2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire explained

See also: 2016 United States Senate elections.

Election Name:2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
Country:New Hampshire
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2010 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
Previous Year:2010
Next Election:2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
Next Year:2022
Election Date:November 8, 2016
Image1:File:Maggie Hassan, official portrait, 115th Congress.jpg
Nominee1:Maggie Hassan
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:354,649
Percentage1:
Nominee2:Kelly Ayotte
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:353,632
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Kelly Ayotte
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Maggie Hassan
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 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. The primary election to select the candidates who appeared on the general election ballot took place on September 13, 2016.[1]

Incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte ran for re-election to a second term in office and won the primary by a wide margin.[2] Governor Maggie Hassan chose not to seek reelection to a third term as governor and instead sought the nomination of the Democratic Party for the Senate. Hassan was unopposed in the Democratic primary and won the general election by 1,017 votes, representing a winning margin of approximately 0.14%. This made the election the closest race of the 2016 Senate election cycle, and also the closest race in a New Hampshire Senate election since the disputed 1974–75 election. Hassan became the first Democratic senator elected in this seat since the latter election and only the second since 1932.

The Democratic Party also flipped New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the concurrent House election, thus marking the first time since 1854 that New Hampshire had an entirely Democratic congressional delegation. As of 2023, this remains the last time that a Democratic candidate for Senate in New Hampshire has failed to win a majority of the vote or lost any county other than Belknap and Coös. This was the first time since 1932 that a Democrat won a full term to this Senate seat.

Republican primary

Ayotte was predicted to face opposition in the primary from a Tea Party candidate. In October 2013, former New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jack Kimball said: "There is no question in my mind that she will garner a primary challenger".[3] Ultimately, she faced only token opposition.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Results

Libertarian convention

On Saturday, January 16, 2016, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire selected Brian Chabot to be their nominee for the U.S. Senate.[21] [22]

