Over the past two years, there have been many opportunities for representatives to display their commitment to the ideas of limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise. But many in the legislature have chosen to reject the ideas of liberty. The result has been an unprecedented rise in taxes and spending, hitting New Hampshire families hard during a time of economic recession.
Unfortunately, while this crisis of government was perpetrated mostly by Democrats, they had help from a few renegade Republicans. These “Republicans In Name Only” (or RINOs) chose to vote with the Democrats on many key issues, thus contributing to the damage to our state.
The RLCNH believes it is time that we take responsibility for our party. Answering this call to duty, the RLCNH has identified its “Seven Most Wanted.” The RLCNH Political Action Committee recently mailed letters to Republican primary voters in key districts, exposing the voting records of these RINOs, and encouraging Republicans to cast their votes only for those RLCNH-endorsed candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to liberty and the Republican platform.
“They have shown that they choose not to support Republican values, and therefore do not deserve the votes of committed Republicans,” explained Andrew Hemingway, chairman of the RLCNH.
The RLCNH examined the overall voting records of these incumbents on a range of issues. Below is an account, with links to appropriate roll calls, of the votes of the “Seven Most Wanted” on just a few of the important issues on which have been out of touch with traditional Republican values.
| Frank Case* | Anthony DiFruscia | Cynthia Dokmo | Patricia Dowling | Kenneth Gould | John Graham* | Jayne Spaulding* | |
| Opposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting broad-based taxes (CACR26 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Supported authorizing Obamacare in NH (SB455 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Opposed recognizing local control of education (CACR8 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Opposed spending caps on state departments (HB369 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Opposed authorizing cities and towns to enact spending caps (HB1522 Roll Call) | ✓ | ||||||
| Opposed budget bill repealing the LLC Tax (SSHB1 Roll Call) | ✓ | ||||||
| Opposed prohibiting state funding to Planned Parenthood (HB486 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supported repeal of parental notification for abortion (HB 184 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Opposed reinstating parental notification (HB274 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Supported establishing same-sex marriage (HB436 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Opposed repealing same-sex marriage (HB1590 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Opposed protecting religious freedom in NH (HB1330 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opposed prohibitions on collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a labor union (HB1645 Roll Call) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
*Correction: In letters to Bedford voters, the RLCNH-PAC erroneously noted Mr. Graham and Ms. Spaulding’s roll call votes on the same-sex marriage issue. Also, in letters to voters in Rockingham District 1, the RLCNH-PAC mistakenly wrote that Mr. Case opposed the budget bill that contained the LLC Tax repeal. The chart above is accurate.
