To help inform voters about their options in the election, MPP sent the following three survey questions to candidates for state Senate. The voter guide below is based on their responses, public statements, and votes cast by incumbent legislators. If a candidate in your district has not taken a public position, we strongly encourage you to ask them these questions yourself! We would be happy to update the voter guide with their answers (please email msimon@mpp.org with any updates).
(1) Eleven states, including all three states neighboring New Hampshire, have passed laws making cannabis possession legal for adults. Do you support making it legal for adults 21 and older to possess cannabis for personal use in New Hampshire?
(2) Massachusetts, Maine, and eight other states have passed laws creating legal, regulated markets for adult-use cannabis. Do you support licensing, regulating, and taxing businesses so they can produce and sell cannabis to adults 21 and older?
(3) All three neighboring states and Canada allow adults 21 and older to cultivate their own limited supply of cannabis for personal use. Do you support allowing adults to grow their own cannabis for personal use in New Hampshire?
Color key:
Green = supports legalizing cannabis for adults’ use
Orange = unknown, uncertain, or less supportive
Red = opposed or much less supportive
Note: The Senate did not vote on any adult-use legalization bills in 2019-2020, in part because the session was derailed by COVID-19. The only meaningful roll call votes in the Senate were on a medical cannabis home cultivation bill (HB 364) in 2019, which passed the House and Senate but was vetoed by Gov. Chris Sununu. The House overwhelmingly voted to override the veto, but the effort fell three votes of the required two-thirds majority in the Senate.
If you’re not sure which Senate district you live in, find out here.
Complete List of Candidates for State Senate:
State Senate District 1 (“the north country”)
State Senate District 2 (Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Center Harbor, Danbury, Dorchester, Ellsworth, Grafton, Groton, Haverhill, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Meredith, New Hampton, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sanbornton, Tilton, Warren, Wentworth, and Wilmot)
State Senate District 3 (Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hale's Location, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Waterville Valley, and Wolfeboro)
State Senate District 4 (Barrington, Dover, Rollinsford, and Somersworth)
State Senate District 5 (Canaan, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Enfield, Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, and Plainfield)
State Senate District 6 (Alton, Barnstead, Farmington, Gilmanton, New Durham and Rochester)
State Senate District 7 (Andover, Belmont, Boscawen, Canterbury, Franklin, Gilford, Laconia, Northfield, Salisbury, and Webster)
State Senate District 8 (Acworth, Antrim, Bennington, Bradford, Croydon, Deering, Francestown, Goshen, Grantham, Hillsborough, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Springfield, Stoddard, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Washington, Weare, and Windsor)
State Senate District 9 (Bedford, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Richmond, Sharon, Temple and Troy)
State Senate District 10 (Alstead, Chesterfield, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Nelson, Roxbury, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester)
State Senate District 11 (Amherst, Merrimack, Milford, and Wilton)
State Senate District 12 (Brookline, Greenville, Hollis, Mason, New Ipswich, Rindge, and Nashua wards 1, 2, and 5)
State Senate District 13 (Nashua wards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9)
State Senate District 14 (Auburn, Hudson and Londonderry)
State Senate District 15 (Concord, Hopkinton, Henniker and Warner)
State Senate District 16, no contested primaries (Bow, Candia, Dunbarton, Hooksett, and Manchester Wards 1, 2 and 12)
State Senate District 17 (Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Strafford)
State Senate District 18 (Litchfield and Manchester Wards 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9)
State Senate District 19 (Derry, Hampstead and Windham)
State Senate District 20 (Goffstown and Manchester wards 3, 4, 10 and 11)
State Senate District 21, contested Democratic primary (Durham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, and Portsmouth)
State Senate District 22 (Atkinson, Pelham, Plaistow and Salem)
State Senate District 23 (Brentwood, Chester, Danville, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Kingston, and Sandown)
State Senate District 24 (Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, New Castle, North Hampton, Newton, Rye, Seabrook, Stratham, and South Hampton)
View a list of key roll call votes in the House of Representatives.
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