C. Mark DelSesto
Candidate for State Representative · Hillsborough County District 13 · Independent/Other
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Fully Socialist. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 10 of the 11 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
C. Mark DelSestoI
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Fully Socialist
90.9%
10 of 11 answers
answered 11 of 11
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By issue area
- Raise Taxes to Expand GovernmentFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program66.7%2/3
- Grow the State BudgetFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program100%2/2
- Defend the Public School MonopolyFrom the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program100%3/3
- Green New Deal Energy MandatesFrom the Green New Deal section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Gender Identity Over Biological SexFrom the Feminism For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Loosen Voter Eligibility RulesFrom the Democracy For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
Every answer that counted (11)
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| Question | Their answer | Aligned answer | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad-based income taxShould NH add an income tax on earned income?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"I'm not going to campaign on lowering the property tax burden and then hand people a new tax on top of it. What I want is for the state to pay its share of what it already requires towns to do. Hudson taxpayers are covering costs that belong to Concord, and fixing that is a spending and obligation problem, not a reason to open a new revenue stream." | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"Repealing it took a real chunk of state revenue off the table, and the need didn't disappear. The obligation just slid down to towns like Hudson, where we pay for it through our property tax bills. I'd rather restore a tax that fell on investment income than keep shifting the load onto people's homes." | For | For | Aligned |
| Business tax decreaseShould New Hampshire lower business taxes?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"No. I work in the private sector and I want New Hampshire to be a good place to run a company, but we've already cut business taxes repeatedly over the last decade and the promised growth hasn't made up for what the state walked away from. The need doesn't disappear when Concord stops collecting the money. The obligation slides down to towns like Hudson and shows up on our property tax bills. Before we cut again, I want the state paying its share of what it requires our schools to do. If we get there and a targeted cut helps small employers here, I'm open to it." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Fund the Office of the Child AdvocateShould New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy"We created that office because children in state custody were being harmed and nobody outside the agency was watching. Defunding the watchdog doesn't make the problem go away, it just means we stop hearing about it. And the state has already paid out an enormous amount over abuse at the youth detention center. Eliminating independent oversight to save a rounding error in the budget is exactly the kind of decision that costs us far more later. This is a small office doing work that protects both kids and taxpayers." | For | For | Aligned |
| School district tax cap mandateShould state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy"No. Hudson already has tools to control its own school budget, and we use them. That's what our budget committee and our town meeting are for. A cap written in Concord would apply the same ceiling to a district with a growing student population as to one with a shrinking one. And it's backwards to underfund districts from the state level and then legally forbid them from making up the difference locally. Control the budget here, in Hudson, where people can show up and vote on it." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| "Education Freedom Account" programDo you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"No. The state hasn't met its obligation to fund the public schools it already has, and until it does, routing per-pupil money to private and home school expenses is spending money we haven't accounted for. The program has also cost significantly more than projected, and a lot of that money went to families who were already paying for private school. I'd rather put those dollars into the classrooms Hudson kids actually sit in." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Public school open enrollment with limitsShould New Hampshire allow at least 10% of students in each school district to enroll in a different public school, regardless of where they live?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"No. Two reasons. First, when students leave Hudson the funding leaves with them, but our buildings, our buses and our staffing costs don't shrink to match, so the shortfall lands right back on Hudson property taxpayers. Second, and this matters more to me: a mandate like this turns neighboring public schools into competitors for students. Competition produces winners and losers, and a losing public school is a real school full of real kids who can't leave. Our job is to make every public school in New Hampshire one that families want their kids in, not to sort them." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Majority of public school funding through local property taxesDo you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"No, and this is the reason I'm running. Pegging two-thirds of school costs to local property taxes means your school's budget depends on your neighbors' assessed home values, and it means a retiree in Hudson on a fixed income is carrying a share of a bill the state constitution says the state is responsible for. The courts have told us this repeatedly, and the legislature keeps kicking the can down the road. I want the state to meet its obligation so the pressure comes off Hudson homeowners." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Expand net metering opportunitiesDo you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?Green New Deal Energy Mandates · Green New Deal"Net metering is how a business, a school district or a town gets a project big enough to actually cut its power bill. A 1 MW ceiling is small enough that it rules out the projects with the best economics. Raising it doesn't cost the state anything. It lets private money build generation here in New Hampshire, and the savings land on the electric bills of the people and institutions that build it. Our rates are among the highest in the country. I'll take any tool that brings them down." | For | For | Aligned |
| Allow segregation based on biological sexShould New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?Gender Identity Over Biological Sex · Feminism For All"No. We settled this in 2018 with bipartisan support and a Republican governor's signature, and the problems we were warned about never materialized. I'd rather spend my time in Concord on why Hudson's property taxes keep going up." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Proof of citizenship for newly registered votersShould New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?Loosen Voter Eligibility Rules · Democracy For All"We already require new voters to prove citizenship. The question is whether a sworn affidavit, signed under penalty of voter fraud, counts as proof for someone who can't put their hands on a birth certificate. It should. Our own Secretary of State testified that noncitizen voting here is essentially nonexistent. I won't make it harder for legitimate voters to register to solve a problem our election officials say we don't have." | Against | Against | Aligned |
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