Gary L. Daniels
Serving as: NH House Hillsborough County District 43
Completed our 2024 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?
"We should be giving students a quality public education. If parents do not feel that the public school system is providing the expected level of education for their children, they should have the right to choose an alternate system that best serves their child's education."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Very slanted questions, since NH does not have an abortion 'ban', but allows for abortion for six months, and is legal in certain circumstances for the final three months of pregnancy. New Hampshire's abortion laws are some of the most lenient in the country."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Very slanted questions, since NH does not have an abortion 'ban', but allows for abortion for six months, and is legal in certain circumstances for the final three months of pregnancy. New Hampshire's abortion laws are some of the most lenient in the country."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"We have recently become a true income tax free state. We should keep it that way."
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"NH's economy relies on NH being business-friendly."
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"The state should be promoting personal responsibility, since it's in everyone's interest. The solution will come through personal responsibility not the passage of a law."
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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?
"I would prefer an ID requirement at the polls."
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Changes in local zoning could assist in addressing the affordable housing problem."
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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?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Very slanted questions, since NH does not have an abortion 'ban', but allows for abortion for six months, and is legal in certain circumstances for the final three months of pregnancy. New Hampshire's abortion laws are some of the most lenient in the country."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"This is better addressed by removing burdensome regulations."
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Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"Local control drives quality education"
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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?
"Cannabis is federally illegal and those at the federal level have done nothing to decriminalize it. As such, we should not be passing state laws that conflict with federal laws. Until that issue is resolved, I must take a position against legalization."
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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?
"Cannabis is federally illegal and those at the federal level have done nothing to decriminalize it. As such, we should not be passing state laws that conflict with federal laws. Until that issue is resolved, I must take a position against legalization."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Cannabis is federally illegal and those at the federal level have done nothing to decriminalize it. As such, we should not be passing state laws that conflict with federal laws. Until that issue is resolved, I must take a position against legalization."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"The market is driving the minimum wage, as it should. Legislators, who, for the most part, have no vested interest in a business should not being telling a private business owner what they must pay."
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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?
"I haven't heard that this is a problem."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Very slanted questions, since NH does not have an abortion 'ban', but allows for abortion for six months, and is legal in certain circumstances for the final three months of pregnancy. New Hampshire's abortion laws are some of the most lenient in the country."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Local law enforcement should not be required to work with federal immigration enforcement, but local, state and federal enforcement should be encouraged to work together to address the illegal immigration problem."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"We should follow the laws that are on the books."
