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New Hampshire General Election: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Race for President
Kamala Harris
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Vice President Kamala Harris pledges to federally legalize marijuana, ensuring that access to cannabis is “the law of the land."
If elected, she will "break down unjust legal barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back by legalizing marijuana nationally, working with Congress to ensure that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land."
The Democratic presidential nominee’s cannabis plan to "legalize marijuana at the federal level to break down unjust legal barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back" is part of what her campaign calls an "opportunity agend." (10/14/24)
As Vice President, Harris has repeatedly stated that Americans should not be incarcerated for marijuana use. She’s championed the Biden administration’s efforts to pardon low-level marijuana offenders and to loosen certain federal cannabis restrictions. And as the Democratic presidential nominee, she’s the first major party candidate to have ever called for the plant’s legalization and regulation.
Donald Trump
(R)
DECRIMINALIZE
Following the passage of Congressional amendments limiting the Justice Department from taking prosecutorial actions against those in legal marijuana states, Former President Trump consistently issued signing statements indicating that he believed that he had the power to disregard these amendments because he believed them to be unconstitutional. (Source)
Regarding Florida's 2024 Amendment 3, Trump said, "someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other States.” (8/31/24)
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Tim Walz
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Governor Walz has been an outspoken proponent of adult-use marijuana legalization and in 2019 he ordered state agencies to begin taking steps to prepare for a change in law.
J.D. Vance
(R)
Vance was among the nine members of the Senate Banking Committee who voted in the minority against the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act in September 2023. That bill is still pending floor action, and Democratic leadership has repeatedly described it as a priority without advancing it further, but Vance said he opposed it in part because he believes it would inadvertently make it easier for illicit operators to traffic other drugs such as fentanyl. Asked about his opposition to the legislation in April 2024, the senator argued that it “was crafted in such a way that actually would have opened up access to banking resources for fentanyl traffickers and others.” There’s no clear evidence that that’s the case, but Vance has more generally discussed his concerns with the fentanyl trade on several occasions. (7/15/24)
During a campaign event with the Milwaukee Police Association in Wisconsin, Vance said he spoke to a police officer who told him that "we’ve got fentanyl in our marijuana bags that our teenagers are using," echoing a claim about laced cannabis that’s been routinely contested by advocates and certain state regulators: "Look, I’m the parent of three young kids… A seven-year-old, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. We don’t have to worry about this yet, but I’m certain—because kids are kids—that one day, one of my kids is going to take something or do something that I don’t want them to take. But I don’t want that mistake to ruin their life. I want them to learn from it. I want their parents to be able to punish them. I don’t want our kids to make mistakes on American streets and have it take their lives away from them," he said, suggesting that he recognizes when his children grow up they may experiment with certain substances such as marijuana, but he’s more concerned with potentially lethal contamination. (8/16/24)
Race for Governor
Kelly Ayotte
(R)
MANDATORY MINIMUMS
JAIL TIME FOR POSSESSION
Joyce Craig
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
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Chris Pappas
(D)
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Christopher Pappas supports full marijuana legalization for adults in New Hampshire, and has publicly declared his support of such legislation in media, but voted no on the MORE Act in 2019 to deschedule marijauan from the federal Controlled Substances Act.
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Andy Sanborn
(D)
MEDICAL USE
Voted against a bill that would have established a committee to study the legalization marijuana (SB 233, 2017).
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Daniel Eaton
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Sponsoring a cannabis recreational legalization bill in the 2022 session.
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Lex Berezhny
(R)
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DECRIMINALIZE
"Consuming plants should not be a crime."
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Mark Mackenzie
(D)
MEDICAL USE
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180622/democratic-congressional-candidates-tackle-issues
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Gary Daniels
(R)
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NO MEDICAL USE
"We are in war, and the last thing we need is to tell our citizens that it's OK to use a little marijuana or any other illegal substance"
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Erica Layon
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
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Chuck Grassie
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
"I will support any bill brought before the NH House for the legalizing and regulating the responsible use of marijuana by adults."
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U.S. Senate
Jeanne Shaheen
(D)
MEDICAL USE
Senator Shaheen is in favor of medical marijuana in severe cases, but opposes legal, recreational marijuana.
U.S. House District 1
Chris Pappas
(D)
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Christopher Pappas supports full marijuana legalization for adults in New Hampshire, and has publicly declared his support of such legislation in media, but voted no on the MORE Act in 2019 to deschedule marijauan from the federal Controlled Substances Act.
U.S. House District 2
Annie Kuster
(D)
While Kuster has not been the loudest supporter of legal and medical marijuana, she has not been part of the opposition. Kuster consistently votes in favor of ancillary legislation, but has not publicly taken a clear, hard stance.
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Daniel Eaton
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Sponsoring a cannabis recreational legalization bill in the 2022 session.
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Lex Berezhny
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
"Consuming plants should not be a crime."
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Heidi Hamer
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
"It's better to make marijuana possessions legal for everyone in New Hampshire"
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Mark Mackenzie
(D)
MEDICAL USE
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180622/democratic-congressional-candidates-tackle-issues
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Erica Layon
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
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Scott Wallace
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
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"I have and will continue to sponsor and support sensible cannabis reform bills especially along the lines of HB 629 this year. Adults ought to be able to grow their own cannabis and do with it what they please in or on their property WITHOUT government interference of any type."
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Chuck Grassie
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
"I will support any bill brought before the NH House for the legalizing and regulating the responsible use of marijuana by adults."
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