New Hampshire Liberty Alliance

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New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
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New Hampshire Liberty Alliance logo
EstablishedNovember 2003
MissionA non-partisan coalition working to increase individual freedom in New Hampshire
Chair Shawn Faber
Location
New Hampshire
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United States
Website New Hampshire Liberty Alliance

The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance (NHLA) is a nonpartisan, libertarian coalition in New Hampshire. The organization supports libertarian candidates for state and local offices, and other libertarian causes and organizations. [1] . It also supports Republicans and Democrats who support limited government and the protection of personal liberties.

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The Gold Standard

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The Gold Standard from June 5, 2025

The main body of work of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance is The Gold Standard, a vote recommendation newsletter distributed to state house and senate members ahead of votes on legislation. [2] NHLA gives almost all legislation up for a vote a rating of either Pro-Liberty or Anti-Liberty and recommends a yes or no vote. The votes of all state house representatives and all state senators are recorded and used to develop the Liberty Rating scorecard. [3]

Liberty Rating

The Liberty Rating is a report card based upon votes made by legislators and the impact of those votes to personal liberties in New Hampshire. The report includes ratings as a percentage and as a letter grade [4] . It is typically unveiled at the Liberty Dinner.

Just before the November elections in 2006, the New Hampshire Union Leader editor wrote, "if New Hampshire is to remain the live free or die state, we have to continue voting for freedom and against government coercion. In the same editorial, he said of the NHLA that "we are not with the Alliance on every single issue, but their scorecard is a good proxy for determining who is a friend or foe of personal freedoms." [5]

Liberty Dinner

Liberty Dinner is the annual fundraiser of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance. It is also known by the nickname "Liberty Prom". [6]

At Liberty Dinner the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance gives the "Liberty Legislator of the Year" award to a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature and an "Activist of the Year" award. The 2025 Liberty Legislator of the Year is State Representative Kristin Noble. [7]

Speakers at the Liberty Dinner have included Healing Our World author and 2008 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Mary Ruwart, [8] New Hampshire Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid, [9] New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, [10] and former American Federation for Children senior fellow Corey DeAngelis.


The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance is not part of the Free State Project but has participated in that group's annual New Hampshire Liberty Forum. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us".
  2. ↑ "Gold Standard Archives".
  3. ↑ "Liberty Ratings".
  4. ↑ "Liberty Ratings". New Hampshire Liberty Alliance. New Hampshire Liberty Alliance. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Editor (November 06, 2006), "Editorial: Tobacco and firearms: Preserving liberty in NH," New Hampshire Union Leader.
  6. ↑ "NHLA Liberty Dinner".
  7. ↑ "Representative Kristin Noble Selected As 2025 Legislator of the Year".
  8. ↑ "July 2015 Newsletter". nhliberty.org. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "NH Insider – NH Politics – Press Releases – 2006 NH Liberty Dinner this Friday".
  10. ↑ "NH Insider – Press Releases – Bill Gardner to Speak at NHLA Liberty Dinner".
  11. ↑ Doug Alden, Free State Project gathers in Manchester, New Hampshire Union Leader (March 6, 2015).
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