Hope will stand together with students, parents and teachers to create safe and healthy school communities where all our children can learn, grow and thrive. She will fight for improved funding for quality public schools, including universal pre-K, vocational technical schools, credentialed public school teachers, and affordable in-state higher education.

Hope believes everyone deserves comprehensive, affordable health care. She will work for reproductive freedom, better and more available mental health care, and to have addiction treated as a disease, not a crime. Abortion is healthcare - the ability to control one’s own body is a fundamental right.

Hope will fight for an economy that works for all of us. Hope strongly supports a living wage, increased funding for childcare and affordable housing, including for seniors. As a dietitian, Hope will address hunger in our communities. She will work to ensure that New Hampshire is an affordable place for people to raise their families, go to school & retire.

Hope respects responsible gun ownership. Hope will advocate for reasonable, commonsense gun safety laws to decrease the suicide rate & keep our children safe in schools.

As a granddaughter of a suffragette, Hope has enormous respect for the privilege of voting. Hope will promote voter participation, including same-day voter registration. She will listen thoughtfully and respectfully to constituent concerns, to ensure that everyone has a voice in the State House. Hope will work vigorously to defeat the Free State Movement’s efforts to dismantle democracy.

District 8 has so many beautiful natural spaces, from Lake Sunapee to Pillsbury State Park. Hope will fight to preserve our lakes, rivers, mountains and forests. Hope advocates for technology that supports renewable energy goals will lower our utility costs, protect the climate and our natural resources, and foster growth in tourism to support our economy.