Becky Berk
Completed our 2026 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?
"I supported EFAs as they were initially explained and introduced in 2021, as a measure to assist students with fewer opportunities. I absolutely oppose the current system, however, where local communities bear the cost of EFAs given to families with no income limits whatsoever, many of whom were already attending private or parochial school. Now, the local communities are losing yet again, since public schools must now allow EFA student recipients full access to their programming (up to 50% of their total time) although they have already lost the adequacy aid for that student. The current system is out of control and deeply unfair."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?
"This depends entirely on context. People do not go through the expensive, arduous, life-changing process of transitioning their gender just so they can enter a bathroom or a locker room of the opposite sex. However, people also need to be comfortable in intimate surroundings. In cases where there are separate locker rooms or changing rooms, or where bathrooms are single stall or closed stall, I do not think segregation is necessary."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"In general, abortion belongs in the medical sphere. Government should not be dictating what women can or can't do. However, by 24 weeks a woman knows she is pregnant and almost always knows if there is an abnormality that would endanger the child's life or normal development. I am comfortable with the ban after 24 weeks, as long as there are exceptions for the life of the mother."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"In general, abortion belongs in the medical sphere. Government should not be dictating what women can or can't do. However, by 24 weeks a woman knows she is pregnant and almost always knows if there is an abnormality that would endanger the child's life or normal development. I am comfortable with the ban after 24 weeks, as long as there are exceptions for the life of the mother."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"NH has traditionally been deeply opposed to an income tax on earned income. We need to ask ourselves who benefits from the tax policies we currently have in place. Right now, the groups least taxed (and thus least contributing to the public good) are the wealthy and large out-of-state corporations. The average homeowner and small business owner, on the other hand, is getting socked with property taxes. We need to re-balance the state's revenue plan without adding a broad-based income or sales tax."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"I make a distinction between small businesses and large, out-of-state corporations with a NH presence. Business taxes have been reduced in recent years. I think many businesses would say that their primary concerns relate to their employees - lack of affordable housing, high property taxes, insufficient child care availability to meet the need, and a fairly funded school system, and a well-educated workforce. Reducing business taxes further will not meet any of these needs."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"I fully support bringing back the Housing Champions program, where the state would offer local communities assistance with infrastructure (water, sewer, roads, etc.) for new developments if the community implemented policies friendly to workforce housing."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire do more to encourage the development of nuclear power, including small modular reactors (SMR), in the state?
"My main concern has always been the storage of used, radioactive waste."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Do you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?
"Solar is a viable and sustainable source of energy in the state, and NH is way behind our neighbors in implementing good policy to expand its use and benefit."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
"Yes."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"In general, abortion belongs in the medical sphere. Government should not be dictating what women can or can't do. However, by 24 weeks a woman knows she is pregnant and almost always knows if there is an abnormality that would endanger the child's life or normal development. I am comfortable with the ban after 24 weeks, as long as there are exceptions for the life of the mother."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"The interest and dividends tax had been a reliable source of income for NH since it was first instituted in 1923. It never should have been eliminated in 2024. The decision to eliminate this tax has created an unfair playing field for working families. While everyday residents shoulder heavy property taxes just to keep a roof over their heads, the wealthiest individuals now enjoy a pass on their passive income. When income from stocks, investments, and accumulated wealth goes entirely untaxed, passive wealth no longer contributes its fair share to state revenue. Meanwhile, firefighters, teachers, and local small business owners continue to fund our roads, emergency services, and public schools through their property taxes. Our state revenue system should reward hard work, not privilege. We must restore balance to our tax structure so that local homeowners and working families are not left picking up the tab for the ultra-wealthy. Concern about the interest and dividends tax adversely impacting moderate and low-income retirees should be addressed by modifying the thresholds of the tax, not eliminating it entirely."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"The way we fund education in NH, primarily through local property taxes, has resulted in an unfair and unequal system where some communities (their taxpayers and children) are punished or rewarded simply based on the property valuation of their community. This system has been found unconstitutional three times now, and the legislature's current response has been to suggest simply cutting the courts out of the process and having the state take credit for local property tax funding of schools. At the same time, the legislature has been consistently decreasing or eliminating other sources of revenue that could provide property tax relief."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"If NH is to legalize recreational marijuana, then the state must have some control over its sale and distribution. We lose cannabis sales and tax revenue to all of our neighboring states at the moment. As I understand it, the largest impacts to fully understand (and regulate if appropriate) are dangers to children from accidental ingestion of gummies, health impacts of high potency products, the current lack of a test to determine impairment, and the potential decrease of alcohol sales and tax revenue if marijuana is legalized."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"If NH is to legalize recreational marijuana, then the state must have some control over its sale and distribution. We lose cannabis sales and tax revenue to all of our neighboring states at the moment. As I understand it, the largest impacts to fully understand (and regulate if appropriate) are dangers to children from accidental ingestion of gummies, health impacts of high potency products, the current lack of a test to determine impairment, and the potential decrease of alcohol sales and tax revenue if marijuana is legalized."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"If NH is to legalize recreational marijuana, then the state must have some control over its sale and distribution. We lose cannabis sales and tax revenue to all of our neighboring states at the moment. As I understand it, the largest impacts to fully understand (and regulate if appropriate) are dangers to children from accidental ingestion of gummies, health impacts of high potency products, the current lack of a test to determine impairment, and the potential decrease of alcohol sales and tax revenue if marijuana is legalized."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?
"Not everyone has or needs a passport, and if the birth certificate reflects a name different than another form of ID (driver's license), the person could be denied the right to vote. This is especially true of married women who changed their name. It would also disenfranchise people who were born in a different country but are now US citizens."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire allow at least 10% of students in each school district to enroll in a different public school, regardless of where they live?
"The open enrollment efforts in other states have consistently resulted in higher taxes, not lower taxes, and low-income students and students with disabilities are consistently left behind. The state's effort to control the process of education, without also providing greater funding to communities and students at risk of being left behind, should be a non-starter."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"In general, abortion belongs in the medical sphere. Government should not be dictating what women can or can't do. However, by 24 weeks a woman knows she is pregnant and almost always knows if there is an abnormality that would endanger the child's life or normal development. I am comfortable with the ban after 24 weeks, as long as there are exceptions for the life of the mother."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"Tax caps can be passed any time by their local communities on their local municipal or school ballots. A state tax cap moves the entire ballot question to a different time frame, totally divorced from discussion or understanding of the challenges facing a school district in any particular year. The idea that a tax cap question must be on the state/federal election ballot is unnecessary and counterintuitive. The further statement that is required within the tax cap question - that there will be no impacts on students or their education - is patently false."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"The responsibilities of safe gun ownership rest with the seller and the owner. NH has a long and proud tradition of responsible gun ownership, and I do not think our laws need tightening. However, I oppose efforts to loosen laws or to broaden access to guns, though, especially bills that are opposed by law enforcement. The bill to allow open carry on college campuses, for example, was almost universally opposed by college campuses and by law enforcement."
