Resides: Deerfield
Experience: NH Senate (2012-present); NH House of Representatives (2006-12); Selectman, Town of Deerfield; former firefighter; business consultant
Email: john.reagan111@gmail.com
Website: johnreagannhsenate.org
Positions on Issues
Broad-based sales tax: "There is no empirical evidence to justify this type of regressive burden on families."
Broad-based income tax: "This is always a false hope but has failed to reduce property taxes whenever tried."
Capital gains tax: "This is an anti-growth for business and pro-growth for larger government."
Business tax decrease: "This is a decision for each legislature for each budget."
Cigarette tax increase: "We are generating large tax dollars from tobacco now."
Road usage fee: "We have this now it is called the road toll, the tax on fuel."
Minimum wage increase: "This is a deterrent to employing new entrants to the job market"
Tax incentives for affordable housing: "I would consider this a local control/taxation issue."
NH business subsidies and tax credits: "The market decides this question now."
Student debt repayment for certain industries: "Each industry can do this now."
Per-pupil school funding increase: "I submitted a bill to double per pupil funding but the Democrat senators defeated it, I think because of union pressure."
Tax revenue for private and home schooling: "The per pupil state support should apply to all children."
Statewide, mandatory family and medical leave: "Employers can do this now."
Private, opt-in family and medical leave: "I have no objection to a voluntary program."
Abortion ban after 24 weeks: "I oppose abortion as a method of birth control."
Marijuana legalization: "Cannabis is a plant. I support things from nature."
Stricter gun laws: "We have sufficient laws now for gun control but not enough money for mental health."
Increased access to police misconduct reports: "For"
Net metering expansion: "Ratepayers should not be expected to subsidize the energy use of others."
Extending renewable energy portfolio standard: "This would be anti-everybody who benefit from a free market."
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: "This punishes energy users for no measurable benefit."
Emergency power restrictions: "Undecided"
Mail-in voting: "Evidence from other states demonstrate the inadvisability of this practice. It has deteriorated since its northwest inception."
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