State Representative
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Democratic
Frank Anthony is a Manchester Ward 4 Democrat. His priorities are cost relief, mainly lower property taxes by ending the state's shift of costs onto towns, and more housing of all kinds with help for first-time homebuyers.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for
Democratic
Jessica Margeson serves on the Manchester Housing Commission and is a tenant organizer with the Granite State Organizing Project, where she runs a weekly clinic for tenants facing eviction. She opposes a 2025 state law that lets landlords end a tenancy when the lease runs out.
Records: Housing Affordability 9 for, Environment and Public Health 2 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 against,
Republican
Paul LaFerriere is a New Hampshire justice of the peace and retired Army and federal law-enforcement veteran who ran a catering business. He prioritizes lower electric bills and housing security for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents.
Republican
Shuvom Ghose is an engineer with a degree in aerospace engineering who has lived in Manchester for 15 years. He wants strong, well-funded public schools and names housing, income inequality, and good jobs as the state's most pressing problems.
Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov