Rosemarie Rung
Running for: NH House Hillsborough County District 12
Declined to complete our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"Why should parents who can afford to homeschool or send their child to private school get a tax handout? What about retired people on a fixed income? Additionally, there is no public oversight for how this money is spent and that is not responsible stewardship of tax monies."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"A woman, her partner, her doctor, and her priest/minister can make a far better decision than 424 politicians sitting in Concord. This is not a government issue."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"A woman, her partner, her doctor, and her priest/minister can make a far better decision than 424 politicians sitting in Concord. This is not a government issue."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We just lowered a business tax and will need to see the projections vs. actual outcome."
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Voting Record, 2019
Voted in favor of HB 686, a bill that would extend the interest and dividends tax to capital gains and increase the exemptions and filing thresholds for the interest and dividends tax. HB 686 would have used the new capital gains tax revenue to increase per-pupil school funding and lower the state property tax rate.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
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?
"My understanding is this may be unconsitutional."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"The lack of affordable housing is hurting business growth as it limits workforce availability."
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted to increase the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts (HB 523)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"A woman, her partner, her doctor, and her priest/minister can make a far better decision than 424 politicians sitting in Concord. This is not a government issue."
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted to consider starting a Child Care Workforce Fund to recruit and retain New Hampshire child care employees (HB 1611)
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"Education funding in a state without a broad based tax needs more than one simple question to adequately address the issue."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Undecided"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"A $7.25 per hour wage actually increases public assistance spending by increasing the number of people who meet income eligibility. A minimum wage should allow an employee working at least full time to afford food and housing."
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted for HB 368, a bill that would provide various legal protections for persons receiving gender-related health care. For example, HB 368 would prohibit New Hampshire from enforcing an order from another state to remove a child from a home based on a parent allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care.
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"A woman, her partner, her doctor, and her priest/minister can make a far better decision than 424 politicians sitting in Concord. This is not a government issue."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2018
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
When asked a similar question on the 2018 Citizens Count survey, Rung wrote, "The federal government has that responsibility, but it could contract with the state to provide the services if the costs are covered."Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"By stricter, if a person uses a gun to threaten others, if they are using a gun to incite a public disturbance, they are not part of "a well-regulated militia" and should be removed."
