John Cawthron
Running for: NH House Hillsborough County District 10
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?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"I support a women's right to choose up to the 15th week of pregnancy. After 15 weeks, another life is involved and the rights of that life need to be protected. Unless the mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, or another medically indicated reason is present, abortions after 15 weeks should be prohibited. If a mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, the decision to bring that pregnancy to term or to terminate it, is a discussion to be had between the mother and her doctor. No one else."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"I support a women's right to choose up to the 15th week of pregnancy. After 15 weeks, another life is involved and the rights of that life need to be protected. Unless the mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, or another medically indicated reason is present, abortions after 15 weeks should be prohibited. If a mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, the decision to bring that pregnancy to term or to terminate it, is a discussion to be had between the mother and her doctor. No one else."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Undecided"
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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?
"I a pro-environment, pro clean water, pro clean air and anti-pollution. I am against the 'climate cult' and their quest to end life as we know it by banning fossil fuels, cutting down forests in order to replace trees with solar panels and wind turbines that need 600 yards of concrete just to be raised. Please take the time to look at the following info. NASA has publicly admitted that Milutin Milankovich (1879-1958) was proved right. He theorized that the Earth's climate was driven primarily by orbital mechanics: 'that as the Earth travels through space around the sun, cyclical variations in three elements of Earth-sun geometry combine to produce variations in the amount of solar energy that reaches Earth.' It is not new knowledge nor is confirmation of its accuracy. Milankovitch Cycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01aFP88qfQs&t=695s https://www.bitchute.com/video/7LCC772BNihf/"
For| Read My Position
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?
"I am against same day voter registration unless a valid ID and proof of residency is provided."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"The state and federal gov't should not be involved in these type of local issues. The citizens of each town or municipality should always decide what is best for the location that they live in."
Undecided| Read My Position
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?
"I support a women's right to choose up to the 15th week of pregnancy. After 15 weeks, another life is involved and the rights of that life need to be protected. Unless the mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, or another medically indicated reason is present, abortions after 15 weeks should be prohibited. If a mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, the decision to bring that pregnancy to term or to terminate it, is a discussion to be had between the mother and her doctor. No one else."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Against"
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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?
"The current system where property taxes are raised to meet the school funding needs is not sustainable. The burgeoning administrative scholastic bureaucracy needs to be reigned in. Teachers need to be given back the freedom to teach and do what they were trained to do with the administrations role to be supportive of these efforts. Teachers whose students perform well scholastically should be rewarded and under performing teachers should be given further training and/or the resources they need to be successful. Paying a school superintendent 200+ k a year is not money well spent unless that salary is ted to performance goals that are met. The current 'property tax' model needs to be revised so that a lance between the needs of the school and the resources of the tax payers are more balanced and in tune with what is reasonable for both parties."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"I support a women's right to choose up to the 15th week of pregnancy. After 15 weeks, another life is involved and the rights of that life need to be protected. Unless the mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, or another medically indicated reason is present, abortions after 15 weeks should be prohibited. If a mother's health is endangered by a pregnancy, the decision to bring that pregnancy to term or to terminate it, is a discussion to be had between the mother and her doctor. No one else."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"For"
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I am a lawful owner of firearms. I support the RIGHT to bear arms of every lawful firearms owner and the constitutional carry laws here in NH."
