Susan A. Elberger

Official election context

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

Reviewed evidence

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "The current system of funding schools is untenable and illegal. Some of our residents and small business owners are are leaving NH because they are reaching the limit of what they can afford. The NH constitution says that the state is responsible for paying for public education, not property owners."

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  Voted for more special education funding for students who need more services HB 1656 (2024) Greatly increases the per-pupil state education funding for each student receiving special education services.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "While the state pays just over $4,000 per pupil to municipalities for school, EFAs provide over $5,000 to parents for them to spend on private school or home schooling with no oversight from the people who are paying. There is no accountability on how the money is spent. There is no income cap on families who receive EFAs, so millionaires can get $5,000 which lower income people pay for. This is irresponsible and immoral."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted against removing the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program SB 295 (2025) Removes the household income limit to participate in the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "We have given $1billion dollars in tax breaks to large corporations over the last 10 years, but not to small, local businesses or homeowners. Business leaders are NOT asking for tax cuts- they're asking for more housing and child care so they can attract and retain employees. We need to balance the needs of large corporations against the needs of our neighbors who run small businesses and who own homes."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Our current state-wide tax revenue is insufficient to support our fiscal needs. Some new tax revenues have to be implemented. This and other broad-based taxes need to be considered. The downshifting of taxes from the state to the local level has caused our property taxes to rise. According to the Tax Foundation, our property taxes are third highest in the country behind New Jersey and Illinois. This has led to some state homeowners leaving the state because their property taxes are unmanageable."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Encourage, yes. Require, no."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted against allowing no-cause eviction at the end of a lease HB 60 (2025) After six months of renting, this bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy as grounds for an eviction.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Climate change is having an impact in New Hampshire. We see it in the rising temperatures, long stretches of no rain, and more tornadoes than we have experienced before. We need state government to take active measures, including financially encouraging insulation in homes and public buildings, providing electric car charging stations, and moving from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted for greenhouse gas emission reduction goal, to net zero by 2050 HB 208 (2023) Establishes greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state, to net zero by 2050.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  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.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Gun safety laws should include "red flag" laws, not allowing people with a history of violent offenses to own guns, and a waiting period to purchase."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted to consider expanding background checks, adding 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers HB 56 (2025) Requires sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks. This bill also establishes a 3-day waiting period for firearm transfers.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "There are no restrictions on any other medical care for people who travel here from out of state. There should not be any for this medical procedure either."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  Voted for constitutional right to abortion before 24 weeks CACR 23 (2024) Constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion, including a ban on any restrictions on abortion prior to 24 weeks.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Federal immigration enforcement is just that, a federal responsibility. Local police departments, most of which are seriously understaffed, are already overburdened with their own responsibilities. The majority of local police chiefs oppose being asked to add this federal work to their already strained workload."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "We need to continue to expand voting rights to citizens, not restrict them. A simple way to insure that a person is already a registered voter is to have a signature card which voters must sign every time they vote. For new voters, our previous system worked well and showed no signs of widespread voter fraud, according to the Governor and Secretary of State, and hearings throughout the state."

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  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.

• Susan A. Elberger - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Child care workers' salaries are so low that many of them have left to work in fast food restaurants and other industries, where their skills are not being used. We need to raise salaries and offer support for training to increase the number of child care workers. Additionally, the cost of child care in the state is so high that many working families can't afford it. Businesses rate lack of affordable child care as one of the two biggest challenges to hiring, the other being lack of affordable housing."

Profile summary

Susan A. Elberger is a Democratic New Hampshire state representative for Hillsborough District 5, representing Nashua Ward 1. Her official House profile lists service on the Ways and Means Committee and prior work in substance-abuse and DUI programs, education-focused nonprofits, and local government.