Max Saal · 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate · New Hampshire
The primary is over, and I didn't win. But a lot of you read every position I put in writing, asked hard questions, and voted for a scientist with no PAC money. Thank you. The note below says the rest.
The party keeps folding. I won't. End the filibuster on day one. Term limits and age limits for people who have held power since before I was born. Real consequences for officials who profit from office, subpoenas and criminal referrals included.
Every question Citizens Count asked, answered in writing. Two days of open questions on r/newhampshire, every one answered. Email went to the campaign and it was me who wrote back. There was no staff to hide behind.
Undeclared voters are the biggest bloc in New Hampshire, and they decide general elections. I back the police and prosecute the ones who abuse the badge. I won't come for your guns. I want nuclear on the grid, Roe in federal law, and cannabis legal. That's the Democrat I ran as, and the one I still am.
Zero PAC money. Zero AIPAC money. Ever. Small-dollar donors funded this campaign, and every filing is public at fec.gov.
The positions stay up. Every one of them is still in writing.
Where I stoodNew Hampshire is short 50,000 homes because we made building them illegal. Fix the rules, teach the trades, build.
How it works →We cap how many doctors we train and let hospitals hide every price. Uncap the one, publish the other.
How it works →None of it happens in a Senate running on last century's rulebook. Fix the government and the rest becomes possible.
How it works →
Maxwell Saal, 35, was a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in the September 8, 2026 primary.
On September 8, New Hampshire Democrats picked their nominee for U.S. Senate, and it wasn't me. That's how primaries work, and I have no complaints about the process or the people who ran it.
Here's what I'm proud of. Every position I hold went up in writing: on this site, on Citizens Count, on Ballotpedia, and in two days of open questions on r/newhampshire. I took no PAC money. When you emailed the campaign, I wrote back. A campaign with no staff and no consultants made its case to the whole state, and a lot of you heard it. Thank you for every vote, every dollar, and every conversation.
The committee is winding down now, so the forms and the donate page are closed. This site stays up as the record. The fights I ran on, homes you can build, doctors you can see, a government allowed to do its job, don't end because one primary did. I'll keep making that case, just not as a candidate for now. A personal site is on the way, and I'll post the link here and on the campaign accounts when it's live.
Go vote on November 3.
Let's Ride, NH.