A look at Senator Kevin Avard's record — and who it really serves.
Nearly 20 years in Concord.
Nothing but higher costs to show for it.
Kevin Avard has been in and out of Concord since 2010. Here's the record he's built — on local control, your health care, your schools, your housing, and your rights.
On data centers & your bills
Big Tech's Best Friend
Sided with the data centers over our communities.
When the legislature took up rules for massive data centers — the kind that strain the power grid, drive up electric bills, and guzzle water around the clock — Avard voted for the amendment that gutted the bill's protections. Its own sponsor said Republicans had stripped it down to "a shell."
He's also pushed to expand distributed power generation — the energy buildout that helps pave the way for more of these power-hungry facilities.
Sources: NHPR, "Bill would forbid NH towns from enacting regulations specific to data centers," 5/7/26; Valley News, "Bipartisan opposition to data center regulation grows," 5/9/26; NH Senate, SB 439 roll call, 1/29/26; InDepthNH, "Distant Dome: State Bites the Bullet on Data Centers," 5/16/26; Kevin Avard, Citizens Count 2026 candidate survey.
ON your freedoms
No Exceptions
Extreme on abortion.
Avard sponsored a 2025 bill, SB 36, to force medical providers to report women's abortion information to the state. He has defended criminal penalties for doctors who perform abortions — "If we have laws and don't enforce them, what good are they?"
He voted for New Hampshire's abortion ban, which carries no exception for rape, and has said he'd prefer a total ban because he believes life begins at conception.
Sources: NH General Court, SB 36-FN bill details; Concord Monitor, "NH bill would require abortion data be reported to state," 1/22/25; Keene Sentinel, "NH Senate Republicans strike down two abortion-rights measures," 4/13/23; NH House/Senate, HB 2 roll call, 6/24/21.
On your schools & property taxes
Public dollars→private hands
Defunded public schools and shifted the cost to you
On March 27, 2025, Avard voted for SB 295 on a 16–8 party-line vote, stripping the income cap off the Education Freedom Account voucher program so even the wealthiest families qualify for taxpayer-funded private and charter tuition — accounts worth at least $4,265 per child, up to $9,676 for some.
Draining that money out of public schools pushes the cost onto local property taxpayers. He also voted to cap teacher pay.
Sources: NH Senate, SB 295 roll-call vote, 3/27/25; Concord Monitor, "Ayotte signs expansion to school voucher program, eliminating income requirement," 6/11/25; NHPR, "How fast will NH's universal school choice program grow?," 7/2/25; NH Senate, SB 219 roll-call vote, 1/3/24.
On your health care
4× copays
2× premiums
Quadrupled copays. Doubled premiums.
Changes to healthcare coverage have raised costs for working families. These policy shifts have resulted in significant increases in copays and premiums, directly impacting District 11 residents.
SOURCE: HB2, 6/26/25
On your housing
Fewer Homes
Wrong on housing.
Avard voted for the state budget that zeroed out the Affordable Housing Fund and the Invest New Hampshire program — the dollars that help build homes working families can actually afford.
He also voted for HB 60, allowing no-cause evictions that housing advocates warned could put seniors at risk of being pushed out of their homes.
Sources: NH Senate, HB 1 (roll call 114) & HB 2 (roll call 115), 6/26/25; NH Fiscal Policy Institute, "High Prices and Low Supply Continue to Impact Housing Affordability in New Hampshire," 3/30/26; New Futures, 2025; HB 60 conference-committee report roll call, 6/27/25.