2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
The 2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New Hampshire, concurrently with the election of the Governor of New Hampshire, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen ran for re-election to a second term in office. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. Shaheen was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and the Republicans nominated former U.S. Senator Scott Brown, who represented Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013.
Brown was seeking to become only the third person in history and the first in 135 years to represent more than one state in the United States Senate. Waitman T. Willey represented Virginia from 1861 to 1863 and West Virginia from 1863 to 1871 and James Shields represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859 and Missouri in 1879. Since the 17th Amendment, which provides for the popular election of Senators as opposed to state legislatures, was ratified in 1913, Brown would have been the first person popularly elected to two different states in the Senate.
Shaheen defeated Brown by 51.5% to 48.2%, making him the first man to lose two Senate races to women, as he had lost his 2012 reelection bid in Massachusetts to Elizabeth Warren.
Democratic primary
Shaheen was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.Candidates
Declared
- Jeanne Shaheen, incumbent U.S. Senator
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
The Republican primary for this election was much more highly contested than the respective Democratic one, with Scott Brown beating out Jim Rubens and Bob Smith for the Republican nomination.Candidates
Declared
- Gerard Beloin, candidate for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 2012 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
- Scott Brown, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- Robert D'Arcy
- Miroslaw "Miro" Dziedzic, candidate for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 2012
- Mark W. Farnham, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992
- Bob Heghmann
- Walter W. Kelly
- Andy Martin, perennial candidate
- Jim Rubens, Chairman of the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, former State Senator and candidate for Governor in 1998
- Bob Smith, former U.S. Senator, candidate for President in 2000 and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2004 and 2010
Withdrew
- Karen Testerman, conservative activist and candidate for Governor in 2010
Declined
- Richard Ashooh, candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 2010
- Al Baldasaro, state representative
- Charles Bass, former U.S. Representative
- Bill Binnie, industrialist, investment banker and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
- Jeb Bradley, Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate and former U.S. Representative
- David M. Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell
- Judd Gregg, former U.S. Senator and former governor of New Hampshire
- Frank Guinta, former U.S. Representative
- Daniel Innis, Dean of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire
- Ovide Lamontagne, businessman, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and nominee for Governor in 1996 and 2012
- Andy Sanborn, state senator
- Mark Steyn, conservative author and political commentator
- Chris Sununu, Executive Councillor, son of former Governor John H. Sununu and brother of former U.S. Senator John E. Sununu
- John E. Sununu, former U.S. Senator
- Fred Tausch, businessman
- Fran Wendelboe, former state representative and candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 2002
Endorsements
Polling
Results
General election
Debates
- , October 21, 2014
- , October 23, 2014
Fundraising
Independent expenditures
Predictions
Polling
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ResultsThe race was close throughout the night. However, with 57% of the vote in MSNBC was comfortable enough with Shaheen's lead to declare her the victor. Brown called Shaheen to concede at 11:32 P.M. EST. Shaheen won with over a three-point majority. |