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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:

Republican · Incumbent

Andrew Prout of Hudson is a computer security engineer who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2016. He has voted to expand Education Freedom Accounts and to lower business taxes.

Republican · Incumbent

Bob Wherry of Hudson has served in the New Hampshire House since 2022 and on the Hudson Budget Committee. A chemical engineer in pharmaceutical compliance, he supports Education Freedom Accounts and proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Republican · Incumbent

Cathy Kenny of Hudson has served in the New Hampshire House since 2022 and is a retired veterinarian. She supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes a broad-based income tax.

Independent

C. Mark DelSesto of Hudson is a software product manager with degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and DePaul University. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and new abortion bans, and wants to ease Hudson's property tax burden.

Republican · Incumbent

Dillon Dumont of Hudson has served in the New Hampshire House since 2024 and chairs the Hudson Board of Selectmen. He voted to remove the income limit on Education Freedom Accounts and for a school district tax cap.

Democratic

Don Staveley of Hudson taught high school for 36 years in Billerica, Massachusetts, and Milford. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and abortion bans, and supports funding the Office of the Child Advocate.

Democratic

James Battis of Hudson is a retired geophysical research scientist and program manager for the U.S. Air Force.

Democratic

James "Jim" Caron of Hudson is a retired marketing consultant with a degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and a school district tax cap, and supports the interest and dividends tax.

Republican · Incumbent

Jordan Ulery of Hudson was first elected to the New Hampshire House in 2004, serves on the Hudson Planning Board, and is a trained paramedic. He supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes abortion and a broad-based income tax.

Democratic

Kate Messner of Hudson has worked in sales support and marketing for technology companies and holds a degree from Saint Michael's College. She opposes Education Freedom Accounts as now structured and supports local zoning changes for housing.

Democratic

Luan Baci of Hudson is retired and holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and abortion bans, and supports stricter gun laws and legal marijuana.

Republican

Tom Trost is a Hudson native who worked for Governor Kelly Ayotte and studied politics at Saint Anselm College. He says he will focus on the rising cost of living and on struggling education and health care systems.

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