Ben Ming
Running for: NH Senate District 12
Declined to complete our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"As a parent of young kids, my wife and I are constantly reminded at home of what is fair and what isn’t. A community shares resources because it's fair, it's the right thing to do, and it's the most cost-effective thing to do. Our GOP-run state government instituted an apparatus to divert public taxpayer dollars to private schools. It has already happened. Our tax dollars are funding private schools right now, which means those same dollars aren’t going to our public schools. Everybody in this town is smart enough to understand that breaking that bond of community is unfair and it’s not right."Against| Read My Position
Voting Record, 2023
Voted against HB 591, a bill that would prohibit a doctor from performing an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat.
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"Making towns pay more and more of the share of education is untenable, and has resulted in property tax bills that are over 60% for schools. My family chose to move to New Hampshire, in part, to enjoy an income and sales tax free lifestyle, and we'd like to keep it that way. However, the Pledge is old and worn out. It's a weakening political weapon and does nothing to address what I believe is one of the most pressing and wide-reaching issues in this state; school funding. If your candidate can't pledge to advocate for better school funding in the state budget, and against public money for private schools, they don't deserve your vote."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Making towns pay more and more of the share of education is untenable, and has resulted in property tax bills that are over 60% for schools. My family chose to move to New Hampshire, in part, to enjoy an income and sales tax free lifestyle, and we'd like to keep it that way. However, the Pledge is old and worn out. It's a weakening political weapon and does nothing to address what I believe is one of the most pressing and wide-reaching issues in this state; school funding. If your candidate can't pledge to advocate for better school funding in the state budget, and against public money for private schools, they don't deserve your vote."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted for HB 208, a bill to establish greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state, to net zero by 2050. The bill also required the Department of Environmental Services to develop a climate action plan.
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?
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Voting Record, 2024
In 2023 Rep. Ming voted to require cities and towns to allow four residential dwelling units on any single-family lot served by municipal water and sewer (HB 44). This could be a four-unit building, two duplexes, four single units, or four townhouses. In 2024 Ming voted to limit parking requirements, plus add tax credits for office conversions (HB 1400).
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted to increase the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts (HB 523)
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted for a constitutional right to abortion before 24 weeks (CACR 23).
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"Making towns pay more and more of the share of education is untenable, and has resulted in property tax bills that are over 60% for schools. My family chose to move to New Hampshire, in part, to enjoy an income and sales tax free lifestyle, and we'd like to keep it that way. However, the Pledge is old and worn out. It's a weakening political weapon and does nothing to address what I believe is one of the most pressing and wide-reaching issues in this state; school funding. If your candidate can't pledge to advocate for better school funding in the state budget, and against public money for private schools, they don't deserve your vote."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted for HB 368, a bill that would provide various legal protections for persons receiving gender-related health care. For example, HB 368 would prohibit New Hampshire from enforcing an order from another state to remove a child from a home based on a parent allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care.
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted to repeal the "fetal life protection act", which restricts access to abortion after 24 weeks (HB 271).
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted to consider allowing extreme risk protection orders/a "red flag law" (HB 106), voted to consider expanding background checks for firearms (HB 59), voted to consider banning firearms in school zones (HB 32), and voted to establish a 3-day waiting period for firearm purchases (HB 76).
