Working for residents of New Hampshire
Education
Protect funding for strong public schools, so every Nashua student has great teachers and the resources to succeed.
Affordable Senior Living
Help seniors stay in the community they built, with more affordable housing options.
Better Wages
Support fair wages and the job training that leads to them, so hard work pays off for Nashua families.
Economy and Infrastructure
Attract businesses and jobs while repairing aging roads, bridges, and public buildings.
Child Care for Working Families
Expand access to affordable, quality child care so parents can work and families can get ahead.
Healthcare
Lower prescription costs and protect access to affordable care for families and seniors.
Education
The problem in Nashua
Nashua’s public schools built my family’s future, and they are under pressure from two directions: costs rise every year, and universal Education Freedom Accounts pull money out of the Education Trust Fund that our schools depend on. When funding gets tight, teachers leave, class sizes grow, and the students who need the most support feel it first.
What Santosh will do?
- Vote to protect state education funding and the Education Trust Fund, and oppose expansions that drain it without accountability.
- Push for budgets — in Concord and on the Board of Education — that show exactly what reaches the classroom.
- Expand career and technical education so every student has a pathway: college, community college, a trade, the military, or the workforce.
- Support teacher retention with stable staffing, classroom resources, and respect for the people doing the work.
- Keep neighborhood elementary schools open unless every reasonable alternative has been exhausted.
What Santosh has already done?
- Consistently voted in the House to protect public school funding.
- As the newest member of the Nashua Board of Education, was the only member to press for specific funding allocations to general education in the school budget.
- Built a licensed technical institute that has retrained 1,600+ veterans and working professionals — the same pathway model he wants for Nashua students.
How we'll know it's working?
- Teacher vacancy and turnover rates fall.
- More Nashua High students graduate with an industry credential, apprenticeship, or dual-enrollment credit.
Economy and Infrastructure
The problem in Nashua
Nashua is a great place to run a business, but too many of our roads, bridges, and public buildings are decades past due for repair, and growing employers need reliable transportation and a trained workforce to expand here. Every year of deferred maintenance costs more to fix later and pushes the bill onto local property taxes.
What Santosh will do?
- Support state investment in roads, bridges, and public buildings so the cost doesn’t land on Nashua property taxpayers.
- Back public transportation and intercity bus funding so workers can get to jobs and employers can find workers.
- Keep New Hampshire business-friendly while pairing new development with workforce training, so the jobs go to Nashua residents.
- Cut red tape for small businesses through work on the Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee.
What Santosh has already done?
- Co-sponsored HB1680 to fund intercity bus service and public transportation.
- Co-sponsored HB1739 tying large-scale energy and data-facility development to economic development and workforce training.
- Backed committee legislation to help local small businesses grow.
How we'll know it's working?
- State infrastructure dollars flowing to Nashua projects each budget cycle.
- New employers locating or expanding in Nashua and hiring locally.
- Transit ridership and service frequency in Nashua rising.
Affordable Senior Living
The problem in Nashua
The people who built Nashua — who raised families here, ran businesses, and volunteered for decades — are being priced out of it. Rents and property taxes keep climbing while retirement incomes do not, and there are too few senior-friendly, affordable homes for those who want to downsize and stay near family and friends.
What Santosh will do?
- Support state incentives and zoning flexibility that make it easier to build affordable senior housing and accessory dwelling units in Nashua.
- Protect and strengthen property-tax relief programs for seniors on fixed incomes.
- Back programs that help seniors age in place — home modifications, in-home care, and transportation.
- Fight for prescription and healthcare costs that don’t force seniors to choose between medicine and rent
What Santosh has already done?
- Worked to keep Nashua affordable for families, seniors, and students as State Representative.
- Served seniors directly for years through the Nashua Soup Kitchen Thursday dinner program.
- Managed multi-family housing in Nashua and knows firsthand what it takes to keep rents reasonable.
How we'll know it's working?
- New affordable senior housing units permitted or opened in Nashua.
- More Nashua seniors enrolled in property-tax relief programs.
- Fewer seniors leaving Nashua for cost reasons.
Child Care for Working Families
The problem in Nashua
For many Nashua families, child care costs as much as rent — when a spot can be found at all. Parents cut hours or leave the workforce, employers lose good people, and children miss out on early learning. This is an affordability problem and a workforce problem at the same time.
What Santosh will do?
- Expand eligibility for New Hampshire’s child care scholarship so more working families qualify.
- Support incentives for employers and providers to open new licensed child care slots in Nashua.
- Address the child-care workforce shortage with training pathways and fair pay for providers.
- Make it easier and faster to license safe, quality in-home and center-based care.
What Santosh has already done?
- Made affordability for working families a central focus of his House work.
- Raised two children in Nashua while both parents worked — knows the juggling act firsthand.
How we'll know it's working?
- Licensed child care slots in Nashua increase.
- More Nashua families receiving child care scholarship support.
- Average wait time for a child care spot falls.
Better Wages
The problem in Nashua
What Santosh will do?
- Support raising New Hampshire’s minimum wage on a predictable schedule (HB 1484 and successor bills).
- Expand state support for job training and apprenticeships — IT, healthcare, trades, and manufacturing — so workers can move up.
- Partner with employers on earn-while-you-learn programs for students and career changers.
- Protect workers from wage theft and unfair practices through consumer-protection work on his committee.
What Santosh has already done?
- Founded a technical institute that has trained 1,600+ veterans and working professionals into higher-paying careers.
- Mentored tenants and neighbors into new careers and helped several start their own businesses.
- Endorsed by the New Hampshire AFL-CIO for his record on working families.
How we'll know it's working?
- Progress on a state minimum-wage increase.
- Number of Nashua residents completing state-supported job training or apprenticeships.
- Median wage growth in Nashua outpacing inflation.
Healthcare
The problem in Nashua
Too many Nashua families and seniors are paying more for prescriptions and premiums every year — and increasingly, an insurance company’s software decides whether your doctor’s recommendation gets covered. Affordable care means lower drug costs, real access to doctors in your network, and a human being accountable for decisions about your health.
What Santosh will do?
- Lower prescription costs by expanding access to generics and supporting state efforts to negotiate drug prices.
- Require transparency and human accountability when insurers use artificial intelligence to review or deny claims.
- Make sure insurance networks actually have doctors available — not just names on a list.
- Protect coverage for seniors and working families and support community health centers in Nashua.
What Santosh has already done?
- Co-sponsored HB1406 requiring health insurers to keep records of claim reviews, including when AI is used, so patients aren’t denied by an algorithm.
- Co-sponsored SB546 to monitor whether insurance networks give patients real access to care.
- Co-sponsored HB1559 to increase funding for problem-gambling services.
How we'll know it's working?
- Fewer claim denials overturned on appeal (a sign fewer are wrongly denied to begin with).
- Lower out-of-pocket prescription costs reported by Nashua seniors.
- Network-adequacy standards in place and enforced.