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Dennis Hannon is a technology professional and Republican/Conservative candidate for U.S. House in New York's 26th Congressional District. His Ballotpedia biography says his career experience includes working as a technology professional; his campaign biography says he grew up blue-collar and worked in his father's construction business.
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Dennis Hannon frames healthcare primarily as a cost issue, emphasizing lower prescription-drug and healthcare costs, especially for seniors. His stated healthcare agenda focuses on Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform, including breaking up market concentration, ending rebate incentives that favor higher-priced drugs, and stopping spread pricing.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon says he supports lowering prescription drug and healthcare costs, especially for seniors, as part of his lower-costs platform.
SourceHannon's action plan calls for fundamentally reforming Pharmacy Benefit Managers as a way to lower healthcare costs.
SourceHannon argues that the three largest PBMs control roughly 80% of U.S. prescriptions and says breaking them up would help smaller independent pharmacies grow.
SourceHannon supports ending rebate incentives that can favor higher-priced drugs.
SourceHannon supports ending spread pricing, where a PBM charges an employer or insurer more for a prescription than it reimburses the pharmacy and keeps the difference.
SourceDennis Hannon emphasizes an affordability-focused economic agenda centered on lowering costs for working families, tax rebates, cheaper prescription drugs and health care, and expanding domestic energy and mineral production by reducing restrictions. He frames his broader economic approach as putting working families first and building a stronger economy from the middle out.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon supports providing relief to struggling working-class families through tax rebates as part of his lower-costs agenda.
SourceHannon says one of his top priorities if elected is lowering costs for everyday people.
SourceHannon supports less red tape on federal and private land leases for energy or mineral extraction, arguing for policies aimed at lowering costs.
SourceHannon says he would fight for a stronger economy built from the middle out as part of a platform focused on affordability and working families.
SourceDennis Hannon’s immigration stance emphasizes enforcement: stronger border and immigration-policy enforcement, prioritizing people viewed as serious public-safety threats, and tighter worksite compliance to promote lawful hiring. He also supports cooperation between local and federal agencies as part of his public-safety and immigration enforcement approach.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon says he would enforce immigration and border-protection policies with a priority on serious public-safety threats.
SourceHannon supports strengthening worksite compliance and lawful hiring as part of his immigration-related enforcement platform.
SourceDennis Hannon's climate and energy platform emphasizes expanding domestic energy production and lowering costs through broader access to energy sources and less regulatory red tape. His stated positions favor preventing government limits on specific energy sources and easing leases for energy and mineral extraction rather than prioritizing climate restrictions.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon says he supports prohibiting state and local governments from banning or limiting specific energy sources.
SourceHannon says he supports less red tape on federal and private land leases for energy or mineral extraction.
SourceIn his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Hannon said he would expand domestic energy production to help reduce costs.
SourceDennis Hannon’s education-related platform centers on parental transparency, child protection in schools and online, and federally approved age-appropriate sex education. He supports abstinence-, STD-prevention-, and safe-sex-focused instructional materials and emphasizes parents being heard in decisions affecting children.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon supports designating federally approved sex-ed instructional material focused solely on abstinence, STD prevention, and safe sex.
SourceHannon says Washington should ensure parents have transparency and implement age-appropriate policies to protect children.
SourceIn his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Hannon said he supports stronger protections for children through age-appropriate laws and safeguards, including online privacy protections for minors and restricting harmful AI-generated content involving children.
SourceDennis Hannon frames public safety around tougher law enforcement, border and immigration enforcement tied to serious threats, anti-fentanyl efforts, and child-protection policies. He also supports expanding concealed-carry reciprocity and stronger penalties or restrictions related to crimes or explicit content involving minors.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hannon says he would strengthen cooperation between local and federal agencies, enforce immigration and worksite laws with a focus on serious public safety threats, and crack down on fentanyl trafficking.
SourceHannon's campaign announcement described his safer-communities agenda as backing law enforcement, aggressively targeting drug traffickers, and supporting father-engagement and childhood-involvement initiatives.
SourceHannon's action plan calls for prioritizing federal law-enforcement grants for jurisdictions that cooperate with federal authorities, along with stronger asylum standards and immigration-law enforcement.
SourceHannon's action plan supports requiring states to recognize valid concealed-carry permits issued by other states.
SourceHannon supports enhanced felony penalties for adults who knowingly expose themselves to minors and supports reinstating capital punishment eligibility for convicted child rapists.
SourceFederal Election Commission
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NY26131/?cycle=2026&election_full=trueFetched: committee
FEC API
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Elections in USA
https://electionsinusa.com/2026/candidates/dennis-hannon-ny-26/Fetched: campaignFinance
FEC
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NY26131/?cycle=2026&election_full=trueFetched: campaignFinance
Niagara Frontier Publications / wnypapers.com
https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2026/04/15/165832/election-2026-dennis-hannon-announces-candidacy-for-new-yorks-26th-congressional-districtFetched: endorsements
New York State Board of Elections
https://elections.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/05/accessible-june-23-2026-primary-certification-amended-5.13.26_0.pdfFetched: endorsements
iVoterGuide
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/92612/race/33834/election/1487Fetched: candidate profile, ballotpedia link
Dennis Hannon for Congress Action Plan
https://www.hannonforcongress.com/Hannon_for_congress_action_plan.pdfFetched: issuePositions
Spectrum News 1 / NY State of Politics
https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/news/2026/04/12/dennis-hannon-announces-campaign-for-ny-26Fetched: issuePositions
Niagara Frontier Publications
https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2026/04/15/165832/election-2026-dennis-hannon-announces-candidacy-for-new-yorks-26th-congressional-districtFetched: issuePositions