The $100 Candidate: Can Heath Howard Beat The Machine

Most people running for Congress in the 2026 Midterms are millionaires or well on their way. Heath Howard of New Hampshire earns a salary of exactly one hundred dollars a year. The twenty-five-year-old State Representative is currently waging asymmetric warfare against a Democratic establishment that is outspending him by a massive margin. He believes the entire political system is actively hostile to the working class. His platform attacks private equity and the insurance industry with a ferocity you rarely see on the campaign trail.

This conversation explores what happens when a candidate refuses to play by the rules of the donor class. Howard explains his plan to build a coalition that spans from the far left to the populist right. He argues that American stagnation is a policy choice that can be reversed. We discuss if a campaign fueled by moral urgency can actually survive without corporate cash. This is a test case for the future of representative democracy. If Howard can’t win, it might be proof that no normal person can.