Ellen Phillips

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2024

"It seems to me that when Kelly Atotte campaigns on keeping taxes low, she’s not talking about property taxes. Because as Republicans lower business taxes and capital gains taxes and any other tax they can lower, it just means our property taxes increase. The state doesn’t run without taxes. The question is, should those taxes keep going up for us while they keep going down for big business and the wealthy?’"

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state increase funding for child care providers?

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"We all know that we can't arrest our way out of the opioid crisis, but it seems to me to be an important part of the larger plan."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"As a parent, grandparent and former NH Educator, I believe that an excellent public education, including public preschool, should be a top priority in our state."

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?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"An essential component of a Friendly Family Economy is to secure the funding of Medicaid Expansion for the 40,000 working families who would otherwise access healthcare through hospital emergency rooms, which is the most expensive and least efficient use of health care funds. Making this program permanent coupled with raising the minimum wage will assist families to move out of poverty."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2024

"A living wage for a single person in NH is $23.58 an hour or $943 for 40 hours of work before deductions. Yet, there is no minimum wage in NH, so by default it is $7.25 an hour which is the federal minimum wage. Probably no one works for $7,25 an hour, but plenty of people work for $13 an hour. That comes out to $26,000 a year before deductions for taxes and healthcare if it’s offered. Someone “ making” $26,000 with no children pays $3,350 in federal income taxes  That means before a deduction for healthcare, if it’s offered,  a person’s take home wage is about $470 a week. Think about trying to live on that for a moment. Think about trying to rent even a studio apartment and paying utilities. There isn’t much left over for luxuries like food and gas to get to work. 

"We need a living wage in NH."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"I also believe that affordable higher education will keep many of our talented high school graduates attending NH Colleges and Universities and good paying jobs will keep them in New Hampshire when they finish their education."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"Governor Sununu may say that the voucher program will help low income families, but he really knows it won't. $3,000 or a little more will not have low income families jumping for joy because private schools cost much more that they can't offord if they want to. Only home schooling families can make a little part time salary for the parent of approximately $15,000 if they decide to keep their 4 children home. If only 4 families in a small school like New Durham's decided to home school and take this money, and one or two more decided to use it to help their bottom line on tuition, it could take $70,000 or more of taxpayer dollars out of our school. That would be the salary plus benefits for a young teacher, but not change the number of teachers needed for the rest of the children.

"Yes, I believe parents should choose what they consider to be the best education for their children, but not at the expense of our already underfunded ( in some communities) schools."