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2026 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

The 2026 United States Senate election in New Hampshire will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New Hampshire. Primary elections will be held on September 8, 2026. Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen declined to seek a fourth term.

This will be the first open Senate election in New Hampshire since 2010, and the first for this seat since 1990.

Background

New Hampshire is considered to be a slightly to moderately blue state at the federal level, with Kamala Harris carrying the state by roughly 3 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election. The state's congressional delegation has been entirely Democratic since 2017. However, Republicans control the governorship, both state legislative chambers, and a majority in the executive council.

Shaheen was first elected in 2008, defeating then-incumbent senator John Sununu in a rematch of 2002, and was re-elected in 2014 and 2020. Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire since 2010.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Aggregate polls<br />

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Aggregate polls<br />

Independents

Candidates

Filed paperwork

  • Matt Giovonizzi

Potential

  • Aaron Day, former chairman of the Free State Project and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016

General election

Predictions

Polling

Chris Pappas vs. Scott Brown<br/>

Aggregate polls<br />

Chris Pappas vs. John E. Sununu<br/>

Aggregate polls<br />

Chris Pappas vs. Dan Innis<br/>

Chris Pappas vs. Chris Sununu<br/>

Jeanne Shaheen vs. Chris Sununu<br/>

Jeanne Shaheen vs. Frank Edelblut<br/>

Jeanne Shaheen vs. Scott Brown<br/>

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican<br/>

Notes

Partisan clients<br/>

References

External links

Official campaign websites