Paul Dargie
Running for: NH House Hillsborough County District 43
Awaiting response to our 2026 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
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, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"I support New Hampshire adding an income tax on earned income."
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Voting Record, 2026
Voted against cutting the Business Enterprise Tax (BET) rate from 0.55% to 0.50% starting in 2028 (HB 155).
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Voting Record, 2026
Voted against limits on parking requirements in zoning laws (SB 284), but also voted to prohibit planning boards from differentiating based on the number of bedrooms in a residential development (SB 174). In 2026 Rep. Dargie also voted to keep the Housing Champion designation and grant program (HB 1196).
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Voting Record, 2025
Voted for HB 1218, SB 159, and HB 365, all bills to increase the electric generating capacity of customer generators who may participate in net energy metering, generally from 1 megawatt to 5 megawatts.
In 2025 Dargie also voted to consider SB 228, a different bill to expand the scope and capacity limits for solar net metering.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
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Voting Record, 2026
In 2025 and 2026 Rep. Dargie voted to consider increasing base per-pupil state school funding (HB 651 and HB 1826). Rep. Dargie then voted against establishing a tax cap for local school districts (HB 675). Rep. Dargie also voted to consider HB 1799, which would have redefined an "adequate education," increased how much funding the state must provide per pupil, and created a commission to study alternative methods of funding public schools besides property taxes. Lastly, Rep. Dargie voted against HB 1815, which pushes back against New Hampshire Supreme Court rulings on what the state must fund for an adequate education.
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Voting Record, 2025
Voted to remove legal penalties for possessing and using marijuana (HB 198)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I support stricter gun control laws."