Dave Wheeler
Running for: NH Executive Council District 5
Declined to complete our 2024 Executive Council Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"This money allows students to choose the best venue that fits their educational style. Choice in education fosters excellence, monopolies encourage mediocrity."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support state contracts with faith-based organizations?
"For example, Bethany Christian Services contracts with the State of New Hampshire to facilitate adoptions."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support state contracts with Planned Parenthood?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
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?
When asked a similar question on the 2020 Citizens Count survey Wheeler wrote, "Not if it raises electric rates for all other consumers."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should a nominee’s political beliefs be an important factor when deciding on a judicial or executive branch appointment?
"For judges and Justices they must be willing to follow the constitution and not legislate from the bench. For other nominees they must be qualified to preform the needed function and willing to follow state law."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"Do not support adding an income or sales tax for school funding. Doing so has not reduced property taxes in any other state in the country when this was done."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Are you open to approving no-bid state contracts?
"There are times when we can only find one vendor to preform a specialty task that no one else can preform."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Against"
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Against"
