The 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the

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to represent the

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. The primary elections were held on September 13, 2022. Incumbent first-term Democratic U.S. senator

Maggie Hassan Margaret Coldwell Hassan (; née Wood; born February 27, 1958) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in 2016 while serving as the 81st go ...

was reelected, defeating

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retired

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Don Bolduc Donald C. Bolduc (born May 8, 1962) is an American retired United States Army Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. The Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, he lost to incumbent Democrati ...

by an unexpectedly large margin that surpassed most polls. This election marked the first time a Democrat won re-election to New Hampshire's Class 3 Senate seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

* Paul Krautman, dentist and candidate for U.S. Senate in

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* John Riggieri

Endorsements

Results

Voters in Londonderry during the 2022 midterms

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, retired

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and candidate for U.S. Senate in

Eliminated in primary

*Gerard Beloin, roofing contractor and

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*John Berman, electronic hardware designer, test engineer, and candidate for U.S. Senate (

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and

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) in 2020 *Bruce Fenton,

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advocate, financial analyst and entrepreneur * Dennis Lamare * Edmund LaPlante, U.S. Marine Corps veteran * Vikram Mansharamani, author and businessman * Chuck Morse, President of the

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and former

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*Tejasinha Sivalingam, landlord and candidate for

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, former Londonderry town manager and candidate for

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Declined

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''(ran for

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, former U.S. Senator

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

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, founder and CEO of

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, board member of the

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Eliminated at convention

*Kevin Kahn

Independents

Candidates

*Tejasinha Sivalingam, (write-in)

Did not qualify

*Geoff Woollacott, businessman *Steve Hattamer, physician

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

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Debates

Results

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

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races, affirmed New Hampshire's transition from a closely contested swing state to a clearly Democratic leaning state at the federal level. }

Results by county

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Don Bolduc (R) for Senate

Maggie Hassan (D) for Senate

Jeremy Kauffman (L) for Senate

Geoff Woollacott (I) for Senate
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

Independents

Candidates

Did not qualify

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Debates

Results

Results by county

See also

Notes

References

External links