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2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

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The 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen won reelection to a third term after comfortably defeating Republican nominee Bryant Messner by 15.6 points and sweeping every single county in the state. This marked the first Senate election since 1972 in which the Democrat carried Belknap County.

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Shaheen's final margin outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election by around 8 percentage points.

The primary election was held on September 8, 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Tom Alciere, former Republican state representative[2]
  • Paul J. Krautmann, former dentist[2]

Endorsements

Jeanne Shaheen
Federal officials
Local officials
  • Jim Bouley, Concord Mayor[6]
  • Joyce Craig, Manchester Mayor[6]
  • Jim Donchess, Nashua Mayor[6]
  • Andrew Hosmer, Laconia Mayor[6]
Organizations

Results

Results by county:
  Shaheen—≥90%
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Bryant Messner, corporate attorney and former U.S. Army soldier[24][25]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Don Bolduc
Federal officials
  • Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas and former U.S. Representative (AR-04) (2013–2015)[38]
  • Bob Smith, former U.S. senator from New Hampshire (1990–2003) and U.S. Representative (NH-01) (1985–1990)[39]
  • Michael Waltz, U.S. representative (FL-06)[40]
  • Thomas E. White, former U.S. Secretary of the Army (2001–2004)[40]
State officials
  • Kevin Avard, former state senator (2014–2018) and state representative (2010–2012)[40]
  • Jim Coburn, former state representative (2004–2006) and Republican nominee in the 2006 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[40]
  • Susan DeLemus, former state representative (2010–2012, 2014–2016)[40]
  • Shaun Doherty, former state representative (2008–2012)[40]
  • William Fowler, state representative[40]
  • Bob Giuda, state senator and former state representative (2001–2007) and state House deputy majority leader (2003–2004)[40]
  • Gary Hopper, state representative[40]
  • Joseph Kenney, former executive councilor (2014–2019) and state senator (2003–2009)[41]
  • Gary Lambert, former state senator (2010–2012)[40]
  • Tim Merlino, state representative[40]
  • Michael Moffett, former state representative (2016–2018)[40]
  • Reed Panasiti, state representative[40]
  • Terry Roy, state representative[40]
  • Doug Scamman, former state representative (2004–2010) and state House speaker[40]
  • David Testerman, state representative[40]
  • Joshua Whitehouse, former state representative (2014–2016)[40]
  • Raymond Wieczorek, former executive councilor (2002–2012) and mayor of Manchester (1990–2000)[40]
Organizations
Individuals
Corky Messner
Federal officials
State officials
  • Dennis Acton, state representative[46]
  • Joe Alexander, state representative[47]
  • Alan Bershtein, state representative[46]
  • Regina Birdsell, state senator and former state representative (2010–2014)[citation needed]
  • Tom Dolan, state representative[47]
  • Fred Doucette, state representative[48]
  • Jess Edwards, state representative[49]
  • Aboul Khan, state representative[46]
  • Tony Lekas, state representative[47]
  • Norman Major, state representative[46]
  • Charles McMahon, state representative[47]
  • Chuck Morse, state senator, state Senate minority leader, and former state Senate president (2013–2018) and acting Governor (2017)[50]
  • Bill O'Brien, Republican candidate in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire and former state representative (2004–2006, 2008–2016) and state House speaker (2010–2012)[51]
  • Mark Pearson, state representative[47]
  • Stephen Pearson, state representative[47]
  • Kim Rice, state representative[52]
  • Steve Schmidt, former state representative (2010–2018)[52]
  • Thomas Walsh, state representative[52]
  • Kenneth Weyler, state representative[52]
  • Michael Yakubovich, state representative[46]
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

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Results

Results by county:
  Messner—50–60%
  Messner—40–50%
  Bolduc—40–50%
  Bolduc—50–60%
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Other candidates

Justin O'Donnell, the Libertarian nominee

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Bull Moose Party

Did not qualify

  • Thomas Sharpe V, firefighter and U.S. Navy veteran[2][56]

General election

Debate

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Predictions

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Endorsements

Corky Messner (R)
Federal officials
State officials
  • Dennis Acton, state representative[46]
  • Joe Alexander, state representative[47]
  • Alan Bershtein, state representative[46]
  • Regina Birdsell, state senator and former state representative (2010–2014)[citation needed]
  • Tom Dolan, state representative[47]
  • Fred Doucette, state representative[48]
  • Jess Edwards, state representative[49]
  • Aboul Khan, state representative[46]
  • Tony Lekas, state representative[47]
  • Norman Major, state representative[46]
  • Charles McMahon, state representative[47]
  • Chuck Morse, state senator, state Senate minority leader, and former state Senate president (2013–2018) and acting Governor (2017)[50]
  • Bill O'Brien, Republican candidate in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire and former state representative (2004–2006, 2008–2016) and state House speaker (2010–2012)[51]
  • Mark Pearson, state representative[47]
  • Stephen Pearson, state representative[47]
  • Kim Rice, state representative[52]
  • Steve Schmidt, former state representative (2010–2018)[52]
  • Thomas Walsh, state representative[52]
  • Kenneth Weyler, state representative[52]
  • Michael Yakubovich, state representative[46]
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
with Don Bolduc
with Corey Lewandowski
with Bill O'Brien
with Chris Sununu
with Kelly Ayotte
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican

Results

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More information By county, County ...

Results by congressional district

Shaheen won both congressional districts.[71]

More information District, Shaheen ...

See also

Notes

Partisan clients
  1. Poll conducted for Corky Messner.
  2. Poll sponsored by Don Bolduc
  3. Poll sponsored by Lewandowski
Voter samples
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "Some other candidate" with 0%
  3. "Someone else" with 4%
  4. O'Donnell (L) with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  5. O'Donnell (L) with 2%; "Other" and Undecided with 0%
  6. O'Donnell (L) with 2%; "Someone else" with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  7. "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 4%
  8. O'Donnell (L) with 2%; "Another Candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  9. O'Donnell (L) and "Refused" with 2%; "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 8%
  10. O'Donnell (L) with 4%; "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 5%
  11. "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 3%
  12. O'Donnell (L) with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  13. O'Donnell (L) with 3%; "Another Candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  14. "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  15. O'Donnell (L) with 3%; Undecided with 6%
  16. "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 11%
  17. "Another candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 13%
  18. "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 13%
  19. "Another candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 17%
  20. O'Donnell (L) with 4%; Undecided with 6%
  21. "Another candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 10%
  22. "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 10%
  23. "Another candidate" with 5%; Undecided with 17%
  24. Undecided with 11%

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