General election

Candidates

Debates

DatesLocationAyotteHassanLink
September 30, 2016North Conway, New HampshireParticipantParticipantalign=left [24]
October 14, 2016Manchester, New HampshireParticipantParticipantalign=left [25]
October 27, 2016Concord, New HampshireParticipantParticipantalign=left [26]
November 2, 2016Manchester, New HampshireParticipantParticipantalign=left [27]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
align=left The Cook Political Report[28] November 2, 2016
align=left Inside Elections[29] November 3, 2016
align=left Sabato's Crystal Ball[30] November 7, 2016
align=left Daily Kos[31] November 8, 2016
align=left Real Clear Politics[32] November 7, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kelly
Ayotte (R)
Maggie
Hassan (D)
OtherUndecided
SurveyMonkey[33] November 1–7, 2016696± 4.6%42% align=center51%6%1%
WMUR/UNH[34] November 3–6, 2016707± 3.7%45% align=center49%1%4%
SurveyMonkey[35] October 31 – November 6, 2016672± 4.6%41% align=center50%7%2%
Emerson College[36] November 4–5, 20161,000± 3.0% align=center49%46%5%1%
WMUR/UNH[37] November 2–5, 2016645± 3.7%45% align=center47%2%6%
WMUR/UNHNovember 1–4, 2016588± 3.7%44% align=center48%2%6%
WMUR/UNHOctober 31 – November 3, 2016515± 3.7%42% align=center48%3%7%
SurveyMonkey[38] October 28 – November 3, 2016672± 4.6%38% align=center50%9%3%
Breitbart/Gravis Marketing[39] November 1–2, 20161,001± 2.0% align=center46%44%10%
Suffolk University[40] October 31 – November 2, 2016500± 4.4% align=center44%42%5%8%
American Research Group[41] October 31 – November 2, 2016600± 4.0% align=center49%46%2%3%
WMUR/UNHOctober 30 – November 2, 2016466± 3.7%41% align=center48%3%8%
UMass Lowell/7News[42] align=center rowspan=2October 28 – November 2, 2016695 LV± 4.3%46% align=center47%5%3%
901 RV± 3.8%43% align=center46%5%6%
SurveyMonkey[43] October 27 – November 2, 2016658± 4.6%37% align=center50%10%3%
Public Policy Polling[44] October 31 – November 1, 2016781± 3.5%45% align=center48%7%
WMUR/UNHOctober 29 – November 1, 2016468± 3.7%43% align=center47%2%8%
WBUR/MassINC[45] October 29 – November 1, 2016500± 4.4% align=center51%45%1%3%
align=center48%43%6%
SurveyMonkey[46] October 26 – November 1, 2016635± 4.6%38% align=center50%9%3%
WMUR/UNHOctober 28–31, 2016513± 3.7%44% align=center46%2%8%
SurveyMonkey[47] October 25–31, 2016659± 4.6%38% align=center50%8%4%
WMUR/UNHOctober 27–30, 2016463± 3.7%45%45%2%8%
WMUR/UNH[48] October 26–30, 2016641± 3.9%44% align=center46%3%8%
WMUR/UNHOctober 26–29, 2016516± 3.7%44% align=center45%3%8%
InsideSources/NH Journal[49] October 26–28, 2016408± 4.2% align=center49%47%4%
Emerson College[50] October 23–25, 2016600± 3.9% align=center50%44%6%1%
Monmouth University[51] October 22–25, 2016401± 4.9%46%46%6%2%
NBC/WSJ/Marist[52] align=center rowspan=2October 20–24, 2016768 LV± 3.5% align=center48%47%2%2%
1,020 RV± 3.1% align=center48%47%2%3%
UMass Amherst/WBZ[53] October 17–21, 2016772± 4.5% align=center48%44%4%4%
align=center46%43%4%8%
Emerson College[54] October 17–19, 2016900± 3.2%45%45%10%1%
WMUR/UNH[55] October 11–17, 2016770± 3.5%39% align=center48%4%9%
Washington Post/SurveyMonkey[56] October 8–16, 2016569± 0.5%42% align=center47%10%1%
WBUR/MassINC[57] October 10–12, 2016501± 4.4%47%47%2%5%
align=center46%45%2%6%
7News/UMass Lowell[58] October 7–11, 2016517± 4.9% align=center45%44%4%5%
Public Policy Polling[59] October 7–9, 2016600± 4.0%43% align=center44%13%
Suffolk University[60] October 3–5, 2016500± 4.4% align=center47%41%4%6%
WBUR/MassINC[61] September 27–29, 2016502± 4.4%45% align=center48%3%4%
46% align=center48%3%3%
GBA Strategies[62] September 25–27, 2016600± 4.0%44% align=center47%7%2%
47% align=center49%4%
American Research Group[63] September 20–25, 2016522± 4.2%47%47%6%
Monmouth University[64] September 17–20, 2016400± 4.9% align=center47%45%2%5%
NBC/WSJ/Marist[65] September 6–8, 2016737± 3.6% align=center52%44%4%
Emerson College[66] September 3–5, 2016600± 3.9% align=center48%46%6%
Public Policy Polling[67] August 30–31, 2016585± 4.1%44% align=center47%9%
Public Policy Polling[68] August 26–28, 2016977± 3.0%45% align=center47%8%
WMUR/UNH[69] August 20–28, 2016433± 4.7%42% align=center44%3%12%
CBS News/YouGov[70] August 10–12, 2016990± 4.3%41% align=center42%17%
Vox Populi Polling (R)[71] August 7–8, 2016820± 3.4%43% align=center46%11%
Public Policy Polling[72] August 5–7, 2016802± 3.5%42% align=center47%11%
WBUR/MassINC[73] July 29 – August 1, 2016609± 4.0%40% align=center50%2%7%
37% align=center48%2%11%
GBA StrategiesJuly 25–27, 2016600± 4.0%47%47%2%4%
InsideSources/NH Journal[74] July 19–21, 20161,166± 5.1% align=center49%41%10%
WMUR/UNH[75] July 9–18, 2016469± 4.5%42% align=center45%3%11%
American Research Group[76] June 24–28, 2016533± 4.2% align=center51%42%7%
Public Policy Polling[77] June 22–23, 2016578± 4.1%42% align=center44%15%
Global Strategy Group[78] June 15–16, 2016400± 4.9%45% align=center49%6%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - Democracy Corps[79] June 11–20, 2016300± 5.7%46% align=center47%7%
Public Policy Polling[80] June 8–9, 2016649± 3.9%44% align=center47%8%
Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University[81] May 25–28, 2016405± 4.9% align=center48%47%5%
Global Strategy Group[82] May 25–26, 2016400± 4.9%43% align=center45%12%
WBUR/MassINC[83] May 12–15, 2016501± 4.4%46% align=center48%2%4%
Dartmouth College[84] April 11–16, 2016362± 5.2% align=center37%35%28%
WMUR/UNH[85] April 7–17, 2016553± 4.2% align=center43%42%15%
WMUR/UNH[86] February 20–28, 2016628± 3.7% align=center45%41%4%10%
Marist Poll[87] January 28, 20162,258± 2.1% align=center45%40%15%
Public Policy Polling[88] January 4–6, 20161,036± 3.0% align=center44%42%14%
Public Policy Polling[89] November 30 – December 2, 2015990± 3.1%42%42%16%
Public Policy Polling[90] October 16–18, 2015880± 3.3%43% align=center44%13%
Gravis Marketing[91] October 5–6, 20151,035± 3.1% align=center52%42%6%
WMUR/UNH[92] September 21 – October 2, 2015519± 4.3% align=center45%43%1%11%
Public Policy Polling[93] August 21–24, 2015841± 3.4% align=center44%43%13%
NBC News/Marist Poll[94] July, 2015910± 3.2% align=center50%42%8%
WMUR/UNH[95] July 7–20, 2015472± 4.5% align=center47%41%1%12%
The Tarrance Group[96] July 5–6, 2015600± 4.0% align=center51%44%5%
Fabrizio, Lee and Associates[97] June 25–28, 2015500± 3.0% align=center52%41%7%
WMUR/UNH[98] May 6–22, 2015524± 4.3% align=center45%43%2%9%
Gravis Marketing[99] April 21–22, 20151,117± 3.0% align=center51%43%6%
Public Policy PollingApril 9–13, 2015747± 3.6%45% align=center46%9%
Gravis Marketing[100] March 18–19, 20151,110± 5.0% align=center47%45%8%
Public Opinion Strategies[101] February 17–18, 2015424± 4.7% align=center46%45%9%
NBC News/Marist[102] February 3–10, 2015887± 3.3%44% align=center48%7%
New England College[103] December 1, 2014541± 4.2% align=center48%43%4%5%
Public Policy Polling[104] January 9–12, 20141,354± 2.7% align=center46%40%14%
Public Policy Polling[105] September 13–16, 20131,038± 3.0% align=center45%44%11%
Public Policy Polling[106] April 19–21, 2013933± 3.2%44% align=center46%10%

