North Grafton District 3 (Lincoln, Woodstock, Easton, Livermore) has a 2 for 1 primary. One candidate is atrocious; the other does not (yet) have a voting record.
This primary is a rematch of the 2020 primary. Let’s hope that this time Paul Schirduan is the winner because Bonnie Ham is truly atrocious. (She might be a perfectly nice person but her voting record is atrocious.)
Bonnie Ham served four terms from 1999-2006. I have not analyzed her voting record from back then, but at first glance, it does not appear terrible.
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When Ham returned for the 2017-18 term and then again for the 2021-22 term, she became one of the worst RINOs of the decade.
In 2017-18 she was 6th worst of all RINOs, voting 100 times against Republicans. In 2021-22 she was even worse, voting against Republicans 121 times to earn 3rd place among the worst RINOs.
Ham’s triple-digit bad vote count in two separate biennia earns her a spot in the RINO Hall of Shame. She is one of only four Reps to vote that badly.
Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of her recent career.
Bad votes by Ham, Bonnie (R, N Woodstock)
Parental Control
voted AGAINST establishing the parental bill of rights. ( 2022 HB1431 )
voted AGAINST parental choice regarding face masks ( 2022 HB1131 )
voted FOR restricting parental choice ( 2021 HB251 )
Education
voted AGAINST education choice ( 2018 SB193, 2021 HB609, 2022 HB1298 )
voted FOR repealing the education freedom account program. ( 2022 HB1683 )
voted FOR restricting education choice ( 2022 HB1516, 2022 HB1684, 2022 HB1120 )
Cost of Living
voted AGAINST requiring a super-majority vote to override a property tax cap ( 2021 SB52 )
voted FOR higher property taxes for most owners ( 2021 SB102 )
voted FOR requiring state taxpayers to make up for poor investments by the Retirement Board ( 2022 HB1417 )
Constitutional Rights
voted AGAINST prohibiting the suspension of civil liberties even during an emergency ( 2021 HB440 )
voted AGAINST property rights ( 2021 HB402, 2022 HB414 )
voted AGAINST religious liberty ( 2021 HB542 )
voted AGAINST repealing a never-used and unconstitutional infringement on free speech ( 2017 HB589, 2022 HB1625 )
voted AGAINST right to keep and bear arms ( 2021 HB197, 2021 HB307 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience for medical professionals ( 2022 HB1080 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience regarding vaccination mandates ( 2022 HB1379, 2022 HB1455, 2022 HB1210 )
voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177, 2021 HB177 )
Right to Life
voted AGAINST collecting abortion statistics ( 2018 HB471 )
Election Integrity
voted AGAINST requiring that voters without valid photo id must provide documentation within 7 days ( 2022 SB418, 2022 SB418 )
voted AGAINST strengthening the requirements for documenting the domicile of a person registering to vote ( 2017 SB3 )
Other
voted AGAINST allowing schools to display the national and state mottos ( 2021 HB69 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532 )
voted AGAINST right to join or not join a union ( 2021 SB61 )
On all of these votes, at least 80% – in most cases more than 90% – of Republicans voted the other way.
