Sen. Maggie Hassan’s seat was once considered an easy pickup opportunity for Republicans. But now the race is straight uphill for the GOP.
It wasn’t long ago that New Hampshire—the fiercely independent, perennial political battleground—was shaping up to be one of the brightest spots for the GOP on the 2022 midterm map.
Top Republicans fear a Bolduc win would all but eliminate their chances to win a state they once viewed as ripe for the flipping. Glaringly, his campaign has under $90,000 in the bank heading into the primary. Hassan, who has raised a staggering $26 million in the last two years, is sitting on a $7.3 million warchest.
Sen. Rick Scott , the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, argued New Hampshire remains very much within the GOP’s reach and insisted “we have great candidates.” In a statement to The Daily Beast, Hassan campaign spokesman Kevin Donohue indicated the Democratic senator would be more than comfortable taking on whoever emerges from the GOP primary.
Democratic campaign groups have drawn criticism—both internally and externally—for spending money to boost extreme candidates in GOP primaries elsewhere. While the timing of the Senate Majority PAC ads was no doubt deliberate, many Democrats were comfortable with the strategy because those attacks would be appropriate in a general election campaign against Morse.
After holding off for most of the campaign, Sununu endorsed Morse on Thursday, while Trump has yet to make a pick. Rumors that Sununu—whose decision not to enter the race himself still raises the blood pressure of national Republicans—has been pushing Trump to back Morse also fueled the fire. Despite Sununu’s status as one of the most popular governors in the country, the Trump takeover has steered the state party’s focus away from his pro-business agenda to the same culture wars fueling the MAGA base nationwide.
“He’s not a serious candidate, he’s really not, and if he were the GOP nominee I have no doubt we would have a much harder time,” Sununu saidDespite Bolduc talking a tough game, Sununu’s brand is the strongest the Republicans have by a long stretch in the Granite State, Andrew Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center explained.
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