with Kelly Ayotte

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kelly
Ayotte (R)
Ann McLane
Kuster (D)
Undecided
Public Policy PollingApril 9–13, 2015747± 3.6% align=center49%38%13%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kelly
Ayotte (R)
Chris
Pappas (D)
Undecided
Public Policy PollingAugust 21–24, 2015841± 3.4% align=center45%31%24%

with Jim Rubens

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jim
Rubens (R)
Maggie
Hassan (D)
OtherUndecided
WMUR/UNHAugust 20–28, 2016433± 4.7%27% align=center51%8%14%
WMUR/UNHJuly 9–18, 2016469± 4.2%30% align=center48%6%16%
WMUR/UNHApril 7–17, 2016553± 4.2%30% align=center46%24%

with Ovide Lamontagne

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ovide
Lamontagne (R)
Maggie
Hassan (D)
Undecided
Public Policy PollingApril 9–13, 2015747± 3.6%35% align=center54%11%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ovide
Lamontagne (R)
Ann McLane
Kuster (D)
Undecided
Public Policy PollingApril 9–13, 2015747± 3.6%39% align=center43%18%

Fundraising

Candidate (party)ReceiptsDisbursementsCash on handDebt
Maggie Hassan (D)$18,698,223.00$18,564,772.00$133,450.00$0
Kelly Ayotte (R)$16,409,753.89$16,197,583.64$134,182.99$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[107]

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Hassan won 1 of the 2 congressional districts, and Ayotte won the other that also elected a Democrat.

DistrictAyotteHassanRepresentative
49%47%Carol Shea-Porter
47%49%Annie Kuster

Allegations of voting irregularities

In February 2017, President Donald Trump (who had endorsed Ayotte) told a gathering of senators at the White House that fraudulent out-of-state voting had cost him and Ayotte the election in New Hampshire.[108] On September 7, state House speaker Shawn Jasper (who also had endorsed Ayotte) alleged that voter fraud swung the election. He made the allegations based on a report by the New Hampshire House of Representatives saying that of the 6,540 voters who had registered to vote on election day, only 1,014 of those voters had obtained a New Hampshire driver's license by August 30 of the following year. The Washington Post was able to quickly contact three such voters who said that they were college students and kept the driver's license from their home state.[109]

Several investigations by New Hampshire's Ballot Law Commission found no evidence of widespread fraud, and only four instances of fraud total in the state for the 2016 elections.[110] Specifically addressing the claim of people being bussed in from out of state to vote, Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards noted that they found no evidence for such claims. When they investigated these claims, they found that the buses were chartered out of state, but the voters on the buses lived in New Hampshire and could legally vote there.[110]

