About Suzan Franks

Personal History: My husband Rick and I have been married for over 27 years. During this time we have raised three wonderful children, Robbie, Jamie, and Justin. Rick continues to work as a state employee with the Florida Department of Transportation.

Our eldest son, Robbie, served in the United States Air force, and has continued his service in a civilian capacity maintaining mid-air refueling aircraft. Robbie remains a member of the New Hampshire National Guard.

Our daughter, Jamie, was a championship athlete throughout high school and college. She currently assists profoundly disabled adults, fulfilling a lifelong career dream. Our youngest son, Justin, is attending college, and he no doubt has a very bright future ahead of him. Rick and I could not be more proud of the selfless adults our children have become.

Professional History: I have a solid record of community involvement and elected leadership. For 23 years I have devoted my life to bettering my community, and I look forward to doing the same for the folks of State Senate District 3.

• I was honored to serve eight years as an elected Representative in the New Hampshire Legislature.
• For six years I served on the Nashua Board of Education.
• Prior to that I served 4 years in local government, during which time I also served on the Board of Directors for the Mount Hope School for the Disabled.
• For five years I served as the President of the Public Kindergarten Coalition, helping to spearhead Public Kindergarten for all 5 year olds.

Professional Record:

• As a State Legislator I spearheaded groundbreaking legislation to mandate statewide public Kindergarten, implement Safe School Zones to keep our children safe, and I was proud to be able to streamline license plate registration for Disabled Veterans.
• I proposed and passed legislation to reduce property taxes. By doing this, I was able to save my constituents over $1 million dollars in property taxes, and statewide we reduced property taxes by more than $6.5 million dollars.
• I also introduced legislation which urged the U.S. Congress to fund 100% of Special Education costs, enabled public/private partnerships to encourage science and technology studies in public school, and helped to raise over $1 million dollars to help lower taxes while improving our public education system.