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Approval Voting
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyAdopt approval voting in New Hampshire elections.
- Presents approval voting as a way to reduce the spoiler problem faced by third-party candidates.
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I'll push to adopt approval voting in our elections. Many third party candidates are discouraged from running due to the spoiler problem , which approval voting solves. There was strong opposition to HB240 in 2011, so this will be a challenging task.
Adult Cannabis Legalization
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyFully legalize cannabis for adults in New Hampshire.
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I want cannabis to be fully legal for adults. New Hampshire is the only New England state that hasn't achieved this already. In 2023 HB360 was passed in the House, but not in the Senate.
Defend the Guard
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyRequire a formal congressional declaration of war before the New Hampshire National Guard can be activated for war.
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I'll work to pass Defend the Guard legislation, which would require that Congress officially declare war before the New Hampshire national guard could be activated. HB229 made it through the House in 2024, and although it was referred to Interim Study in the Senate, there was one piece of good news: Defend the Guard was added to the New Hampshire Republican platform . HB104 was retained in committee in 2025.
Medical Psilocybin
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyLegalize medical psilocybin for specified mental-health and substance-use conditions.
- Names PTSD, substance-use disorder, and clinical depression that has resisted other treatment.
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I want to legalize medical use of psilocybin for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, and clinical depression that has resisted other treatment. The House passed HB1809 earlier this year, but the Senate killed it.
Role of Government / Minarchy
Candidate positionFactVote summary · BeliefFavor a radically smaller state government focused primarily on protecting life, liberty, and property and rejecting government-guaranteed positive rights.
- Describes minarchy or classical liberalism as the long-term model and opposes government guarantees of food, housing, healthcare, and education.
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Classical liberalism is the stated goal of the Libertarian Party. It allows several additional roles for government beyond what minarchy offers, such as public works and a stable currency. But it rejects the welfare state . The platform expresses its opposition to positive rights in section 3.5:
Article 83 and Education Funding
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyAmend the New Hampshire Constitution so Article 83 no longer creates a state duty to provide an adequate education.
- Would make public-education funding discretionary to the legislature while considering grandfathering existing residents into current support.
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I still want to grandfather current residents who are not libertarian into the education funding they have now. And I'm open to the idea of incorporating this grandfathering into the CACR. But that would make the amendment quite a bit more complicated, so I'll leave that discussion for another day.
Drug Legalization
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyLegalize cannabis in the short term and, as a long-term goal, legalize all drugs.
- Supports privately provided harm-reduction services such as medication treatment, supervised-use sites, and needle exchange.
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Still, the reality is that some people will become addicted to drugs. The free market could offer a variety of harm reduction services like these:
End-of-Life Choice
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyLegalize medical assistance in dying for terminally ill adults and, as a longer-term goal, allow assisted suicide without a terminal-illness requirement.
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One of my short-term priorities is legalizing medical assistance in dying for those who have a terminal illness. But in the long term, I'd like suicide to be legal even without a terminal illness, as it is in Switzerland .
Grandfathering While Winding Down Welfare and Positive Rights
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyPhase down welfare and other government-guaranteed positive rights while grandfathering current non-libertarian residents into existing benefits.
- Proposes that future newcomers could be required to waive government guarantees of food, housing, healthcare, and education, while existing residents retain benefits for an extended period or potentially for life.
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A bill to begin the process might specify that people moving into New Hampshire after a certain date would have no positive rights. They'd be required to sign a waiver acknowledging that the government won't provide them with food, housing, health care, or education for their children. But those already here who aren't libertarian would be grandfathered into the benefits they have now. The goal is to avoid a sudden drastic reduction in quality of life for anyone.
Pandemic Response
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyAvoid general lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccination mandates in a future pandemic unless strong evidence shows they are necessary to prevent significant harm to others.
- Would allow mandatory protocols in medical facilities, nursing homes, public buildings, public transportation, and potentially designated shopping hours for vulnerable people.
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In addition, I may require grocery stores and other essential shopping centers to set aside certain hours each day when mandatory protocols are observed, so that those most vulnerable can shop safely.
Peaceful Secession
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyPursue a legal, negotiated path for New Hampshire to become independent from the United States.
- Opposes unilateral secession; proposes a U.S. constitutional amendment creating a negotiated process triggered by demonstrated consent of New Hampshire voters.
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I opposed both bills because the secession they're requesting is unilateral . That is, they would declare independence without negotiating any agreement with the United States. Unilateral secession was ruled illegal in Texas v. White . As a practical matter, it almost always leads to war, which I don't want.
Veto List
Candidate positionFactVote summary · PolicyPledge to veto specified tax, gun, and abortion legislation.
- Would veto any new tax or tax increase; any repeal of constitutional carry; and any abortion ban lacking at least a first-trimester rape exception or an exception to protect the mother's life.
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Any abortion ban that doesn't include an exception for rape at least in the first trimester, or at any time to protect the life of the mother.
