Peter A. Cook
Running for: NH House Hillsborough County District 36
Completed our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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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?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Against"
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Reliance on Local RE Tax should be studied deeply and potentially changed"
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Reliance on Local RE Tax should be studied deeply and potentially changed"
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Reliance on Local RE Tax should be studied deeply and potentially changed"
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Reliance on Local RE Tax should be studied deeply and potentially changed"
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Everybody need to be involved - its an existential issue"
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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?
"What is wrong with the current system? Or are proposed changes a solution to problem we don't have?"
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"While considering some allowance for communities that rely on well and septic"
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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?
"Don't yet know enough about the issue, particularly the degree of political influence held by the utility industry"
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Any decision post 24 weeks should be exclusively influenced by clinical/medical criteria given by clinical/medical professionals"
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Today, the need for households to have multiple incomes (at the current levels of income), makes child care an absolute necessity."
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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?
"Reliance on Local RE Tax should be studied deeply and potentially changed"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Compare with 'recreational use' of alcohol."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Compare with 'recreational use' of alcohol."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Compare with 'recreational use' of alcohol."
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Should more closely reflect cost of living"
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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?
"Its unfortunate that such legal protection need to be instituted because of intrusive legislation elsewhere"
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Any decision post 24 weeks should be exclusively influenced by clinical/medical criteria given by clinical/medical professionals"
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Local law enforcement has the job of enforcing local laws."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Without some control, I fear that eventually no one will select policing as a career"
