Keith Murphy
Running for: NH Senate District 16
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?
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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?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"I believe the law should follow the hearts and minds of the people, and while I am strongly pro-life I know the voters are not with me on this issue. However, I believe they would support a ban at viability, which is currently about 20 weeks gestation. Therefore, that is what I would endorse, while continuing to educate people about the medical reality that a fetus is a person at all stages of development."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"I believe the law should follow the hearts and minds of the people, and while I am strongly pro-life I know the voters are not with me on this issue. However, I believe they would support a ban at viability, which is currently about 20 weeks gestation. Therefore, that is what I would endorse, while continuing to educate people about the medical reality that a fetus is a person at all stages of development."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"I have always opposed tax increases."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"I support gradually returning the BET/BPT to their historic levels, as revenues allow."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Prices are set by supply and demand. Some towns have used zoning to discourage new home construction, which has raised prices far beyond the ability of our young families to pay. I believe in basic property rights, and fundamentally believe that people that own property should be able to put a house on it."For| 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?
"I don't support subsidizing the technology, but I believe nuclear power has been proven safe, and that SMR is a compelling answer to our high energy costs."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?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"I believe the law should follow the hearts and minds of the people, and while I am strongly pro-life I know the voters are not with me on this issue. However, I believe they would support a ban at viability, which is currently about 20 weeks gestation. Therefore, that is what I would endorse, while continuing to educate people about the medical reality that a fetus is a person at all stages of development."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"The I&D tax was an income tax."For| 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?
"Public schools have historically been viewed as a local obligation. That results in local control."For| 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?
"I believe police should focus on real crimes with real victims, and marijuana use is generally victimless. This especially makes sense when all states around us have legalized it. However, I do support the power of towns to regulate cannabis use in public."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?
"I believe police should focus on real crimes with real victims, and marijuana use is generally victimless. This especially makes sense when all states around us have legalized it. However, I do support the power of towns to regulate cannabis use in public."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"I believe police should focus on real crimes with real victims, and marijuana use is generally victimless. This especially makes sense when all states around us have legalized it. However, I do support the power of towns to regulate cannabis use in public."For| 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?
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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?
"Competition makes everything better. I support parental choice in allowing students to pursue the education that works best for them."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"I believe the law should follow the hearts and minds of the people, and while I am strongly pro-life I know the voters are not with me on this issue. However, I believe they would support a ban at viability, which is currently about 20 weeks gestation. Therefore, that is what I would endorse, while continuing to educate people about the medical reality that a fetus is a person at all stages of development."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"School expenses have increased far faster than inflation, even as enrollment has fallen over 20% from its peak. This is not sustainable."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Firearms are as basic a right as freedom of the press, and I oppose restrictions on both."
