Straight answers
The questions people asked about this campaign, answered the way Max answers everything: directly. Kept up as the record.
Maxwell Saal, 35, was a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in the September 8, 2026 primary. He is a scientist turned technology builder: five years of cystic fibrosis research at the bench, then five years building privacy technology. He lives in Walpole with his wife and has never held office. Every position he ran on is in writing: he answered every question on the 2026 Citizens Count candidate survey. The long version is at Meet Max.
New Hampshire held its state primary on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Max Saal did not win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate; he finished with about one percent of the vote. Official results are posted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State. His note to supporters is on the home page.
Making it legal to build homes again, training the doctors we are short, publishing every hospital price, ending the filibuster, and passing term limits and age limits for people who have held power since before he was born. He took no PAC money, AIPAC included. Every position is in writing: every question on the 2026 Citizens Count survey answered, plus a two-day open AMA on r/newhampshire. The full platform stays up at Where I stood.
Yes. Maxwell Saal was on the ballot in New Hampshire's September 8, 2026 Democratic primary, with an FEC-registered committee (Maxwell Saal for Senate, ID C00954883) and zero PAC money. He answered every question on the 2026 Citizens Count candidate survey, in writing, completed the Ballotpedia candidate survey, and spent two days answering anything r/newhampshire asked, every question. Every position he ran on is public, and this site is where they live.
Small-dollar donors, through ActBlue. Maxwell Saal took no PAC money, AIPAC included. The committee is Maxwell Saal for Senate, FEC ID C00954883, and every dollar is public at fec.gov. The committee is winding down and is not accepting contributions.
No. Maxwell Saal had never held or run for office before this campaign. He spent five years as a bench researcher working on cystic fibrosis, then five years building blockchain and privacy technology. That was the point: a political newcomer promising generational change, not a career politician moving up a ladder.
The abundance agenda is the push to make America able to build again: clear out the self-imposed rules that block homes, doctors, clean power, and a working government. Maxwell Saal's version was concrete: make it easier to build homes, train more doctors, bring power costs down, and modernize the rules of government itself so any of it can happen. The full platform is at Where I stood.
Writing, mostly. The committee is winding down and this site stays up as the record of the campaign. A personal site at maxwellsaal.com is on the way; until it's live, the campaign's YouTube channel and social accounts are the place to follow along, and campaign@maxfornh.com still reaches him. See What's next.
Maxwell Saal ran on three fights first: legalize building so homes get built, train more doctors and force honest prices, and fix the government's own rules so both can pass. On energy: cheap power on every roof, financed so solar and heat pumps pay for themselves. On Medicare for All: universal coverage is the goal, starting with the fights we can win. Every position, Gaza and guns and cannabis included, is at Where I stood.
Universal coverage is the goal, and Maxwell Saal is not against Medicare for All in principle. But healthcare is the largest employer in 48 of 50 states, New Hampshire included, and he won't pretend the transition is easy. So he'd start with the fights we can win: more doctors, honest prices, and expanding Medicaid now, each step widening coverage this decade and moving toward everyone covered and nobody bankrupted by getting sick. The full answer is at Where I stood.
Yes. maxfornh.com was the official campaign website of Maxwell Saal, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, paid for by Maxwell Saal for Senate, and it stays up as the record of the campaign. The campaign is also on X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Email still goes to campaign@maxfornh.com.
Got a question this page doesn't answer? Ask. Email still goes straight to Max at campaign@maxfornh.com, because there was never any staff to hide behind.