Tony Caplan
Running for: NH House Merrimack County District 08
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 would be for a limited, means-tested program, only for students in public schools already, with specific challenges in the public school system."Against| 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?
"No, that is just bullying of trans people. There are dangerous people in every group. You might as well ban public restrooms and locker rooms period."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Birth control decisions are best left up to private citizens and their medical practitioners."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Birth control decisions are best left up to private citizens and their medical practitioners."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"We don't need to. We can raise money other ways. But the main thing we need to do is stop cutting taxes for the wealthiest and most powerful and making it up by cutting services and programs for the neediest. That ideology is indefensible and has put us in a budgetary hole."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We've lowered business taxes for the largest corporations in the country in a race to the bottom to be attractive to businesses but it hasn't helped. We need to stop cutting taxes."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"We need more affordable, 'infill' housing. Foir example, allow duplexes where ADUs are currently."Against| 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?
"SMRs perhaps will be feasible years from now. It's not the state's role to plump for an untested, commercially unviable technology at this point."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?
"Not 5 MW for residential. That makes no sense. But yes for commercial and industrial participants in net metering if the net metering rates are market based. We need the electricity on the grid, and we need to allow businesses to keep their costs down. Win-win."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
"Undecided"For| Read My Position
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Birth control decisions are best left up to private citizens and their medical practitioners."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"Bring it back starting at 4% and $200,000 in interest or dividend income as the floor."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 are the worst state in the country for the regressive way we fund local schools. The state needs to step up to fulfill its constitutional duty."Undecided| 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?
"Undecided"Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Undecided"Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Undecided"Undecided| 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?
"Undecided"For| 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 would be okay if we funded schools differently, with the state taking a much bigger role."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Birth control decisions are best left up to private citizens and their medical practitioners."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"This is a matter of local control. If the state took on the main role in funding schools, then it could have a say."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Yes, of course. It's common sense. We need mental health provisions and we need to outlaw certain weapons that are meant for military uses only."
