The 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the

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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,

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to the

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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

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. Shaheen's final margin outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the concurrent

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by around 8 percentage points. The primary election was held on September 8, 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Jeanne Shaheen, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

*Tom Alciere, former Republican state representative *Paul J. Krautmann, former dentist

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

*Bryant Messner, corporate attorney and former U.S. Army soldier

Eliminated in primary

*Gerard Beloin, ski instructor * Don Bolduc, former U.S. Army Special Forces

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, journalist and perennial candidate

Withdrew

* Bill O'Brien, former Speaker of the

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Declined

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, former U.S. Senator and former Attorney General of New Hampshire * Al Baldasaro, state representative (endorsed Bill O'Brien) * Scott Brown, U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts,

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Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire *Eddie Edwards, former police chief of South Hampton, former chief of the New Hampshire State Division of Liquor Enforcement, and nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 2018(''Accepted executive state appointment'') * Corey Lewandowski, President

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's former campaign manager *Jay Lucas, businessman *

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, incumbent

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( running for re-election)

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

*Justin O'Donnell,

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nominee for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in

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, Qualified for General Election Ballot by Petition on 09/02/2020

Bull Moose Party

Did not qualify

*Thomas Sharpe V, firefighter and U.S. Navy Veteran

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

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

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic * Belknap (largest municipality:

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) * Hillsborough (largest municipality:

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) * Rockingham (largest municipality:

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)

Notes

;Partisan clients ;Voter samples

References

External links

* * * (State affiliate of the U.S.

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) * ;Official campaign websites
Corky Messner (R) for Senate

Justin O'Donnell (L) for Senate

Jeanne Shaheen (D) for Senate
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Bull Moose Party

Did not qualify

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

External links