2014 Families First Voter Guide About the 2014 guide to the New Hampshire primary Contents: election: Find your legislator………….............. 2-6 Cornerstone Action provides this information to help you NH Executive Council Pledge…………7 select the candidates most supportive of family-friendly NH State Senate Scores……...............7,8 policies including the right to life, strong marriages, and choice in education, sound fiscal management, and NH Representative’s Scores…….….8-29 keeping New Hampshire casino-free. NH Delegate Pledge Signers……...29, 30 What's in the guide and how we calculated the ratings : Where a candidate is a former state representative who left Cornerstone invited all candidates to sign the Families First office after the 2012 election, we provide their Cornerstone Pledge. We have indicated on this guide who has signed the voter guide score for 2012. Likewise, if an incumbent had pledge without candidate having modified it in any way. insufficient data from this year's votes, we have provided the 2012 score if available. Voting records are drawn from the 2014 legislative session, for incumbent state legislators running for re-election. We We encourage you to look beyond the scores and consider a include results from three Senate votes and eight House candidate's particular votes. You can contact candidates to votes. thank them for past votes, or to ask about disappointing ones or gaps in the record. Let them know what matters to you as A candidate's percentage mark is for votes cast in 2014. you consider your options at the polls. There is no penalty for an excused absence from a vote; however, an unexcused absence or “not voting" is penalized This guide will be updated as more candidate replies are by being included as a "no" vote. Excessive absences yield a received. no score. 1 Find Your Senator Acworth .................................................................8 Chester .................................................................23 Effingham ..............................................................3 Albany....................................................................3 Chesterfield .........................................................10 Ellsworth................................................................2 Alexandria ............................................................. 2 Chichester............................................................17 Enfield .................................................................... 5 Allenstown...........................................................17 Claremont W1 ......................................................5 Epping ..................................................................23 Alstead .................................................................10 Claremont W2 ......................................................5 Epsom ..................................................................17 Alton.......................................................................6 Claremont W3 ......................................................5 Errol........................................................................ 1 Amherst ...............................................................11 Clarksville .............................................................. 1 Erving's Location..................................................1 Andover ................................................................. 7 Colebrook ..............................................................1 Exeter ...................................................................23 Antrim ................................................................... 8 Columbia ...............................................................1 Farmington............................................................6 Ashland .................................................................. 2 Concord W1........................................................15 Fitzwilliam ............................................................. 9 Atkinson ..............................................................22 Concord W2........................................................15 Francestown .......................................................... 8 Atkinson & Gilmanton Academy Grant............1 Concord W3........................................................15 Franconia ............................................................... 1 Auburn.................................................................14 Concord W4........................................................15 Franklin W1 ..........................................................7 Barnstead...............................................................6 Concord W5........................................................15 Franklin W2 ..........................................................7 Barrington .............................................................4 Concord W6........................................................15 Franklin W3 ..........................................................7 Bartlett ...................................................................3 Concord W7........................................................15 Freedom ................................................................. 3 Bath ........................................................................1 Concord W8........................................................15 Fremont ...............................................................23 Bean's Grant ..........................................................1 Concord W9........................................................15 Gilford .................................................................... 7 Bean's Purchase ....................................................1 Concord W10......................................................15 Gilmanton ............................................................. 6 Bedford ..................................................................9 Conway ..................................................................3 Gilsum..................................................................10 Belmont..................................................................7 Cornish ..................................................................5 Goffstown ............................................................20 Bennington............................................................8 Crawford's Purchase.............................................1 Gorham..................................................................1 Benton....................................................................1 Croydon.................................................................8 Goshen...................................................................8 Berlin W1 ..............................................................1 Cutt's Grant ...........................................................1 Grafton ................................................................... 2 Berlin W2 ..............................................................1 Dalton .................................................................... 1 Grantham .............................................................. 8 Berlin W3 ..............................................................1 Danbury.................................................................2 Green's Grant ........................................................1 Berlin W4 ..............................................................1 Danville................................................................23 Greenfield .............................................................. 9 Bethlehem..............................................................1 Deerfield ..............................................................17 Greenland ............................................................24 Boscawen ...............................................................7 Deering .................................................................. 8 Greenville ............................................................12 Bow.......................................................................16 Derry....................................................................19 Groton .................................................................... 2 Bradford ................................................................. 8 Dix's Grant ............................................................1 Hadley's Purchase.................................................1 Brentwood ...........................................................23 Dixville...................................................................1 Hale's Location......................................................3 Bridgewater ...........................................................2 Dorchester ............................................................. 2 Hampstead...........................................................19 Bristol.....................................................................2 Dover W1 ..............................................................4 Hampton .............................................................. 24 Brookfield ..............................................................3 Dover W2 ..............................................................4 Hampton Falls.....................................................24 Brookline .............................................................12