Mark A. Pearson
Running for: NH House Rockingham County District 34
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?
"I believe the local government has an obligation to ensure its young people get an adequate education. I do not believe this should be limited to just one source of that (which, at present, is town/city-created public education)."For| Read My Position
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?
"For"Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"When people see ultra sound pictures of the one in the womb they often realize they are not seeing just a blob of tissue."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"When people see ultra sound pictures of the one in the womb they often realize they are not seeing just a blob of tissue."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"It is usually marketed as temporary; it never is. It is often marketed as fixed at such-and-such a rate; it seldom is. It is often marketed as a way to reduce property taxes; events show us propoerty taxes may go down for a few years but they go right back to previous levels."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Undecided"Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"It really depends on the particular zoning issue. Some proposals made regarding changes in zoning seem to allow for much-needed additional housing, especially work-force housing, while keeping in place the nature of the community. Other proposals do not."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?
"Great strides have been taken over the decades since such disasters as Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. The small modular reactors are reckoned to be quite safe."Other| 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?
"I believe that people and companies should be allowed to sell as much energy as they want to the grid AS LONG AS the grid buys it at the same wholesale rates they pay other suppliers."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
"While independent watch dog agencies often are needed, some go way too far, deeming themselves the only ones who understand things correctly. Such has been the view of numbers of people the past few years regarding the Office of the Child Advocate."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"When people see ultra sound pictures of the one in the womb they often realize they are not seeing just a blob of tissue."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"It is often spoken against because it benefits only the wealthy; I know many middle-income people who believe they've already paid tax on their salaries; why be taxed again?"Against| 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?
"We need to get rid of the bloat in school budgets, especially regarding administrative positions. We are aware of places where students get good educations and the per-student cost is much lower than it is in New Hampshire."Against| 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?
"The marijuana of today is not the 'weed' we knew in the 1960s. Growing numbers of medical studies indicate the negative effects of marijuana use."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"The marijuana of today is not the 'weed' we knew in the 1960s. Growing numbers of medical studies indicate the negative effects of marijuana use."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"The marijuana of today is not the 'weed' we knew in the 1960s. Growing numbers of medical studies indicate the negative effects of marijuana use."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?
"Yes. Voting is for citizens. Prove it."Against| Read My Position
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?
"This number is way too high. How will the students get to/from schools that might be some distance from home. Only certain families could effect the necessary transportation. What about the rest? Wouldn't they either be shut out of such a program or else incur great cost to their home towns for government paid-for transportation."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"When people see ultra sound pictures of the one in the womb they often realize they are not seeing just a blob of tissue."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"I am native to Massachusetts. 'Prop 2-1/2' reigned in towns that perennially overspent. Provision was made for citizens to vote to override such a cap each year should they choose to."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I believe the gun laws in the state are adequate as they are. The Second Amendment is honored."
