Our Platform

Health Care and Reproductive Rights

Health care, including reproductive care, is essential to individual freedom, economic security, and a strong New Hampshire. Care must be affordable and accessible in every corner of our state — guided by patients and medical professionals, not politicians or insurance companies.

• Every person, including those experiencing disabilities, deserves affordable, comprehensive health care, regardless of income, geography, employment, or identity.
• We will protect and strengthen services for children, seniors, people with disabilities, and working families. We oppose shifting costs to hospitals, employers, and local taxpayers while weakening access to care.
• Decisions about reproductive health care — including contraception, fertility care, and abortion — belong to patients and their providers, free from government interference.
• Insurance companies should not dictate medically necessary care.
• Mental health and substance use treatment must be treated equally to other health care, with prevention, crisis response, and recovery services grounded in dignity and evidence. Defaulting to the criminal justice system is an unfair strain on our resources and leads to poor outcomes.
• Public health policy must follow scientific evidence. A strong public health system protects both our people and our economy.
• All communities deserve culturally competent and accessible care.

Education

Public education is the foundation of our free and democratic society. The continuous attacks on public education undermine our democracy and our future. We must protect the fundamental promise of a quality public education for all students.

• We reject all efforts to divert public funding to parents or private, religious, or home school education. This is a systemic attack on our public community schools.
• All students have the right to access a quality education, from early childhood through post-secondary or career training.
• We recognize the opportunity gaps between and within our communities and support policies to eliminate the gaps for students across income levels and zip codes.
• Public schools are the first line of defense in New Hampshire’s mental health substance use disorder, and child protection crises.
• Students should be taught authentic history and science, accurately and free from partisan politics.
• We reject any attempts to ban books in schools or public libraries. Access to a broad range of perspectives allows for the development of critical thinking skills.
• Increased funding for public community colleges and universities is critical. Students deserve to graduate without a crushing debt burden.
• Students and staff have the right to teach, learn, and thrive in a safe school environment.
• We oppose any attempts to arm staff or militarize schools under the pretense of school safety.

Climate and Energy

Climate change, based on science and supporting facts, is real. The changes brought by its effects include flooding, drought, large wildfires, excessive temperature extremes, and larger violent storms. Eliminating its adverse effects will require greater adoption of renewable energies and energy efficiencies. It is also critical to expose and correct false information designed to promote the use of fossil fuels.

• We support policies that encourage greater use of, and incentives for, clean energy sources, like wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass as well promote weatherization and energy conservation practices. All of these will make buildings, transportation, appliances and equipment more affordable for consumers and businesses. We believe that clean energy credits belong to the homeowner investing in renewable resources, and not the utility by default.
• We recognize that new renewable energy resources are likely to require improvements to our infrastructure and that state government has a critical role to play to ensure that needed improvements are undertaken. This work will support long-term economic growth in all parts of our state.
• We will work to have the state’s Public Utilities Commission prioritize lower power rates to residents so that utility companies do not subsidize commercial accounts.
• New energy-intensive data centers must ensure that they do not raise electrical power costs for residents or businesses or should be required to build their own power plants. We support nonprofit energy suppliers within the state, such as electric Co-ops and Community Power Coalitions.
• We will work to update and adopt a comprehensive climate change action plan and for New Hampshire to collaborate with our neighboring states to build a resilient network of abundant and stable energy supplies.

Environment and Agriculture

A healthy New Hampshire environment sustains all life. It provides clean water, air, soil, as well as safe and healthy food from our farms. It maintains human health and the health of our ecosystem for the next generations of our state. All residents should have access to healthy and affordable food and a clean and safe water supply.

• We value and support our local farmers and their sustainable agricultural practices who grow healthy foods for our residents. They support our local economy and the quality of life in New Hampshire.
• We are committed to the protection of our outdoor resources including our mountains, forest, parks, coastal waters, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. These resources allow all of us to enjoy the beauty of our state, provide healthy recreational activities, and actively support our tourism industry.
• We will work to preserve the quality of our water, air, and soil by removing harmful chemicals as well as other hazardous materials and limiting incineration and out of state solid waste disposal in New Hampshire. We are committed to reducing or eliminating highly toxic and cancer-causing chemicals already in our environment.
• We are dedicated to protecting and preserving our aquifers, estuaries, wetlands, and other fragile ecosystems that are the foundation for purity of our water bodies and groundwater resources.
• We are committed to partner with the many non-profit organizations in New Hampshire that provide essential services and programs for those protecting and stewarding our outstanding natural resources and those who support our agricultural community and regional food systems.

Veterans and Military Families

We honor and respect our veterans, active duty and reserve military personnel, national guard and military families.

• The best way to honor our military personnel is to keep our commitment to provide physical and mental health care, education, and disability support throughout their lifetimes.
• We support policies that create employment opportunities for military personnel and address homelessness, mental health, substance use, and suicide.
• We support the expansion of access to all health care services for veterans across the state through contracting with local providers.

First in the Nation Primary

We are proud to support and defend New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary and will continue to fight to protect this important status.

• We welcome all candidates to our state, treat them fairly, and take the responsibility of hosting primary candidates seriously.
• We are committed to maintaining fairness and respecting all candidates in primary elections.