Mark Connolly

Candidate's Website, 2016

"Bring passenger rail to Nashua and Manchester and improve our state's infrastructure, especially its rural roads and bridges."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2015

"Today the New Hampshire legislature voted to create a Task Force to study measures to be taken to combat the opioid epidemic, and will review a set of common sense proposals from Governor Hassan, who I applaud for being a national leader on this issue.

"I strongly encourage the Task Force to approve Governor Hassan's full package of recommendations, which address key objectives like improving access to treatment, providing law enforcement with new tools and resources, and establishing drug courts that have proven instrumental in helping to fight this scourge. Every day we delay another life is lost, a family is destroyed, and a community is sent into mourning. We must act now."

Other, 2016

"Connolly took the pledge to veto a sales or income tax but agreed the state faced a 'revenue problem' he believes can be solved by having the state return to its annual economic growth rate rather than through tax increases."
(Source: NH1,"Mark Connolly of New Castle is 2nd Democrat in for NH governor", 2016)

Other, 2016

"Connolly took the pledge to veto a sales or income tax but agreed the state faced a 'revenue problem' he believes can be solved by having the state return to its annual economic growth rate rather than through tax increases."
(Source: NH1,"Mark Connolly of New Castle is 2nd Democrat in for NH governor", 2016)

Other, 2015

"He doesn't favor casino gambling, a perennial State House issue that some lawmakers and Hassan have promoted as a way to raise state revenue.

"'The market is saturated,' he said. 'Maybe 20 years ago, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, but now it doesn't make sense.'"

(Source: Concord Monitor, "Democrat Mark Connolly Jumps in race for NH governor", 2015)

Other, 2016

"Connolly saying he would sign [a bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana] as governor."

Candidate's Website, 2016

"Increase government transparency, modernize state government and strengthen our campaign finance laws and disclosure so government works for you, not the special interests."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"Climate change threatens every part of life in the Granite State, and we need to vote for leaders who will do the hard work of combating it like President Obama has."

Concord Monitor Candidate Profile, 2016

"Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Connolly strongly supports decriminalizing marijuana in New Hampshire, and he may be willing to go further.

"In a meeting with the Monitor editorial board Thursday, the Seacoast businessman said he would be open to legalizing recreational use of marijuana as long as it is paired with robust regulation.

"'If a bill came to my desk that made sense in terms of New Hampshire and these things were on the table - a regulatory structure, where it's bought and sold, the packaging of this stuff - if all of that has been addressed, I would sign it,' Connolly said. 'But I don't think we are there yet.'"

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"We need to continue supporting New Hampshire's Medicaid expansion. The program covers more than 46,000 Granite Staters and it's critical to our state's economy and the health of our people to reauthorize it"

Other, 2016

"A full-time employee making the federal minimum wage earns just over $15,000 a year-it's simply not enough. I strongly support establishing a state minimum wage in New Hampshire, because every Granite Stater deserves to be paid a fair, living wage for their hard work."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"Happy birthday to the landmark and lifesaving Roe v. Wade decision! 43 years later, our support for the right to choose is as important as ever, and that's why I'm proud to stand with groups like Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire, and more that work to preserve that right-and to provide quality, affordable healthcare to women-every day."

Other, 2015

"'I don't think we as a state want to boast that we don't have a passenger rail,' Connolly said, adding increased public transportation, combined with more modern jobs will help an aging workforce skew younger."

Other, 2015

"Connolly doesn't support the current Northern Pass proposal to run a 192-mile transmission line through New Hampshire. He said more of the project should be buried."

(Source: Concord Monitor, "Democrat Mark Connolly Jumps in race for NH governor", 2015)

Other, 2015

"Connolly took the pledge to veto a sales or income tax but agreed the state faced a 'revenue problem' he believes can be solved by having the state return to its annual economic growth rate rather than through tax increases."

(Source: NH1,"Mark Connolly of New Castle is 2nd Democrat in for NH governor", 2016)

Candidate's Website, 2016

"Protect our working families by standing up for organized labor and vetoing so-called 'Right-to-Work' legislation and increasing the state's minimum wage."

Candidate's Website, 2016

On his website, Connolly says he will "Fight for a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions and fully fund Planned Parenthood."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"I strongly support efforts to implement universal background checks and close the 'gun show loophole.' The time for arguing is over. We need action."