Paul Skudlarek
Running for: NH House Rockingham County District 16
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?
"Not in it's current form. There is a general lack of transparency to the program. The money flowing to EFAs is draining revenue to local public schools. Formulas to determine income eligibility and moving in an increasingly unsustainable direction."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Abortion should be left to the woman to decide as outlined prior to Roe being overturned. This is an extremely personal and private matter that legislators should leave to women, their families, and doctors."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Abortion should be left to the woman to decide as outlined prior to Roe being overturned. This is an extremely personal and private matter that legislators should leave to women, their families, and doctors."
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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?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"The planet is warming and human activity is a primary cause. Inaction and denial has and will continue to impose tremendous human and financial cost if not addressed reasonably and with eyes toward long-term impact."
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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?
"For"
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Current zoning laws are growth prohibitive and leading to rapid and unsustainable rise in housing costs. High housing costs are keeping younger adults out of NH and the housing market. Lower and middle income people are unable to buy or sustain adequate housing."
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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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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Abortion should be left to the woman to decide as outlined prior to Roe being overturned. This is an extremely personal and private matter that legislators should leave to women, their families, and doctors."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"It's necessary to make it easier for young families to live in NH. This is one of many components toward that end."
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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?
"We need to decrease the burden on local homeowners for growing cost of public education. The state's continued push to defund public education has increased the burden on towns; Through property taxes, to sustain the needed educational revenues."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"NH is behind the curve on settling this issue as surrounding states capture legalization revenue."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"NH is behind the curve on settling this issue as surrounding states capture legalization revenue."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"NH is behind the curve on settling this issue as surrounding states capture legalization revenue."
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"For"
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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?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Abortion should be left to the woman to decide as outlined prior to Roe being overturned. This is an extremely personal and private matter that legislators should leave to women, their families, and doctors."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"If that enforcement is consistent with state law."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Reasonable restrictions on purchases, strenghtening the background check system, storage laws, bans on ghost guns, Red Flag laws, etc. are all necessary and important to enact and do not impact 2A rights."
