Jonathan J. King

Candidate's Website, 2026

"SB295 expands the EFA system beyond demonstrated financial need while still requiring the state to continue funding both public education obligations and an increasingly broad voucher structure. ... In other words, the state does not know how large the program may become, yet taxpayers remain obligated to fund it indefinitely.

"That is not a criticism of educational alternatives themselves. It is a question of sustainability, predictability, and long-term fiscal planning.

"At a time when residents are already dealing with rising property taxes, increasing housing costs, and higher energy bills, New Hampshire needs to think carefully about how many parallel obligations the current system can realistically support."

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

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?

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Candidate's Website, 2026

"New Hampshire is already surrounded by legal states. Granite Staters are already using cannabis. The question is not whether cannabis exists here. It does. The question is whether New Hampshire wants that use controlled by an illicit market, or by a regulated system with age checks, testing, labeling, tax revenue, public-health funding, and accountability.

"The public is not the main barrier. The New Hampshire Senate and the governor’s office are. And if they are going to keep blocking reform, they should have to do so with evidence that survives scrutiny — not recycled scare numbers from a 2018 Colorado report whose own assumptions begin to fall apart under review.

"So, when we look at the specific arguments that have been levied in opposition of ending cannabis prohibition, they are either simply not true, skewed, or have been misstated. Sticking our heads in the sand over this won’t make cannabis go away, it’ll only force New Hampshire residents to continue to lose money across the border and paying for it with their property taxes."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?

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?

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Candidate's Website, 2026

"There’s nothing wrong with trying to control costs.

"The problem is how it’s being done.

"Policies that focus on limiting spending without addressing the reasons those costs are increasing tend to shift pressure rather than resolve it.

"We’ve seen this pattern before. Programs expand, obligations grow, and then new policies are introduced to manage the financial strain that follows.

"Meanwhile, residents are still dealing with the same reality:

"higher costs, less predictability, and fewer clear long-term solutions.

"If affordability is the goal, then the focus needs to be on how those costs are created—not just how they are limited."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?