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Edward 'Ted' Combes

Position on Issues

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?
"Funding for Public Education should only be for Public Education, not for Private Schools"

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?

"Undecided"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?

"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

"Undecided"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

"I have heard for over the past 10 years that businesses do not care about decreases the State Business Tax, as it is very minimal on their business profits. They would rather care about an educated population, better roads for their employees and their goods to travel on."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"For"

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?

"For"

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?

"Let people and businesses produce as much power as they can on their land to sell back into the energy market. Cost of electricity in New England has gotten very expensive, we should not hold back ways to reduce the costs."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?

"I would like to know where people who are against having this item plan to make up the income loss that the state has incurred from removing this."

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?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?

"Tax it, and improve services across the sate."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?

"Tax it, and improve services across the sate."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Tax it, and improve services across the sate."

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?

"Against"

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?

"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?

"For"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?

"Against"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?

"For"
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