Suzanne M. Prentiss
Running for: NH Senate District 05
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?
"No accountability, no real oversight - the state has taken a hands-off approach to this one program and allowed public dollars to be dedicated to private education (homeschooling and catholic/religious schools included. There are NO annual eligibility checks - the only program with public dollars flowing in that has zero re-verification for eligibility."
No Response
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, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Medical decisions are between women and their doctors/care providers. In NH we don not terminate pregnancies after 22 weeks, if a family receives a devastating medical diagnosis then can be referred out of state."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Medical decisions are between women and their doctors/care providers. In NH we don not terminate pregnancies after 22 weeks, if a family receives a devastating medical diagnosis then can be referred out of state."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"we have cut taxes for businesses already - its time to hold the line."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"I would prefer Incentives versus mandates- I cosponsored Housing Champions and Homeibus - I am concerned when the state reaches into communities and overrides local control."
No Response
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?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
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?
"For"
No Response
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, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Medical decisions are between women and their doctors/care providers. In NH we don not terminate pregnancies after 22 weeks, if a family receives a devastating medical diagnosis then can be referred out of state."
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
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 have other sources of funding we have ignored or not been able to adopt - stop cutting taxes for businesses, share the revenues from the cuts in place, legalize cannabis, tax cannabis and put a portion of the revenue in the education trust fund."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Undecided"
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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?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"For"
No Response
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?
No Response
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?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Medical decisions are between women and their doctors/care providers. In NH we don not terminate pregnancies after 22 weeks, if a family receives a devastating medical diagnosis then can be referred out of state."
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"simple background checks, red flag laws (aimed at preventing homicides and suicides)."