The recent Dobbs ruling, ending a constitutional right to abortion, by the United States Supreme Court is unsettling. Now, women are reliant upon state legislators to preserve their right to an abortion. New Hampshire, unlike the rest of New England, is the only state to impose restrictions on women’s access to an abortion.

My stance on this is issue is clear: The right to control one’s body is a basic right.

As a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, David has led the fight for environmental justice and a clean energy future in New Hampshire.

To sustain New Hampshire’s resources and quality of life, David will continue to promote energy conservation, local agriculture, conservation easements, and green businesses. He will work with our public and private sectors leaders to create policy that enables our seacoast communities to plan wisely for the future.

In the Senate, David has:

• Sponsored a bill establishing a broad-based commission to recommend policies for climate adaptation to combat rising sea levels, coastal storm inundation, and river flooding.

• Sponsored a bill establishing the New Hampshire Coastal Program (NHCP) and a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal.

  • David’s bill outlawed burning PFAS and established a surcharge on some saltwater licenses and a fund for neglected fishing equipment and coastal cleanup.

• Formulated effective policies to promote sustaining fisheries as an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commissioner.

• Co-sponsored a first-in-the-nation bill to extend the community revitalization tax reflief program to coastal properties subject to storm surgem sea-level rise, and extreme precipitation.

David believes every child in New Hampshire is entitled to a quality education and the chance to choose their own destiny. As a public servant, he has fought to ensure that all publicly-funded educational institutions have the funding and resources they deserve.

Previously, David fought to secure increased adequacy aid for District 4 schools and secured $13.5 million for Dover’s Career and Technical Education Center. He also sponsored legislation that established commissions to examine innovative private/public partnerships for CTE education, explore best practices in child sexual abuse prevention education, and ways to address teacher shortages and recruitment incentives.

A champion for special education, David’s bills establishing an office of the advocate for special education and funding for special education costs for students over age 21 until their 22nd birthday were signed and enacted by the governor.

As an educator and a union member, David will continue to be a voice for the hardworking citizens who educate our children. He understands that public education is essential to our economy and civic life and will not let the state abandon its responsibility of shared funding for our schools and higher education.

To learn more about David’s vision for a 21st-Century education system, please click here.