2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

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 a Democrat won re-election to New Hampshire's class 3 Senate seat.

Nominee

 * Maggie Hassan, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

 * Paul Krautmann, dentist and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020
 * John Riggieri

Endorsements
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Nominee

 * Don Bolduc, retired U.S. Army Special Forces brigadier general and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020

Eliminated in primary

 * Gerard Beloin, roofing contractor and perennial candidate
 * John Berman, electronic hardware designer, test engineer, and candidate for U.S. Senate (Kansas and Minnesota) in 2020
 * Bruce Fenton, bitcoin advocate, financial analyst and entrepreneur
 * Dennis Lamare
 * Edmund LaPlante, U.S. Marine Corps veteran
 * Vikram Mansharamani, author and businessman
 * Chuck Morse, President of the New Hampshire Senate and former acting Governor of New Hampshire
 * Tejasinha Sivalingam, landlord and candidate for state representative in 2018 and 2020
 * Kevin Smith, former Londonderry town manager and candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 2012

Declined

 * Kelly Ayotte, former U.S. Senator
 * Scott Brown, former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and nominee for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2014
 * Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire  (ran for reelection)

Results
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Nominee

 * Jeremy Kauffman, founder and CEO of LBRY, board member of the Free State Project

Eliminated at convention

 * Kevin Kahn

Candidates

 * Tejasinha Sivalingam, (write-in)

Did not qualify

 * Steve Hattamer, physician
 * Geoff Woollacott, businessman

Polling

 * Aggregate polls


 * Maggie Hassan vs. Kelly Ayotte


 * Maggie Hassan vs. Bruce Fenton


 * Maggie Hassan vs. Chuck Morse
 * Aggregate polls


 * Maggie Hassan vs. Corey Lewandowski
 * Maggie Hassan vs. Corky Messner
 * Maggie Hassan vs. Kevin Smith
 * Maggie Hassan vs. Chris Sununu
 * Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican
 * on if Maggie Hassan should be re-elected

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

By county

 * Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
 * Carroll (largest municipality: Conway)
 * Hillsborough (largest municipality: Manchester)
 * Rockingham (largest municipality: Derry)

By congressional district
Hassan won both congressional districts.