JJ DeFeo

JJ DeFeo is the Democratic candidate for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 7, in the November 3, 2026 general election, where he faces incumbent Republican Laurence Miner.[1] DeFeo is a university student who has worked as a federal policy intern and a union community organizer, and his stated platform centers on replacing property taxes with a land value tax.[2]

JJ DeFeo graduated from Sanborn Regional High School.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he served as the at-large student representative on his school board while in high school, and that he is studying political theory and constitutional democracy, physics, and philosophy of science at university.[2] He said that in 2025 he was a policy intern on the Manufacturing USA team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and then worked as a union community organizer for the AFL-CIO, and that he has also worked for several political campaigns.[2]

DeFeo advanced from the Democratic primary on September 8, 2026, receiving 365 votes.[1] In the survey he listed three key messages: ending property taxes without adopting an income or sales tax by switching to an offset land value tax, moving to a form of proportional representation for the legislature, and lowering rent and mortgage costs.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.