Merrimack district 7 (New London, Newbury) has a 3 for 2 primary. Two newcomers, Claire Ketteler and John Bowman are on the ballot against a RINO. At least one of them, ideally both of them, will be on November’s ballot. Voters will finally have a chance to vote for a real Republican.
Dan Wolf has been the worst RINO of the last six years, arguably the worst of the last decade. He certainly would make the top five worst RINOs.
In his first term, he voted 103 times for Democrats against Republicans. That earned him 5th place among RINOs. Brenda Willis was the top RINO.
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Since then, he has been far and away the worst RINO. In 2019-20 he voted 107 times against Republicans. Second place was Betty Gay, with a “mere” 88 bad votes. In 2021-22, Wolf set an all-time record of 198 bad votes. Second place went to James Allard with 123 votes.
Let’s hope Wolf is never given a chance to break his own record.
Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of Wolf’s career.
Bad votes by Wolf, Dan (R, Newbury)
Parental Control
voted AGAINST establishing the parental bill of rights ( 2022 HB1431, 2022 HB1431 )
voted AGAINST parental choice regarding face masks ( 2022 HB1131 )
voted AGAINST parental choice regarding intrusive surveys ( 2022 HB1639 )
voted FOR evading parental choice regarding vaccinations ( 2022 HB1126 )
voted FOR restricting parental choice ( 2021 HB251 )
voted FOR subjecting students to invasive surveys without the knowledge of parents ( 2019 SB196 )
Education
voted AGAINST education choice ( 2017 HB647, 2018 HB1686, 2021 HB609, 2021 CACR3, 2021 HB278, 2021 HB282, 2021 HB388, 2022 HB1132, 2022 HB1298 )
voted AGAINST letting parents sue if their child’s school neglects to protect students from bullying ( 2021 HB140 )
voted AGAINST repealing the mandate that schools provide menstrual products ( 2021 HB458 )
voted AGAINST requiring students to pass a civics test ( 2021 HB319 )
voted FOR repealing the education freedom account program. ( 2022 HB1683 )
voted FOR restricting education choice ( 2022 HB1516, 2022 HB1120 )
Cost of Living
voted AGAINST prohibiting a sales tax ( 2021 CACR2 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting an income tax ( 2021 CACR1 )
voted AGAINST reducing costs of energy ( 2021 HB373 )
voted AGAINST reducing electric rates ( 2019 HB477 )
voted AGAINST reducing the cost of electricity ( 2021 HB614 )
voted AGAINST requiring a super-majority vote to override a property tax cap ( 2021 SB52 )
voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628 )
voted FOR higher individual taxes ( 2017 HB644 )
voted FOR higher property taxes for most owners ( 2021 SB102 )
voted FOR increasing residential electric bills ( 2020 SB122 )
voted FOR increasing the cost of electricity ( 2019 HB715 )
voted FOR reducing the cost of electricity ( 2020 SB124 )
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 protecting religious liberty during a state of emergen y ( 2021 HB542 )
voted AGAINST religious liberty ( 2021 HB542 )
voted AGAINST repealing a never-used and unconstitutional infringement on free speech ( 2017 HB589, 2019 HB124, 2022 HB1625, 2022 HB1625 )
voted AGAINST right to keep and bear arms ( 2021 SB141, 2021 SB141, 2021 SB154, 2021 CACR8, 2021 HB307 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience ( 2021 HB63 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience regarding vaccination mandates ( 2022 HB1604, 2022 HB1379, 2022 HB1490 )
voted AGAINST the right of self defense ( 2018 HB1313 )
voted FOR confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens without any due process ( 2019 HB696 )
voted FOR protecting criminals by disarming law-abiding citizens on school property ( 2019 HB564 )
voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177, 2021 HB177 )
Right to Life
voted AGAINST collecting abortion statistics ( 2018 HB471, 2019 HB158 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks ( 2021 HB625, 2021 HB625 )
voted AGAINST punishing fetal homicide ( 2017 SB66 )
voted AGAINST right to life for any baby born alive ( 2021 HB233 )
voted FOR weakening the right to life ( 2022 HB1609 )
Election Integrity
voted AGAINST allowing the Secretary of State’s office to investigate undeliverable voter verification letters ( 2017 HB552 )
voted AGAINST election integrity ( 2022 CACR19 )
voted AGAINST ensuring that absentee ballots are not sent to unregistered persons ( 2022 HB1153 )
voted AGAINST requesting absentee voters to verify their identity ( 2021 HB292 )
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 exempting kids’ lemonade stands from licensing requirements ( 2021 HB183 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532 )
voted FOR allowing towns to ban plastic bags ( 2020 HB102 )
voted FOR banning plastic straws ( 2020 HB1472 )
On all of these votes, more than 80% – in most cases 90% – of Republicans voted the other way.