Elections · U.S. Senate · New Hampshire
2026 New Hampshire Senate race
Chris Pappas (Democrat), John E. Sununu (Republican) and Edmond Laplante (Constitution) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Edmond Laplante (Constitution).
Official candidate list: New Hampshire Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 79
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in New Hampshire
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register in advance (deadline varies by town, roughly 6 to 13 days before), or same-day at the polls on Election Day.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 153,864 votes
- Chris Pappas Won: 65.0% 100,088
- Karishma Manzur: 32.7% 50,321
- David Jarvis: 0.8% 1,212
- John Vail: 0.6% 956
- Maxwell L. Saal: 0.6% 932
The total includes 355 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary source: New Hampshire Secretary of State official state primary results.
The primary · 110,922 votes
- John E. Sununu Won: 68.4% 75,839
- Scott Brown: 26.6% 29,517
- Sky Danley: 1.1% 1,187
- Sabrina Ann Smith: 0.9% 955
- Andy Martin: 0.7% 789
3 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The total includes 856 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary source: New Hampshire Secretary of State official state primary results.
Primary results as recorded September 26, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $22M
- Outside money
- $44M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $159K of the race's $44M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: John E. Sununu $1.3M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
12 filed- Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat$2.7M
- Scott BrownRepublican$2.2M
- Dan InnisRepublican$49K
- Karishma ManzurDemocrat$415K
- Jared SullivanDemocrat$100K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+16 in 2020
- Jeanne Shaheen Won: 56.6%
- Corky Messner: 41.0%
795,914 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.4%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through August 19, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.