Stefany Shaheen

Liberal

Democrat

N/A

New Hampshire

Current Position: Former Portsmouth City Councilor

Running For: House Representative - District 1

Policy Positions

Against Trump's tariffs, calling them illegal and harmful to small businesses and consumers; supports refunding tariff money to small businesses

For ending Wall Street tax breaks for investors buying up homes, expanding support for first-time/middle-class homebuyers, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, cutting red tape for affordable housing construction, and using surplus public land/buildings for housing

For Medicare for All and a public option, breaking up healthcare corporate monopolies, allowing Medicare to negotiate/prevent drug companies from overcharging Americans, expanding Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing, and preventing AI from making healthcare coverage decisions instead of doctors
For increased federal investment in medical and scientific research, opposing cuts to research funding, and restoring science-based leadership at CDC, FDA, and NIH
Against RFK Jr.'s efforts to weaken vaccine requirements for diseases like polio and measles; for maintaining strong vaccine policy
For stronger federal action to hold polluters and the federal government accountable for PFAS contamination and to accelerate cleanup of drinking water systems

For expanding clean, local energy production (solar, wind, hydro, biofuel), upgrading the electric grid, and reducing consumer utility costs through efficiency and onsite generation

For abortion rights and protecting reproductive freedom, citing personal experience with a medically necessary abortion

For campaign finance and government ethics reform, including overturning Citizens United, banning insider trading by members of Congress and officials, instituting lifetime lobbying bans for former officials, and banning pardons for large campaign donors

For overhauling ICE with stricter accountability measures, including body cameras, banning masks, ending warrantless searches, and banning ICE raids in schools, churches, and hospitals; against ICE detention facilities being built in New Hampshire

For stricter criminal penalties and ethics laws to prevent presidential profiteering, including bans on foreign gifts, insider trading, and securities trading by the President/Vice President, and empowering an independent Office of Government Ethics with subpoena and prosecutorial power