Candidate · November 3, 2026
Sam Husseini
On the ballot for U.S. House · Maryland's 4th District
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Maryland's 4th District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Green1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
His campaign website says he is a journalist who spent more than 25 years at the Institute for Public Accuracy, writing thousands of news releases on topics from Medicare for All to the environment and civil liberties.4 It says he earned a double major in applied math and in logic and computation at Carnegie Mellon University, then worked for a year on Wall Street at Moody's Investor Service.4 It says he previously worked at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the media watch group FAIR.4 It says his jobs have included computer programming, helping run a homeless shelter and substitute teaching in public schools, and that he chaired the local advisory board of the Pacifica station WPFW.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website describes his goal as a world free of war, together with investment in the local community, and says he would bring to Congress a spirit of confronting wrongdoing as an independent voice.5,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesamhusseini.com1,
2, 3 - Campaign websitesamhusseini.com5,
7 - Facebookfacebook.com/sam.husseini5
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/samhusseini5
- Instagraminstagram.com/samhusseini4congress5
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website lists ending all funding to Israel among its platform points, and says US tax dollars are funding Israel's military actions in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.6
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
His campaign website lists stopping the $1.5 trillion military budget among its platform points, and says the proposed $1.5 trillion military budget should be greatly scaled down.6
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
Health Care
His campaign website calls for an enhanced Medicare for All and cites a Yale study that, it says, found a Medicare expansion could insure everyone for $1 trillion less than the current insurance-company system.6
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says data centers should be stopped, not only paused through a moratorium, citing their electricity use and effects on water and air.6
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Immigration
His campaign website lists stopping and abolishing ICE among its platform points, and says ICE activity in the district should be confronted.6
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says members of Congress should be barred from both trading and owning individual stocks.6
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
His campaign website says elections need public funding to address the influence of big money groups.6
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website lists easing the tax burden on working people and dramatically increasing it on the rich among its platform points, including by closing loopholes and through corporate taxes and a financial transaction tax.6