing a bill to legalize marijuana in the House vote on HB1694.
February 11, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against allowing drivers to choose a REAL ID-compliant license in the House vote on HB1616.
February 11, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Endorsed Ted Cruz for president as a New Hampshire state representative.
February 7, 2016
Source: presidency.ucsb.edu · researched September 25, 2026
Endorsed Rand Paul for president as a New Hampshire state representative.
January 8, 2016
Source: presidency.ucsb.edu · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB1135 to change the rules for using force in defense of another person.
January 6, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1402 to bar state and local agencies from acquiring military-equipped vehicles and equipment unavailable commercially.
January 6, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB1262 to limit zoning restrictions on home-based businesses.
January 6, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Co-sponsored HB1463 to change state rules on mandatory vaccinations.
January 6, 2016
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to allow patients to grow medical marijuana at home in the House vote on HB593.
March 12, 2015
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in the House vote on HB618.
March 11, 2015
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HR10 to urge the Justice Department to reexamine Chad Evans’s conviction.
January 8, 2015
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Introduced HB598 to change the legal definition of deadly force.
January 8, 2015
Source: r.jina.ai · researched September 25, 2026
Was reassigned from the House Criminal Justice Committee after the speaker learned about his earlier felony reckless-conduct conviction.
January 2, 2015
Source: wmur.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was convicted in 2012 of felony reckless conduct after firing a gun at a party at his Seabrook home.
August 1, 2019
Source: bostonglobe.com · researched September 25, 2026
Race Max Abramson is in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Hillsborough 22; New Hampshire
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.