Stefany Shaheen

On the Dover, NH ballot: U.S. House, New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, general election, November 3, 2026.

Snapshot

Field Detail
Full name Stefany Shaheen (Citizens Count)
Party Democratic (Citizens Count)
Current office No current elected office is stated; former Portsmouth city councilor (Citizens Count; The Dartmouth)
Seeking U.S. House, New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District; Democratic nominee after winning the September 8 primary (Citizens Count; USA Today)
Opponent Anthony DiLorenzo, Republican nominee and Trump-endorsed candidate (InDepthNH; The Washington Post)
Education MBA, MIT; MPA, Harvard; graduate of Fairfield University (Citizens Count; Stefany Shaheen campaign)
Personal Portsmouth resident; daughter of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen; lives with her husband, Craig, and their four children (USA Today; Stefany Shaheen campaign)
Campaign site stefanyshaheen.com

Career Timeline

Years Role
2011–present Co-founder and president, Good Measures, a chronic-care company (Citizens Count; Early Learning NH)
2014–2016 Portsmouth City Council (Citizens Count)
2019–2024 Chair, Portsmouth Police Commission (Citizens Count)
Through December 2025 Chief strategy officer and consultant, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute; her consulting role concluded at the end of December 2025 (The Dartmouth)
2026 Democratic candidate and nominee for U.S. House, NH-1 (Citizens Count; NBC News)

Committees and Caucuses

Positions

Issue Stated position
Cost of living and tariffs Supports decreasing tariffs, saying Trump’s tariffs increase prices, strain family budgets, harm small businesses, alienate allies, and disrupt tourism and trade (Citizens Count).
Health care Supports comprehensive health-care reform, including keeping a public option on the table; supports lowering prescription-drug prices and says doctors rather than insurers, pharmaceutical companies, or Wall Street should make health-care decisions (The Dartmouth). She supports Medicare for All with automatic enrollment and opposes an opt-in-only version (Citizens Count).
Abortion Opposes a federal abortion ban and supports a federal right to abortion before 24 weeks (Citizens Count).
LGBTQ rights and transgender athletes Opposes a one-size-fits-all federal law excluding transgender women from sports; favors decisions by coaches, teachers, families, and school districts (Citizens Count).
Housing Supports limiting private-equity purchases of homes and ending tax breaks for Wall Street firms buying homes; supports federal incentives and financing tools for permanently affordable workforce housing (Citizens Count; The Dartmouth).
Immigration and ICE Says ICE should be “completely overhauled,” with body cameras, no masks, no warrantless searches, and no raids in schools, churches, or hospitals; she said there should be no ICE warehouses in New Hampshire (Citizens Count).
Democracy and campaign finance Supports limiting outside campaign funding and calls for overturning Citizens United and requiring political advertising and contributions to be made in the spender’s own name (Citizens Count).
Environment and energy Supports reducing fossil-fuel use and ending the use of “forever chemicals” (InDepthNH). As a Portsmouth councilor, she worked on testing the local water supply for PFAS (Stefany Shaheen campaign).
Israel and Gaza Says the destruction and cruelty must stop, the war must end, and the United States should work with Israel toward a two-state solution (Citizens Count).
Iran Opposes President Trump’s war in Iran and called for Congress to vote on authorization, stating, “I vote no” (Citizens Count).
Venezuela Opposed the Trump administration’s military strike against Venezuela without congressional authorization, calling it contrary to the rule of law and the Constitution (Citizens Count).

Free State / MAGA Ties

None found. The evidence identifies no Free State Project or MAGA affiliation, membership, endorsement, or organizational tie involving Shaheen. It does state that Donald Trump endorsed her Republican general-election opponent, Anthony DiLorenzo (USA Today; The Washington Post).

Criticism From the Left

Criticism From the Right

Endorsements (Selected)

Money

Item Amount
Total receipts, April 1, 2025–August 19, 2026 $2,432,372.10
Total contributions $2,429,551.93
Individual contributions $2,323,196.93
Total disbursements, April 1, 2025–August 19, 2026 $1,828,169.56
Ending cash on hand $604,202.54

Source and coverage dates: Federal Election Commission candidate page, April 1, 2025–August 19, 2026 (FEC).

Polls

Pollster Dates Result
Not identified in the evidence Before September 8, 2026 Shaheen and Maura Sullivan were described as statistically tied; Carleigh Beriont trailed them (USA Today).

Gaps