Joe Dehn
Joe Dehn
CA-17 primary: first place
$13.6K
JUN 6, 2026
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleComputer industry professional
Political ideologyLibertarian
GenderMale
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundComputer industry professional
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EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (degree)
Notable personal detailsJoe Dehn is a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 17th Congressional District (2026). He has served as chair of the Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County and previously served on the Libertarian National Committee, including two terms as National Secretary. He was born in New York, earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and worked in the computer industry before moving to California in 1993.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Opposes any tax increases and will not vote for new taxes (including national sales tax, VAT, or wealth taxes). Supports broad reductions or elimination of existing taxes, flattening income tax rates by lowering higher rates, and lowering government spending to allow tax cuts. Advocates rolling back tariffs and reducing the federal role in functions that are tax-funded in favor of market/voluntary solutions.
Healthcare
Supports reducing government involvement in health care and deregulating markets to increase competition and lower costs; opposes single-payer/Medicare for All; favors private-sector insurance, removing regulations that limit supply, and allowing cross-state and international drug purchases.
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Immigration & Border
Supports broad liberalization of immigration including eliminating H‑1B caps, creating a pathway to citizenship for long‑term residents (five years without serious crimes), privatizing refugee/asylum sponsorship, dismantling ICE, and restricting government enforcement to managing dangerous entrants at the border.
Climate & Energy
The candidate argues that government should not endorse scientific theories or use taxation to fund research and favors private funding and lower taxes to allow market and private institutions to support scientific and technological development. The position emphasizes limiting government involvement in science policy and opposing government-directed climate/energy interventions.
Public Safety & Guns
Opposes gun regulation and describes current gun-control efforts as unconstitutional; supports protecting gun ownership rights. Positions emphasize reducing firearm regulation as part of broader Libertarian principles favoring fewer restrictions on personal liberties.
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