Riding profile

New Hampshire

US Senate seat — NH · us sen nh

The question

New Hampshire: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
87%
Mean margin (pts)
6.8
P(close race)
40%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 52.5%
  • Republican 46.5%
  • Other 1.0%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. AlaskaRepublican71 %2.3 pt margin
  2. IowaRepublican53 %2.7 pt margin
  3. TexasDemocrat66 %3.2 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNew Hampshire 52.5%46.5%1.0%
National averageUnited States 46.7% +5.8 48.9% −2.5 4.4% −3.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 100 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

22 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Co/Efficient 9–Sep 11 958 LV
Democrat 46 Republican 46
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Fabrizio, Lee & Associates National Republican Senatorial Committee 27–Aug 30 600 LV
Republican 37 Democrat 36
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University Of New Hampshire 7News 20–Aug 24 1,846 LV
Republican 45 Democrat 43
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St Anselm 17–Aug 18 1,411 LV
Democrat 48 Republican 41
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Peak Insights NRSC 24–Jun 27 500 LV
Democrat 43 Republican 42
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St Anselm 24–Jun 25 1,614 RV
Democrat 47 Republican 41
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University Of New Hampshire 18–Jun 23 2,157 LV
Democrat 47 Republican 44
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University Of New Hampshire 17–Apr 21 1,130 LV
Democrat 49 Republican 42
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Emerson College 21–Mar 23 1,100 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 44
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St Anselm 16–Mar 18 1,491 RV
Democrat 46 Republican 43
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Yes. Every Kid. Foundation. 28–Jan 29 563 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 41
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University Of New Hampshire 15–Jan 19 2,017 LV
Democrat 50 Republican 45
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Praecones Analytica New Hampshire Journal 26–Dec 28 603 RV
Democrat 42 Republican 36
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Guidant Polling And Strategy One Nation 9–Dec 11 600 LV
Democrat 47 Republican 44
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St Anselm 18–Nov 19 2,212 RV
Democrat 44 Republican 41
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Co/Efficient 9–Oct 13 1,034 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 42
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University Of New Hampshire 17–Sep 23 1,213 LV
Democrat 49 Republican 43
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Co/Efficient 10–Sep 12 904 LV
Democrat 46 Republican 43
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1892 Polling One Nation 2–Sep 4 500 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 43
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St Anselm 26–Aug 27 1,776 RV
Democrat 48 Republican 30
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Quantus Insights TrendingPolitics 17–Mar 19 650 RV
Republican 53 Democrat 44
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Praecones Analytica New Hampshire Journal Feb 26 – Mar 1 626 RV
Democrat 59 Republican 41
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

New Hampshire, a mixed riding in NH, has no direct baseline for the current cycle. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 53% vote share, against 46% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

SHAHEEN, JEANNE

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Shaheen, Jeanne

  • Democrat Challenger

    Sullivan, Jared

  • Democrat Open seat

    Manzur, Karishma

  • Democrat Open seat

    Pappas, Chris

  • Republican Open seat

    Brown, Scott P.

  • Republican Open seat

    Innis, Dan

  • Republican Open seat

    Sununu, John E

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