The 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire. The primary elections were held on September 13, 2022. Incumbent Senator Maggie Hassan was re-elected over Republican retired brigadier general Don Bolduc by an unexpectedly large margin of 9.1% that surpassed most polls. Hassan won her initial bid for this seat in 2016 by only 1,017 votes or 0.14%. This election marked the first time in history that a Democrat won re-election to New Hampshire's Class 3 Senate seat. Hassan won 3 counties she lost in 2016: Carroll, Hillsborough, and Rockingham.
Aggregate polls<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Kelly Ayotte<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Bruce Fenton<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Chuck Morse<br /> Aggregate polls<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Corey Lewandowski<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Corky Messner<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Kevin Smith<br />
Maggie Hassan vs. Chris Sununu<br />
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican<br />
on if Maggie Hassan should be re-elected<br />
In the early months of the campaign, Hassan maintained a healthy lead in the polls. Polls began to tighten around September 2022, and by late October, a few polls even showed Bolduc with a narrow lead or had the candidates tied. Most pundits concurred that Hassan had a very slight edge and that the race would be extremely tight. However, Hassan won reelection by 9 points, a margin considerably wider than what was expected and one far greater than her 0.14 point plurality in 2016. Hassan's victory made her the first Democrat to win re-election to the Class 3 Senate seat in New Hampshire history. This, along with Democrats' comfortable victories in New Hampshire's two House races, affirmed New Hampshire's transition from a closely contested swing state to a clearly Democratic leaning state at the federal level.
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Hassan won both congressional districts.
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