New Hampshire Primary Election Results for U.S. Senate Seat
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What happened
New Hampshire held its primary election on September 8, 2026, to select candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Democratic Representative Chris Pappas and Republican former Senator John E. Sununu emerged as the nominees for the upcoming general election.
Why it matters
The primary results set the stage for a general election to fill the open Senate seat following the incumbent's decision not to seek reelection.
Context
Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced on March 12, 2025, that she would not seek reelection in 2026.
Senator Maggie Hassan endorsed former Portsmouth City Councilor Stefany Shaheen for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District.
Sources 7 sources
This briefing cites 2 publishers across 2 detected independent reporting streams. Some cited articles appear to be syndicated or near-duplicate coverage, so they are not counted as separate corroboration.
- Chrispappas chrispappas.org Official source
- Headtopics New Hampshire Primaries: Key Races for Senate and Congressional Seat
- Kvia Rep. Chris Pappas will face former Sen. John E. Sununu in New Hampshire Senate race, CNN projects Detected as syndicated or near-duplicate coverage.
- Rollcall At the Races : No breaks for Dems
- Wikipedia Chris Pappas (American politician) Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wikipedia John E. Sununu Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wikipedia Jeanne Shaheen Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.