Ben PrescottFor NH House
Lower the cost of living. Fix the energy mess. Keep New Hampshire independent, affordable, and safe.
A Practical Guy
With a Practical Plan
Ben Prescott has called Manchester home for more than 25 years — and he's running because he believes New Hampshire is standing at a crossroads.
By trade, Ben is a cybersecurity practitioner with 17 years in the field. It's a career built on solving complex problems and thinking several steps ahead — exactly the mindset Concord needs when the answers aren't easy and the stakes are real.
Outside of work, he's an avid motorcyclist and a diehard New England sports fan. The kind of guy you'll run into around town, not just at campaign events.
Housing costs are out of reach for too many families. Electricity bills are getting harder and harder to justify. Ben wants to tackle the cost of living head on — starting with energy and housing — while keeping crime out of our neighborhoods and our northern border secure.
Three Things.
Done Right.
Cost of Living
Energy and housing costs are crushing Granite State families. That's where the fight starts.
Education
Strong local schools and real opportunity for every Manchester student and family.
Infrastructure
A grid, roads, and housing stock that actually keep pace with a growing state.
Momentum on the Issues That Hit Your Wallet
No slogans. Specific problems, specific fixes — and a willingness to name who's causing them.
Energy Costs
Ben will support the expansion of nuclear energy in the state, specifically adding Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to Seabrook and elsewhere, which will add cheap, clean energy to the grid. Our electricity bills are soaring because an unelected, out-of-state bureaucracy in Massachusetts is forcing a flawed grid experiment on us. It has already cost our region an extra $921 million with zero added reliability. We can't easily leave the grid, so Ben will fight to force ISO-New England to reform their rules and stop fleecing New Hampshire families.
Housing Costs
Ben will work to cut the red tape and outdated zoning rules that block new housing construction in Manchester, giving builders a faster path to add starter homes and multi-family units the market actually needs. He will oppose any statewide income or sales tax scheme that threatens New Hampshire's tax advantage, while pushing to slow the growth of property tax bills that are pricing young families and retirees out of their homes. He will back state incentives that reward towns for streamlining local permitting, so Manchester can grow its housing stock without Concord overriding local control.
Safe Neighborhoods & a Secure Border
Committed to public safety. New Hampshire's reputation as one of the safest states in the country is worth defending. Ben believes in backing the law enforcement officers who keep crime out of our neighborhoods, holding repeat offenders accountable, and supporting a secure northern border so that what happens elsewhere doesn't become Manchester's problem.
Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability
Committed to responsible budgeting. Every dollar Concord spends comes out of a Granite Stater's paycheck. Ben supports disciplined, balanced budgets, transparent spending, and a state government that has to justify its costs the same way families and small businesses do — line by line, every single year.
Protect It. Then Make It Stronger.
Ben's approach is straightforward: keep what works, and build on it. No income tax. No sales tax. Ever.
No Income Tax
The line doesn't move. Ben will oppose any statewide income tax scheme, full stop.
No Sales Tax
New Hampshire's competitive edge is built on it. It stays off the table.
High-Margin Jobs
Make the state even more attractive to industries that create good jobs and real revenue.
Property Tax Relief
New business tax revenue should go straight back to Granite Staters — as property tax relief.
Let's Keep New Hampshire the Way It Should Be
Independent. Affordable. Safe. This campaign is built by neighbors in Manchester who are tired of watching costs climb. Chip in, or reach out and get involved.