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New Hampshire Senate

Filing Deadline: June 13, 2008 • Primary Date: Sept. 9, 2008 • General Election: Nov. 4, 2008

Incumbent


John Sununu (R)

First elected in 2002; seeking second full term.

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Almanac profile
NRSC profile

Challengers

Jack Buckey (D), doctor
Jeanne Shaheen (D), former governor

Shawn Girard (I), IT director

Ranking and Analysis
from Amy Walter and Quinn McCord of the Hotline Race Ranking: 3

Sununu continues to trail Jeanne Shaheen by double digits and was even outraised by her last quarter. He still has a cash advantage, but she'll presumably receive a lot more help from national Democrats than he will from the NRSC. If Sununu wins, it'll be the biggest come-from-behind win by a Senate incumbent since Jesse Helms won re-election in 1984 (which is exactly what we were saying about Rick Santorum two years ago).


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Previous Election Results

2002 General Total Votes Percent Expenditures
John Sununu (R) 227,229 51% $3,545,925
Jeanne Shaheen (D) 207,478 47% $5,821,219

2002 Primary Total Votes Percent Expenditures
John Sununu (R) 81,920 53% n/a
Bob Smith (R) 68,608 45% n/a
Other 2,694 2% n/a

1996 General Total Votes Percent Expenditures
Bob Smith (R) 242,257 49% $1,929,468
Dick Swett (D) 227,355 46% $1,558,563
Ken Blevens (Lib) 22,261 5% n/a

Hotline Coverage

Check out the Hotline's coverage of the New Hampshire senate race.


Race Rankings

The Hotline

Based on likelihood of seat switching party control

  1. Virginia (Open-R)
  2. New Mexico (Open-R)
  3. N.H. (Sununu-R)
  4. Colorado (Open-R)
  5. Louisiana (Landrieu-D)
  6. Minnesota (Coleman-R)
  7. Maine (Collins-R)
  8. Oregon (Smith-R)
  9. Alaska (Stevens-R)
  10. Mississippi (Wicker-R)

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John McCain addresses the National Rifle Association annual meeting in Louisville, Ky.

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Hillary Clinton campaigns in Kentucky.

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