Hope Damon

Official election context

Hope Damon is recorded as candidate for State House — Sullivan 8 in New Hampshire State Primary on 2026-09-08. Filing provenance: imported.

Reviewed evidence

• Representative Hope Damon (D) | New Hampshire House of Representatives — gc.nh.gov (date not supplied)

  Public education is the foundation of an informed society. The legislature needs to meet its court-ordered obligation to fund an adequate education for all children as well as continuing to improve the quality of education.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Rather than an income tax, we should restore the Interest and Dividends tax, stop giving tax breaks to huge multinational corporations such as Amazon, Apple and Walmart and make responsible state budget decisions including not funding vouchers for private schools.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  One-size-fits-all does not work for NH zoning. It is essential to pass enabling legislation that helps local housing development. The state must be much more effective at creatively helping communities address the housing crisis.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  These are personal decisions. Government should not be interfering in private healthcare.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  NH is far behind all the other New England states in promoting clean energy. In addition to the considerable environmental benefits of increasing solar energy use, net metering is one of the necessary approaches to making NH an affordable and desirable place to live. We simply cannot afford to only rely on fossil fuels from elsewhere.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Simply increasing the waiting period for firearms purchases and applying it to all firearms sales, is a well-established approach to decreasing suicides. We should also have passed the voluntary do-not-sell legislation so that people who recognize their mental health is not appropriate for owning a firearm are protected from access. Finally, a very carefully crafted law to create Extreme Risk Protection Orders would reduce domestic violence harms.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Child care is a fundamental need for an economically thriving society. It keeps children safe and healthy, helps them develop skills for success in school which reduces future special education costs.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Anything that increases legitimate voter participation is valuable.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2024-01-01

  Voted to ban the sale of consumer products with added PFAS HB 1649 (2024) Restricts the use of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2024-01-01

  Voted to permanently reauthorize expanded Medicaid program SB 263 (2023) Permanently reauthorizes the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program, commonly known as expanded Medicaid.

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2024-01-01

  Voted to gradually raise the minimum wage to $17 per hour, with future inflation adjustments HB 1322 (2024)

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2025-01-01

  Voted against allowing no-cause eviction at the end of a lease HB 60 (2025)

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2025-01-01

  Voted to consider expanding background checks, adding 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers HB 56 (2025)

• Hope Damon - profile overview — citizenscount.org, 2026-01-01

  Voted to keep the Housing Champion designation and grant program HB 1196 (2026)

Profile summary

Hope Damon is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Sullivan District 8. The New Hampshire General Court profile says she moved to New Hampshire in 1979, worked as a dietitian, diabetes educator, eating-disorder specialist, and small-business owner, and serves on the House Education Funding Committee.