Cornerstone 2012 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FAMILIES FIRST VOTER GUIDE About This Voter Guide Cornerstone’s 2012 Families First Voter Guide Contents presents information that should help you Find Your House District ...................................2 choose the best conservative candidates in your Find Your Senate District ...................................4 district(s). The Guide compiles scores from the 2011-12 Cornerstone Scorecard (for incumbents House Voter Guide by District ..........................6 only) and makes note of whether each candidate Senate Voter Guide by District ........................13 has signed and returned Cornerstone’s Families Executive Office Pledge Signers .......................13 First Pledge, a sample of which is included on the last page of this guide. Sample Family First Pledge ..............................14 Each candidate running for legislative or executive offices, whether running for the first time or running for reelection, was given the About New Hampshire House Districts opportunity to sign the Families First Pledge. You will notice that some communities or city How to Use This Voter Guide wards have multiple House districts associated with them. This is not a mistake. Because of 1. Using the “Find Your House District” and redistricting and the Legislature’s effort to “Find Your Senate District” pages, look up balance the requirements of the state and your town and find your House and Senate federal constitutions, some communities will districts. (Note: Some communities will have have representatives devoted completely to more than one House district. To learn why their community. Other communities will have that is, consult the “About New Hampshire representatives devoted solely to their community House Districts” section to the right.) as well as representatives for their community 2. Once you have found your districts, turn to and neighboring communities (these are called the House Voter Guide and the Senate Voter “floatorial” districts). Those communities that Guide and look up the candidates running in didn’t qualify for their own district will only have your district(s). representatives that they share with neighboring 3. The House Voter Guide makes note of the communities. number of seats in each district. If a district is not listed, there are no Republican candidates running in that district. If there are more candidates than seats, there is a primary challenge and an opportunity for you to play a role in nominating the most conservative candidates. 1 Note: Towns or Wards with two districts listed have one primary district (listed first) and one floaterial district (listed second) for more Find Your House District information about the configuration of House districts, see page 1. Acworth ........................................ Sullivan 7 & 11 Concord W8 ..........................Merrimack 17 & 28 Hampton .............................Rockingham 21 & 37 Albany ...............................................Carroll 3 & 7 Concord W9 ..........................Merrimack 18 & 28 Hampton Falls ....................Rockingham 20 & 37 Alexandria .....................................Grafton 9 & 17 Concord W10 ........................Merrimack 19 & 28 Hancock ............................... Hillsborough 3 & 38 Allenstown .............................Merrimack 22 & 29 Conway .............................................Carroll 2 & 7 Hanover ................................................Grafton 12 Alstead ..................................................Cheshire 2 Cornish ........................................... Sullivan 1 & 9 Harrisville ....................................Cheshire 9 & 14 Alton ................................................ Belknap 5 & 8 Crawford's Purchase...................................Coos 6 Hart's Location .................................Carroll 1 & 7 Amherst .............................Hillsborough 22 & 41 Croydon .......................................... Sullivan 2 & 9 Haverhill ........................................Grafton 4 & 15 Andover ...................................Merrimack 1 & 25 Cutt's Grant .................................................Coos 6 Hebron ....................................................Grafton 8 Antrim ................................. Hillsborough 1 & 38 Dalton .................................................. Coos 4 & 7 Henniker ........................................... Merrimack 6 Ashland ..........................................Grafton 9 & 17 Danbury ...................................Merrimack 1 & 25 Hill ..................................................... Merrimack 2 Atkinson .............................Rockingham 14 & 34 Danville ...............................Rockingham 12 & 33 Hillsborough ....................... Hillsborough 1 & 38 Atkinson & Gilmanton Deerfield ...............................Rockingham 2 & 32 Hinsdale ................................................Cheshire 1 Academy Grant ...........................................Coos 1 Deering ................................ Hillsborough 2 & 39 Holderness ..............................................Grafton 8 Auburn ........................................... Rockingham 4 Derry .............................................. Rockingham 6 Hollis ..................................Hillsborough 27 & 40 Barnstead ........................................ Belknap 7 & 8 Dix's Grant ..................................................Coos 1 Hooksett..........................................Merrimack 24 Barrington ...................................Strafford 4 & 25 Dixville .........................................................Coos 1 Hopkinton ......................................Merrimack 10 Bartlett ..............................................Carroll 1 & 7 Dorchester ...................................Grafton 11 & 16 Hudson........................................ Hillsborough 37 Bath ................................................Grafton 3 & 15 Dover W1 ..................................Strafford 13 & 19 Jackson ..............................................Carroll 1 & 7 Bean's Grant ................................................Coos 6 Dover W2 ..................................Strafford 14 & 19 Jaffrey ...........................................Cheshire 9 & 14 Bean's Purchase ..........................................Coos 6 Dover W3 ..................................Strafford 15 & 20 Jefferson ............................................... Coos 5 & 7 Bedford ................................ Hillsborough 7 & 41 Dover W4 ..................................Strafford 16 & 20 Keene W1 ....................................Cheshire 4 & 16 Belmont........................................... Belknap 6 & 9 Dover W5 ..................................Strafford 17 & 21 Keene W2 ....................................Cheshire 5 & 16 Bennington .......................... Hillsborough 3 & 38 Dover W6 ..................................Strafford 17 & 21 Keene W3 ....................................Cheshire 6 & 16 Benton ............................................Grafton 3 & 15 Dublin ..........................................Cheshire 9 & 14 Keene W4 ....................................Cheshire 7 & 16 Berlin W1 ....................................................Coos 3 Dummer .............................................. Coos 2 & 7 Keene W5 ....................................Cheshire 8 & 16 Berlin W2 ....................................................Coos 3 Dunbarton ......................................Merrimack 23 Kensington .........................Rockingham 16 & 35 Berlin W3 ....................................................Coos 3 Durham ................................................. Strafford 6 Kilkenny ............................................... Coos 4 & 7 Berlin W4 ....................................................Coos 3 East Kingston .....................Rockingham 16 & 35 Kingston ..............................Rockingham 13 & 34 Bethlehem ......................................Grafton 1 & 14 Easton .............................................Grafton 3 & 15 Laconia W1 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Boscawen .................................Merrimack 8 & 26 Eaton .................................................Carroll 2 & 7 Laconia W2 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Bow ..................................................Merrimack 23 Effingham .........................................Carroll 5 & 8 Laconia W3 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Bradford ............................................ Merrimack 6 Ellsworth ........................................Grafton 6 & 16 Laconia W4 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Brentwood ..........................Rockingham 11 & 33 Enfield ..........................................Grafton 10 & 17 Laconia W5 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Bridgewater ...................................Grafton 9 & 17 Epping ............................................ Rockingham 9 Laconia W6 .................................... Belknap 3 & 9 Bristol .............................................Grafton 9 & 17 Epsom ....................................Merrimack 21 & 29 Lancaster .............................................. Coos 4 & 7 Brookfield .........................................Carroll 5 & 8 Errol..............................................................Coos 1 Landaff ...........................................Grafton 3 &