Kat McGhee

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 program had a public push back of over 6-1 in public hearings, to the point where the folks who were insistent on doing it stopped the hearings and simply pushed the law through in the budget trailer without even tax impact cost estimates. That's not how we're supposed to do things. This program was sold to people as 'choice' but it is a scam to defund public schools and create for-profit recipients who have none of the requirements for education standards we require of our public schools. It will only weaken schools, discourage good teachers from working in NH, and increase property taxes because there is still not plan, to add proper school funding from the state. Only to take funding away."

Voting Record, 2026

Voted against several bills that would revise New Hampshire's anti-discrimination law to allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, including HB 1217, HB 1299, HB 1442, HB 1447, SB 268, and SB 552.

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

"I'm not in favor of an income tax. We are creating problems for seniors on fixed incomes by placing so much burden on property taxes. So, there must be discussion about the best way to meet our bills, the GOP method of promising to cut our way to prosperity is simply disingenuous."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

"Business tax cuts are not what businesses are asking for from government. So no, I'd rather see us focused on making sure students are training to meet the workforce needs in the state so we can grow our energy, technology, and manufacturing economies."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"I have constituents who are against encouraging housing because they want to protect 'local, rural character'. In my view, local planning and zoning boards and master plans are the place to make those decisions. The issue NH is facing is one a 20-30K unit deficit in housing. That lack of supply creates difficulties for employers, employees, young families and seniors. Nobody can find affordable housing because there is so little housing stock. So yes, I'm for addressing that very real problem that holds back NH's economy. I am not for overbuilding and ruining places with housing that makes no sense. Both can be accomplished if we elect people who are trying to solve both."

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?

Voting Record, 2025

Voted to increase the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts (HB 523) and voted to consider other expansions to net metering eligibility (SB 228).

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

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

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026

Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?

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?

"The system is unfair and advantages property rich communities, while penalizing poor property towns. The state has been successfully sued on multiple occasions for ignoring its constitutional responsibility to educate its citizens. The most recent decisions stated, that obligation is not on the property tax payer, it is on the state'."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"It depends upon the bill."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"It depends upon the bill."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

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

"It depends upon the bill."

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, 2022

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

"Roe v Wade was the compromise that put women and doctors in the correct roles, allowing legal abortions up to viability of the fetus, unless the life of the mother was threatened. The recent push to move American society backwards is completely unworkable and does nothing to improve any aspect of this long-settled privacy battle. It does not reflect New Hampshire's Live Free or Die sentiment."

Voting Record, 2026

Voted against capping how much local school districts can increase their budget year to year (HB 675) and voted against requiring a vote on a school district local tax cap at each general election (HB 1300)

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?

"I don't think stricter gun laws is the right frame. I believe laws that increase public safety are not an infringement upon lawful gun ownership. It is not the job of lawmakers to impose their own ideology. It is the role of lawmakers to inform themselves with the best available evidence and then pass laws that work for the majority of people."