Candidate Corner

Rep. Jason Antosz, who sat on the Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committee in the past session and voted with Cornerstone 97 percent of the time, is running for one of two available seats representing Rockingham 9 (Epping), where the results could swing to either party. Rep. Antosz, a Families First Pledge signer, said he was most pleased by the Legislature’s balanced [...]

Jane Cormier, a principled conservative mother and Families First Pledge signer who wants to do her part to continue New Hampshire’s return to common sense in government, is running for state representative in the one-seat district of Belknap 8 (Alton, Barnstead & Gilmanton), a heavily Republican area. Cormier said she is running for a seat in the [...]

Rep. Colette Worsman, a Families First Pledge signer and Hero of the Family who voted with Cornerstone 100 percent of the time, is running in the four-seat Republican district of Belknap 2 (Gilford & Meredith) along with Kevin Leandro, another Cornerstone supported candidate. Rep. Worsman said she was proudest of her votes to protect parents’ rights to be involved in their [...]

The difference between the two gubernatorial candidates in New Hampshire could not be more stark, and it is with conviction that Cornerstone is featuring Families First Pledge signer Ovide Lamontagne, a Manchester businessman and charitable leader, as the clear choice for N.H. governor. While his opponent wants to raise taxes on New Hampshire families and make them [...]

Robert Burns is facing a re-match of sorts in his race for the District 4 Executive Council seat, because his opponent is the same person he defeated to win his current Hillsborough County Treasurer position. The stakes are higher this time since Burns, a Families First Pledge signer, is a strong conservative who intends to use the [...]

Phyllis Woods of Dover, a Families First Pledge signer and former state representative and national committeewoman for the GOP, is running for the District 4 seat in the State Senate, which includes the communities of Dover, Barrington, Somersworth and Rollinsford. Upon election, Woods said she would like to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Health and Human [...]

Sen. Andy Sanborn, an incumbent Families First Pledge signer running for the District 9 seat in the State Senate, stands for traditional New Hampshire values, limited government and free markets. Upon re-election, Sen. Sanborn would represent the communities of Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Richmond, Troy, Bedford, Greenfield, Hancock, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Sharon and Temple. Sen. Sanborn is a fourth generation [...]

Rep. Jeffrey Oligny, who is a Republican running for the one seat in heavily Republican-leaning Rockingham 34 (Atkinson, Hampstead, Kingston & Plaistow), voted with Cornerstone 96 percent of the time during his past two years of service in the Legislature. The Cornerstone Families First Pledge signer said he is proudest of being able to identify the root cause of [...]

Rep. Warren Groen, a perfect-scoring Cornerstone lawmaker from Rochester Ward 3 (Strafford 10), is vying for the district’s single seat so that he can continue to fight for New Hampshire families in the House and as part of the  Committee on Environment and Agriculture. Rep. Groen said his goal in the Legislature, as always, remains “to kill [...]

Rep. Joshua Davenport, who is a Republican running for one of three seats in Democratic-leaning Newfields and Newmarket (Rockingham 17), voted with Cornerstone 97 percent of the time during his past two years of service in the Legislature. Rep. Davenport served on the  Science, Technology and Energy and the  Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification committees during the past session, [...]

Rep. Paul Ingbretson, who scored 100 percent on Cornerstone’s scorecard, faces a Democrat in his bid to keep fighting for the rights of citizens who were harmed by their government. Along with Rep. Dan Itse of Fremont, Rep. Ingbretson was instrumental in the formation of the Redress of Grievances Committee, which is beginning to shepherd New Hampshire’s government back [...]

Rep. Gregory Sorg voted with Cornerstone 97 percent of the time, served as vice chairman of the House Judiciary and Constitutional Review committees and sat in for several petitions as a member of the Redress of Grievances committee. He faces a Democrat in a one-seat race for state representative in Grafton 3 (Bath, Benton, Easton, Landaff, Orford, Piermont, Warren). Rep. Sorg said he [...]

Susan Olsen, a non-incumbent candidate and Families First Pledge signer, is vying for one seat in the House of Representatives from Merrimack 7 (Warner & Webster), a difficult area for conservative candidates. As the state coordinator for N.H. Smart Girl Politics, a conservative women’s organization, Olsen was heavily involved in helping to pass SB 372, a bill that established [...]

The following candidates have signed Cornerstone’s Families First Pledge as of today, which means they have promised to work to advance citizens’ rights of conscience and religion, protect innocent human life, defend the natural family and traditional marriage, restore the natural rights of parents to raise, educate and care for their own children, and enact free market [...]