Hassan wins critical New Hampshire Senate race

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) is projected to win a second time period representing the Granite State, heading off Republican challenger Don Bolduc in a key victory for Democrats.

NBC Information and ABC Information each known as the race.

The victory permits Democrats, whose hopes of conserving the Senate would have been diminished with the lack of the seat, some respiration room as they await solutions in different key swing states.

Sen. Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) victory offers Democrats some respiration room of their purpose of retaining Senate management. (Related Press)

Republicans had lengthy seen New Hampshire as a chief pick-up alternative going into 2022, however Hassan maintained a strong polling lead by a lot of the marketing campaign after GOP voters nominated Bolduc, a retired Military normal aligned with former President Trump.

The state’s Republican governor and different GOP moderates in the course of the main had voiced opposition to Bolduc, who repeated Trump’s claims about his 2020 loss and questioned New Hampshire’s elections. 

At one level this fall nationwide Republicans withdrew funding from the marketing campaign, seemingly writing the seat off and focusing their energies on races in Pennsylvania and Georgia. 

Hassan’s Republican opponent Don Bolduc acquired criticism from GOP moderates throughout his main for supporting former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. (Related Press)

However Bolduc tacked nearer to the middle in the course of the normal election marketing campaign, the Republican institution got here to his aspect and polls within the state tightened significantly within the closing weeks of the marketing campaign. That, mixed with a positive political local weather for Republicans, fueled hope amongst some within the GOP that Bolduc may pull off an upset.

Senate Republicans’ marketing campaign arm late final month jumped again into the race with a brand new seven-figure funding.

However these efforts finally didn’t repay on Tuesday, with Republicans failing to take again the Senate seat they managed as not too long ago as 2017.