Karel
CrawfordCarroll 3
Steady. Practical. Local. Nearly four decades of service to the towns she calls home — and she's not done yet.
Rooted Here.
Working For Here.
Karel Crawford has called Moultonborough home for 48 years. That's not a talking point — that's a life.
She and her husband, a retired New Hampshire State Trooper, have been married 51 years. They raised two daughters in town, and today three grandchildren live nearby. For 28 years Karel has owned Red Hill Driving School, teaching driver education to generations of local families.
Thirty-eight years in local government — nine of them on the school board — taught her how towns actually work. Today she serves as a Moultonborough Selectman while finishing her seventh term in the New Hampshire House, including six years as Clerk of the Transportation Committee.
She's running again because the work isn't done. Education funding, local property taxes, and housing costs are squeezing families all across Carroll County. Karel's answer is local control and spending discipline — not new taxes. Nearly four decades in town and state government taught her how to work across the aisle and actually get things passed.
Experience You Can Count
Not promises. Service — measured in years, in committees, and in towns that know her by name.
Terms serving Carroll County in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Years as Clerk of the House Transportation Committee.
Years in local government — school board, town boards, and now Selectman.
Years teaching driver education as owner of Red Hill Driving School.
What Karel Is Fighting For
Local control. Spending discipline. And a hard line against any new tax on New Hampshire families.
No Donor Towns
Karel Crawford will fight to end the donor town system that forces Carroll County property owners to send their statewide education property tax dollars to other districts while local schools go underfunded. She will push to keep SWEPT revenue collected in Carroll 3 towns right here at home, instead of shipping it off to Manchester and Nashua. With no income tax and no sales tax, property taxpayers already carry the load for state services, and Karel won't let Concord make that burden heavier by treating our towns as a piggy bank for others.
No Income Tax. No Sales Tax.
The New Hampshire Advantage is real, and it's worth defending. Karel opposes any income tax or sales tax in New Hampshire — period. Republicans believe the answer to every budget pressure is spending discipline in Concord, not a new line item on your paycheck or your register receipt. Keeping government lean is how New Hampshire stays affordable for working families, retirees, and small businesses alike.
First in the Nation & the Second Amendment
Karel will keep fighting to protect New Hampshire's First in the Nation primary — our state's outsized voice in choosing a president belongs to Granite Staters, not to national party bosses. And she will continue to stand up for our 2nd Amendment rights, defending the constitutional freedoms that generations of New Hampshire families have exercised responsibly.
Concord Should Work
For Our Towns
Karel's approach hasn't changed in nearly four decades: decisions belong as close to home as possible, and every dollar spent in Concord is a dollar taken from a Carroll County kitchen table.
Spending Discipline
Property taxes rise when state spending grows unchecked. Karel's answer to budget pressure is restraint, not revenue.
Works Across the Aisle
Nearly forty years in town and state government taught her how to build the coalitions that actually get bills passed.
Madison, Moultonborough & Tamworth
Three towns, one representative who knows the roads, the schools, and the people in every one of them.
Keep Carroll 3 Moving Forward
Karel is asking voters in Carroll District 3 to let her keep doing the job the way she always has. Steady. Practical. Local. Add your name, ask a question, or lend a hand this fall.