Candidate · November 3, 2026
Stephen Villee
On the ballot for Governor · New Hampshire
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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 | Governor · New Hampshire1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1, |
| 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.
Stephen Villee has worked as a software developer and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1980.3 His campaign website says he moved to New Hampshire in December 2003 as the sixth mover in the Free State Project.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to give voters a choice for smaller government and more individual freedom, and to encourage libertarians to move to New Hampshire, with a goal of winning at least 4% of the vote so the Libertarian Party gains major-party status.4
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitevillee4nh.com3,
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§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.
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says cannabis should be fully legal for adults, and that in the long term he would like all drugs to be legal.4,
- Keep recreational use against the law
- Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
- Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
- Make it legal for adults to buy and use
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he would veto any state income tax, sales tax, other new tax or tax increase.6
- Add or raise taxes on the highest incomes (for example, a tax on income over $1 million)
- Keep current rates
- Cut rates or move to a single flat rate
- Phase out the state income tax
His campaign website says he would veto any sales tax.6
- Lower sales tax rates or stop taxing necessities such as groceries
- Keep current sales taxes
- Raise sales taxes or apply them to more goods and services, to replace other taxes or fund state programs
Guns
His campaign website says he would veto any return to requiring a license to carry a concealed pistol or revolver.6
- No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun
- Require a permit, with a background check and training
- Require a permit and bar carrying in more places, such as parks, public transit and bars
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he would veto any abortion ban that lacks an exception for rape, at least in the first trimester, and an exception at any time to protect the life of the mother.6
Health Care
His campaign website says that in the short term he wants to legalize medical assistance in dying for people with a terminal illness, and in the long term to make suicide legal even without one.7
His campaign website says that in a pandemic he does not plan to impose a general lockdown, mask mandate or required vaccinations, though he would stay open to scientific evidence that a lockdown or mask mandate is needed, and that he would defer to public health officials on rules for places such as hospitals, nursing homes, public buildings and public transit.8
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he would work to pass Defend the Guard legislation requiring that Congress formally declare war before New Hampshire's National Guard could be activated.4
Education
His campaign website says that in the long term he would amend the state constitution so that funding public education is at the Legislature's discretion rather than a duty, while keeping education funding in place for current residents who are not libertarians.9
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance system search — New Hampshire Secretary of State.10