Christopher Salmon

Christopher Salmon graduated from Midland High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Goddard College in 1974. His career experience includes working as an artist.[1][2]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My key message is that I have plan to lower local property taxes, while at the same time making government work better for everyone. I will work with anyone in New Hampshire government to meet these ends.

I volunteered as an EMT on my town ambulance for 41 years. Our ambulance covered three towns. The time spent with the crew on a wide range of emergency scenes, and even the time spent in ongoing training, opened my eyes to what is possible when people work together. Seeming impossible situations can be addressed and resolved. It is the understanding that the work has to be done before anyone can move on, is what I want to bring to the Statehouse.

My children went to both public and private schools in New Hampshire. For their first few elementary grades, we found a wonderful school with very small class sizes. It was private, and we paid the tuition, gladly. Later elementary grades, and all of Middle and High School were in the local Conval district. I made a point to get to know each teacher they had, and connected with those teachers to talk about how I could better support the work each teacher was doing teaching each subject. It was a great experience, and I would advise any parent to maintain close contact with the teachers of their children. I found that the contact improved everybody's experience.

I have taught in both public and private schools. My wife taught in the Claremont School District her whole career, mostly at Stevens HighSchool.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

There are big problems in the amount of local property taxes that all New Hampshire property owners have to pay. There is a big problem in the way Special Education funding, beyond the individual cost allocated by the district, is collected. Begining in 1649, before New Hampshire was even a state, the wonderful history of Public Schools in this area began. The School Budget was formed by deciding the cost to educate an individual student (Boys and Girls equally in NH,) and then multiplying that individual cost by the number of students in the Public School District and, once you add heat and maintainence for the school buildings, you had your district budget.

In 1975 that simple budget that had hundreds of years of history ended.Good Governance is what I am interested in. As the method of funding for Special Education has been an example of Bad Governance, I want to bring Good Governance to that problem. It turns out that a plan that would take collecting the cost of SPED off of the Local Public School Property Tax, and find that revenue in State Wide sources; will significantly lower Local Public School District property taxes. Working from state wide sources through a commission that will collect the funds, and distribute them to districts as needed, will also end a good part of the redundant administration of SPED responsibility now taken on by the 203 individual public school districts in NH. The more I look, the better the outcomes of Decoupling seem.New Hampshire Public Schools are a treasure. I hope the 80% of families who attend Public Schools will vote for me. I will protect our Public Schools and everyone who attends them.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Lowering Property Taxes! And I think I can both correct a 50 year old mistake in Public School Funding that WILL lower local property taxes.

Note: Salmon submitted the above survey responses to [the profile publisher] on July 30, 2026.

July 23 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am interested in, and care for my community. I spent 41 years as a volunteer EMT on the ambulance covering three towns, and 14 years on the rescue squad of another town as a second service. It is a great experience, and I encourage anyone to make that commitment. Working closely with a crew that had trained as I had trained, and cooperating to mitigate emergencies while transporting patients to definitive care. I was a past Captain when I stepped off the ambulance two years ago.The habit I acquired of solving problems that the ambulance crew encountered is a tool I plan to bring to the State House. I have taught in both private and public schools. My wife taught for her whole career in the Claremont School District. New Hampshire Public Schools are great, and the teachers are great. There are problems with the way NH funds those schools. I have two sons and one step son. They are all happy, and working. They no longer live at home so my wife, Sandra, and I contra dance a lot. Sandra gardens like crazy. I continue to work as a glassblower. I have worked with hot glass since I was 17 years old.I attend The United Church of Acworth every Sunday, and help with things that need to be done in the church. I was a church trustee for about 10 years, and probably will be again. It is a small congregation, and very welcoming. If you are in Acworth around 10 am any Sunday morning, please stop in. We have an amazing sanctuary. Really.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

New Hampshire has had, prior to 50 years ago, a simple, fair way to determine Public School budgets in Public School Districts. Now, more and more costs not related to Public Schools are being made the responsibility of Local School Districts; and those add-ons are mostly being paid by Local Property Taxes. That does not seem right to me. In the NH Constitution there is Article 6 in the Bill of Rights that says, in part, " But no person shall ever be compelled to pay towards the support of the schools of any sect or denomination."New Hampshire is home to a great Public School System. New Hampshire also has many fine Private Schools, and Home Schools. My children have attended both Public and Private Schools. Until recently, those schools that, by law, have to allow any child of school age to attend for free have been the only schools legally funded by the Local School District. I think public money ought to only go to those Public Schools where any student can attend for free.There are many historical values that have allowed New Hampshire to encourage citizens to participate in Good Governance. I am in support of Good Governance.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The Ambulance I crewed on for 41 years never charged anyone for transport to definitive care for the first 20 years. The town gave us a parking place for two ambulances, and a closet to store supplies. The rest of the costs were covered by donation.

That dedication of normal New Hampshire people to support what is needed in a frugal, but responsible way is the bed rock of the communities of this state. I want to continue that tradition of frugal responsibility at the State House.