DANIEL JAMES SCHMIDT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR 2026
A NEW TAKE ON POLITICS
I owe no obligations to any organization; I only serve New Hampshire and the American people as a whole~
THE 4 PILLARS
10POINT PLATFORM
10POINT PLATFORM
10POINT PLATFORM
American politics has been dominated by bullshit posturing my entire life, but we have the first amendment for a reason. It's time to have the tough conversations (and maybe even some fist fights) to work it all out.
EXEC REVOLUTION
10POINT PLATFORM
10POINT PLATFORM
Government activity is only valid when both authorized by the Constitution and keeps our Rights intact. I don't know if you've read the Constitution lately, but hardly any of what is called government today is legal.
ECONOMY REBOOT
10POINT PLATFORM
ECONOMY REBOOT
NH needs to unlock its tourist and tech economies while living up to our "Live Free or Die" culture. Sin taxes in tourist traps and licensing and permit fees will balance the unease around change and growth.
THE SOUL OF NH
10POINT PLATFORM
ECONOMY REBOOT
As forward thinking as I am, I believe it's critical to maintain the substrate that makes NH what it is. Pragmatism beyond national politics, small town communities, and natural beauty will continue to define us as we grow.
10-POINT PLATFORM
PREVENT ICE & POLICE OVERREACH
All persons on American soil are due a certain level of respect by virtue of being here. The only exception to this is an actual invasion as part of an actual war. And the closest thing to that in America is Israel's subversion of our education, health, legal, insurance, and media systems.
ENDING THE BAR MONOPOLY
Both the US and NH Constitutions clearly define the People's right to counsel while mentioning the bar associations or the government's right to regulate who is allowed to represent who legally. The bar associations are unconstitutional guilds that overtly violate the People's right to counsel.
ABOLISH STARE DECISIS
Stare decisis assumes past court decisions deserve authority simply because they came first, but the dead cannot be questioned, corrected, or held responsible for the consequences of today’s rulings. Every case involves living people and present facts. When courts defer to precedent instead of reasoning anew, they shift responsibility away from the present and entrench past errors under the guise of stability.
REPLACE RETRIBUTION W RESTITUTION
The purpose of law is safety, deterrence, and enforcement—not emotional retaliation. Retributive punishment satisfies anger but rarely repairs harm, deters future offenses, or restores social trust. Restitution centers accountability where it belongs: on making victims whole and preventing repeat harm. It requires offenders to repair damage rather than simply suffer consequences disconnected from outcomes.
END DEBT SLAVERY
Lending is a form of risk-taking, not a moral guarantee of repayment. When loans fail, that outcome reflects the risk inherent in the agreement—not personal failure by the borrower. When the state coercively enforces debt beyond bankruptcy protections, it alters how those contracts would otherwise resolve and shields lenders from the consequences of their own risk. That is not neutral enforcement; it is state interference on behalf of one party. A free society does not socialize lender risk through coercion.
BLOCK PARTIES > POLITICAL PARTIES
Political parties divide people into identities; block parties bring people back into relationship. A healthy culture isn’t built by sorting ourselves away from disagreement, but by spending time with the people who challenge us most.
The lessons we need are almost always hidden behind superficial judgment. Good music, good food, and a healthy bit of intoxication lower defenses and make real conversation possible—something no debate stage ever has.
TREATING CLOSURE ADDICTION
I wrote the Cohesion Cookbook to help humanity grapple with what I consider to be the Fall of Man: closure addiction. Our minds can't possibly understand everything in reality objectively, but our decision-making norms require us to clear this impossible bar. But the only people "making it" are dishonest or delusional.
CONVERT THE HUNT CLUB
Corbin Park—often called the “Millionaires’ Hunt Club”—is a massive private game preserve in western New Hampshire founded in 1889 by businessman Austin Corbin, a key figure in the development of Coney Island. Corbin stocked the preserve with exotic and native game so that European banking elites could feel more at home when subverting our nation. It's signifies our state's corruption, and I think nearly all citizens would prefer that it get converted to a wildlife sanctuary.
END THE WAR ON DRUGS
Criminalization hasn’t stopped drug use—it has only concentrated harm where people have the least protection.
Freedom includes the right to make risky choices. The collective moral responsibility is not coercion, but truth: accurate information, reliable testing, and regulated distribution that eliminates black-market incentives.
Ending the war on drugs replaces punishment with transparency, autonomy, and harm reduction.
FUCK ISRAEL
Alliances should benefit the American people and our allies through mutual respect, transparency, and non-interference.
An ally does not undermine another ally’s democracy, distort its economy, or exert unaccountable political influence. When that line is crossed, the relationship must be reassessed.
New Hampshire cannot control federal foreign policy, but it can refuse to materially or politically support the actions of foreign states—including Israel—when those actions violate the basic principles of democratic sovereignty.
EXECUTIVE REVOLUTION
HELPDESK4NH
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
I have worked, managed, and designed helpdesk systems for 10 years. While the government is marginally more difficult to operate than a business, there is a clear parallel when it comes to something both employees and citizens need from time to time: help. One of the easiest way to prevent emergencies is better non-emergency support.
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Nearly all government operations are disjointed and chaotic. While there will always be policies and separations of powers to respect, there is no reason why the state cannot put in additional effort to ensure that citizens don't get lost in the sauce. While I'll never recommend trusting the government as a single source of truth, it should at least strive to be a good one.
POLICE REVAMP
INFO SYSTEM INTEGRATION
POLICE REVAMP
The police are asked to do far too much as the defenders of our community. As governor, I will push for police and military in NH to be properly rewarded for the work that they do. However, this will require officers to clear a higher bar when it comes to de-escalation and true community support beyond enforcing corporate drug war policies.
REBOOTING THE ECONOMY
ETHICAL DRUG DEALERS
New Hampshire's drug policy has always stood in direct opposition to our Live Free or Die culture, but given the global need for safe and stable psychoactives for research and treatment, we can become a safe producer of compounds like LSD and DMT while legalizing natural drugs like cannabis and mushrooms.
A GOVTECH SUPERPOWER
Nearly all of the scarcity in America comes from deliberate management strategies and risk-management that doesn't equally value all stakeholders. I'm blazing the trail for replacing useless executives and administrators with govtech that allows real leaders and contributors to thrive without middle managers taking all the credit.
TOURIST TRAPHOUSES
New Hampshire has thriving seasonal economies that should be fully supported in maintenance and development while ensuring the New Hampshire people and not out-of-state businesses are driving the design of our culture.
BIOTECH & HEALTHCARE
New Hampshire has already become a hub for biotech and this growth shall continue to be supported while ensuring ethics and regulatory compliance. As governor, I will ensure that the New Hampshire people have access to the best knowledge and healthcare, even if it means standing against federal regulations.
PROTECTING THE SOUL OF NH
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
While I am advocating for major advancements to a handful of NH metro areas, I want to do so within strict zoning laws that preserve the quintessential downtown feel of our most historic towns and the deep woods feel in between.
PROPERTY TAX CAP
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
By engaging in new business endeavors and collecting "sin taxes", we can both stop perpetual property tax creep while ensuring NH can stay income and sales tax free. By increasing tourism draws and staying true to "Live Free or Die", we will have plenty of revenue for social programs.
THE BEST EDUCATION.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
THE BEST EDUCATION.
New Hampshire already has exemplary public and private schools. As governor, I would expand what works while limiting what doesn't, using alternative tax sourcing to ensure that we do not depend on any federal funding that requires us to brainwash our children to federal standards.