Michael Aron
2024 - Present
2026
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Michael Aron (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Sullivan 8. He assumed office on December 4, 2024. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Aron (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Sullivan 8. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Aron completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Aron earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York, New Paltz in 1976 and a graduate degree from the University of New Haven in 1979. Before he retired, Aron worked as an information technology manager in the insurance industry. He has been affiliated with Keene Toastmasters Club and the Acworth Community Project.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 (2 seats)
Incumbent Hope Damon and Michael Aron defeated incumbent Jonathan Stone and Codi Raymond in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Hope Damon (D) | 26.4 | 5,992 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Aron (R)  | 25.3 | 5,744 |
 | Jonathan Stone (R) | 24.6 | 5,581 | |
| Codi Raymond (D) | 23.6 | 5,351 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 22,673 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 (2 seats)
Incumbent Hope Damon and Codi Raymond advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hope Damon | 59.4 | 1,852 |
| ✔ | Codi Raymond | 40.5 | 1,262 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 3,119 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 (2 seats)
Incumbent Jonathan Stone and Michael Aron advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Stone | 50.8 | 1,467 |
| ✔ | | Michael Aron | 48.2 | 1,393 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 2,890 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Aron completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Aron's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I believe that community service is extremely important. I’ve been a member of the Acworth Planning Board since 2014 and have served as the chair since 2023. In 2022, I was appointed and subsequently elected as a member of the Fall Mountain Regional School District Budget Committee. Since 2014, I’ve also been a member of the Acworth Community Project, the NH non-profit that runs the South Acworth Village Store. I’ve been involved in local politics for many years, always in the background. I’ve been the Chair of the Sullivan County Republican Committee since 2018, working to help elect local candidates. This year, I decided to run for state representative myself. I’ve been a member of Toastmasters International for 23 years. I’ve earned two Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) awards and am currently working on a third. I’ve held numerous offices at the club and district levels and am currently the treasurer of the Keene Toastmasters Club. During my 23 years in Toastmasters, I’ve competed in 105 speech contests.
I’ve been married for to my wife Judy for 46 years. We have three grown children and two grandchildren. Judy and I live in Acworth with a dog, two cats, and a flock of chickens. As a hobby, I make my own bow ties.- New Hampshire doesn’t need new taxes like a sales or income tax. Our current tax burden will not be lowered by adding new taxes which are bound to go up in the future. The State needs to quell its growing appetite for spending and use the money from its income streams more efficiently. I will always advocate for more efficient use of your State and County tax dollars. I fully support maintaining “The New Hampshire Advantage” because it is why people move here, work here, do business here and vacation here.
- Bigger government costs the taxpayers, consumers and businesses more money. More regulations, restrictions and laws inevitably make living our lives and doing business more expensive and cumbersome. Compliance and reporting requirements make the products and services that we buy more expensive as a result. Government needs to stop telling us how to live our lives and what to do at every turn. We need to look at every program that is being funded by taxpayers to see if they are effective and worthwhile. If they are not, then we need to defund them or replace them with programs that work. We need to stop rewarding failure and start rewarding efficiency, excellence and productivity.
- I believe that parents/guardians know what is best for their children. I will oppose any piece of legislation that intends to undermine a parent’s right to choose for their child or be informed with regard to their child. No minor child should be treated, evaluated or tested for something in school or a clinic, or receive medical treatment or procedures, without an informed parental consent. Parents need to take back their right to control the education, health and upbringing of their own children. They must not abdicate those responsibilities or allow themselves to be marginalized by “experts”.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 12, 2024
