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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 · Incumbent

Dale Swanson is a Nashua state representative, an Air Force Academy graduate who flew in fighter jets, and an engineer on federal projects. His priorities are fixing the state's budget shortfalls after recent tax cuts and expanding Medicaid statewide.

Democratic · Incumbent

Heather Raymond is a Nashua state representative since 2022 and has served on the Nashua Board of Education since 2018. She opposes the Education Freedom Account program and supports restoring funding for the Office of the Child Advocate.

Republican

Paul Schibbelhute is a retired mechanical engineer, treasurer of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, and past president of the American Adoption Congress. He led efforts in New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island to let adult adoptees see their original birth certificates.

Democratic · Incumbent

Susan A. Elberger is a Nashua state representative since 2022, a counselor by training, and a former school committee member in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her priorities are raising state aid per pupil as court rulings require and easing reliance on local property taxes.

Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov