LONDONDERRY — With seven Republican candidates and five Democrats, the ballot for state Representative in District 5 is packed.
Seven of the 12 candidates — seven Republicans and five Democrats — will be elected Nov. 6
Democratic candidates Miranda Fairbrother and Gary Vermillion did not respond to requests for interviews; Edward Combes did not provide a photograph.
Frank R. Emiro
Age: 67
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective experience: State representative
Occupation: Retired
What would you plan to do if elected?: Insure the rights, protection and equality, of the people of New Hampshire. Work to bring industry, rail service and modernize our highways.
Sherman Packard
Age: 63
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective experience: State Representative, Chairman of House Transportation Committee
Occupation: Small business owner
What would you plan to do if elected?: Create a balanced state budget, continue policies that create new jobs and continue working to fix the infrastructure to make our roads safer.
Betsy McKinney
Age: 73
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective experience: State Representative, Londonderry Budget Committee, Londonderry Treasurer
Occupation: Retired
What would you plan to do if elected?: Pay attention to the budget and revenue reports, as well as rollback downshifts.
Al Baldasaro
Age: 55
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective experience: State representative
Occupation: Retired U.S. Marine
What would you plan to do if elected?: Protect local and county property taxpayers, determine to increase transparency, open government and continue to block the state from implementing Obamacare exchanges.
Daniel Tamburello
Age: 37
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective experience: State representative
Occupation: Systems engineer
What would you plan to do if elected?: I will preserve the New Hampshire advantage and attract new businesses to the state, pass right to work and keep the budget balanced without raising taxes or fees.
Robert Introne
Age: 70
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective Experience: State representative
Occupation: Retired, U.S. Air Force
What would you plan to do if elected?: No new taxes, reduce spending, reduce government, balance the budget, and do whatever we can to take care of small business in particular.
David Lundgren
Age: 60
Incumbent: Yes
Party: Republican
Elective Experience: State representative
Occupation: Chiropractor
What would you plan to do if elected?: I would like to try to be an avenue between both parties to hopefully be able to have them work together
Bryan Merrill
Age: 19
Occupation: Political science researcher and analyst
Elective experience: None
Incumbent: No
Party: Democrat
What would you plan to do if elected?: I will improve the economy, attract businesses, mitigate downshifting and taxes, and ameliorate the budget deficit, as well as support public and higher education.
Lisa Whittemore
Age: 65
Occupation: Clerical administrator
Incumbent: No
Party: Democrat
Elective experience: Londonderry School Board, Budget Committee
What do you plan to do if elected?: I will serve as a moderate Londonderry representative, advocating for our people and our community, seeking consensus with others who work toward the best solution.
Edward Combes
Age: 26
Incumbent: No
Elective Experience: None
Party: Democrat
Occupation: Grad student, real estate, merchandising
What would you plan to do if elected?: I would try to get back funding for public schools and the university system, the education in New Hampshire is the way to move forward.
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