"I'm running because the state is facing it's biggest challenge in decades," Cilley said. "We're facing unprecedented economic circumstances, and it's going to require a steady hand and an understanding of economic principles, as well as the needs of businesses and citizens."

Cilley, who was recently named the state senate's top democrat on business-related issues by New Hampshire Business Review, said one of her goals if re-elected will be to ensure the state enacts a sound fiscal policy, which she claims would consist of balancing needed expenditures with the realities of the current economic environment.

"Some people think a good fiscal policy is just cut, cut, cut," she said. "Our waste water distribution system has been neglected for years, 46 percent of our roads are in disrepair, 37 percent of our bridges are in disrepair; sound fiscal policy does not mean letting this state take a giant step backward to dirt roads and cow paths."

Cilley does not support a broad-based tax in the state, neither sales nor income tax, and has voted to allow debate on expanded gambling and it's potential revenue benefits.

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