Dale Swanson

Official election context

Dale Swanson is recorded as candidate for State House — Hillsborough 5 in New Hampshire State Primary on 2026-09-08. Filing provenance: imported.

Reviewed evidence

• Dale Swanson - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  'Gun control' is an ambiguous concept that tends to trigger automatic opposition among Second Amendment advocates. However, we must more effectively address inadequate registration measures, easy access to assault-style weapons, and modification to other guns that make them more lethal, such as 'bump stocks.'

• Dale Swanson - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Collecting sufficient revenue to keep up with rising costs is putting considerable stress on traditional New Hampshire taxation. Taxes on earned income might help, but it would impact the state's reputation for no general sales tax. It should be noted that such a tax would need to be scaled so that wealthier citizens bear a greater share of the burden than others with barely a living income.

• Dale Swanson - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Collecting sufficient revenue to keep up with rising costs is putting considerable stress on traditional New Hampshire taxation. A broad-based sales tax might help, but it would impact the state's reputation for no general sales tax. Any decision would have to take public concerns into consideration in addition to the challenge of setting up such a system. It should be noted that such taxes tend to place a greater burden on the less wealthy.

Profile summary

Dale Swanson is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Hillsborough County District 5. The New Hampshire House member profile says he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1979 to 1993, worked on Department of Defense acquisition projects for MITRE, and moved to Nashua after retiring in 2022.