Mike Belcher

Mike Belcher was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and lives in Wakefield, New Hampshire.[1][2] Belcher graduated from Portsmouth High School. His career experience includes working in heavy industry, as an EMT and paramedic with the Durham Ambulance Corps, and as a writer.[2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a native Granite Stater living in the lake's region. I'm a Christian, writer, and I've been a teacher, paramedic, and wrench-turner.

I'm now compelled to run for office to bring my unique knowledge and gifts to bear on the particular troubles of our time to affect real, conservative victories for NH citizens, families, and children.

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?

Defeat the colonizing Woke religion, and it's grip on NH government, institutions, and families.Protect children from the evils of modern culture, including the industrial-scale, institutional destruction of minor's sex organs ephamistically called "affirmation."Protect NH citizens and families from ever-greater federal overreach, and top-down socio-political revolution.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am deeply passionate about the Constitutionally affirmed natural rights due each citizen of the United States, and making sure the primary, and, perhaps, sole purpose of government is the protection of those rights.

I am very concerned with overcriminalization and want to bring back the understanding that each criminal law passed is done with the implicit gun of government aimed at citizens. As such, criminal laws should be limited to only those good and necessary, and those remaining should be vigorously enforced with an eye towards a proper balance of retributive, and rehabilitative justice.

I believe the most sure and proper defense of a State is the militia, that standing armies in peacetime are detrimental to liberty, and that each person is guaranteed the right to ownership and bearing of arms, and to self-militia.

I am deeply concerned with the cultural war on children through subversion in education, indoctrination, and media to destroy the concept of childhood innocence (viewed as an "oppressor" class in Marxian conflict theory, and therefore requiring an inversion). We have begun the institutionalization of industrial child abuse that will be viewed historically as an abomination on par with any historic atrocity. I have a plan to deal with this.

Foremost of my hopes is to effectively battle the colonization of American, and NH, by the Woke religion of Identity Marxism.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The Bible, as understood through Reformation theology, informed by the English Enlightenment, and preached during the Presbyterian Revolt (American Revolution).

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

A strict adherence to founding principles, and aversion to any manmade utopian pursuits is a start.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

An elected legislator should be capable of understanding and drafting legislation - not simply be handed bills by third-party special interest groups.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

The ideal relationship is that of professional adversarial, where the powers of each branch are guarded jealously, and only second to the liberty of the people. The governor should not, properly, have any ability to influence legislators against the interests of the people.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

New Hampshire's greatest challenges will be in protecting NH citizens from federal overreach, pushing back against colonization by the Woke faith, and redefining our stance towards the federal government as primarily adversarial while properly reasserting the full measure of sovereignty possessed by the State of New Hampshire.

Second to that will be looking to stabilize the NH economy - quite likely as the US economy continues to falter - against serious inflation, wage reduction, and scarcity. This will require on-shoring of supply chains, looking to rapidly field modern, small nuclear generation, and increasing local agriculture. Much of this can be accomplished by dramatically reducing regulatory burdens that are unnecessary, and nanny-statist.

Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

I've been struck by the rapid rise in families dependent on food assistance since the pandemic shutdowns, and now with inflation straining them farther. These problems were manmade, not natural. They are the direct result of bad, utopian leftist policies.

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

Yes. Emergency powers must dramatically be reined in by the legislature. Never again should state-wide, months-long house arrest of healthy persons happen on NH soil.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

It's very important to recognize that compromise can be necessary, and that the good is not necessarily the enemy of the perfect. However, no compromise should ever bring the broad goals below the threshold of victory. No compromise should ever be made on the basis of being reelected - there's no point in being elected at all if that's what you intend to do.