See also

External links

Official campaign websites

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Election Information . New Hampshire Secretary of State . April 6, 2016.
  2. News: Ayotte, hoping Senate finally 'gets things done,' says she'll seek reelection . NH Journal . November 7, 2014 . December 4, 2014 . John DiStaso.
  3. News: For N.H. Republicans, Pain Is Probably Temporary . Roll Call . October 30, 2013 . October 30, 2013 . Abby Livingston.
  4. Web site: Jim Rubens to challenge incumbent Sen. Ayotte in GOP primary . . March 5, 2016 . March 7, 2016 . March 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110813/http://www.unionleader.com/Jim-Rubens-to-challenge-incumbent-Sen.-Ayotte-in-GOP-primary . dead .
  5. Web site: In N.H., a critical US Senate race is already taking shape . . Pindell . James . March 13, 2015 . April 9, 2015.
  6. Web site: Lamontagne: Ayotte 'most conservative US Senate candidate who can win' . . DiStaso . John . November 2, 2015 . November 2, 2015.
  7. Web site: Updated: O'Brien calls secret meeting to discuss primary challenge to Ayotte . . DiStaso . John . November 2, 2015 . November 2, 2015.
  8. Web site: Will O'Brien Primary Ayotte in 2016? . Concord Patch . Schinella . Tony . April 26, 2015 . May 29, 2015.
  9. Web site: Former Speaker Bill O'Brien says a decade in the NH House is enough . . Cline . Drew . July 22, 2015 . July 23, 2015.
  10. http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_NH_41615.pdf Public Policy Polling
  11. News: Maggie Hassan Will Run for Senate in New Hampshire (Video) . . Cahn . Emily . October 5, 2015 . October 5, 2015 . October 6, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151006115023/http://atr.rollcall.com/maggie-hassan-will-run-senate-new-hampshire-video/ . dead .
  12. Web site: Mark Connolly, New Castle resident, announces intent to run for governor . . Morris . Allie . October 31, 2015 . November 2, 2015.
  13. Web site: N.H. Democrats Prep Kelly Ayotte Challenge . December 17, 2014 . December 18, 2014 . Roll Call . Kyle Trygstad . December 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217192609/http://atr.rollcall.com/2016-new-hampshire-democrats-kelly-ayotte/ . dead .
  14. Web site: Kuster going for third term in US House, not a US Senate bid . . Landrigan . Kevin . Steinhauser . Paul . July 15, 2015 . November 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150717013809/http://www.nh1.com/news/landrigan-steinhauser-kuster-going-for-third-term-in-us-house-not-a-us-senate-bid/ . July 17, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  15. Web site: Ayotte-Lynch race? No dice . The Telegraph . December 20, 2012 . December 4, 2014.
  16. Web site: Bedford Democrat quietly preparing to run for U.S. Senate against Ayotte . November 25, 2014 . December 1, 2014 . WMUR . James Pindell.
  17. Web site: Democratic political newcomer O'Connor files candidacy for 1st District U.S. House seat . NH Journal . DiStaso . John . February 10, 2015 . April 9, 2015.
  18. Web site: Paul Steinhauser: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter talks 2016, achievements in Congress . December 11, 2014 . December 12, 2014 . NH1 . Paul Steinhauser . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215140454/http://www.nh1.com/news/paul-steinhauser-rep-carol-shea-porter-talks-2016-achievements-in-congress/ . December 15, 2014 . dead .
  19. Web site: DiStaso . John . Shea-Porter announces she's running for US House again in 2016 . WMUR.com . September 20, 2015 . Manchester Hearst Properties Inc. . September 20, 2015.
  20. Web site: Democrat Colin Van Ostern running for governor . . McElveen . Josh . October 8, 2015 . October 8, 2015.
  21. Web site: LPNH 2016 State Convention recap . Libertarian Party of New Hampshire . September 21, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923025834/http://lpnh.org/blog/dwperry/2016/lpnh_2016_state_convention_recap . September 23, 2016 . dead .
  22. Web site: LP on the ballot in New Hampshire . Libertarian Party . September 2016 . September 21, 2016.
  23. Web site: Terkel . Amanda . Conservative Activist Holds Off Running As A Third-Party Candidate Against Kelly Ayotte . . April 5, 2016.
  24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0NUjCgzX4 Full debate
  25. https://www.c-span.org/video/?417199-1/hampshire-senate-debate Full debate
  26. https://www.c-span.org/video/?417411-1/hampshire-senate-debate Full debate
  27. https://www.c-span.org/video/?417832-1/hampshire-senate-debate Full debate
  28. Web site: 2016 Senate Race Ratings for November 2, 2016 . The Cook Political Report . March 26, 2021.
  29. Web site: 2016 Senate Ratings . November 3, 2016 . Senate Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report.
  30. Web site: 2016 Senate . September 19, 2016 . Sabato's Crystal Ball.
  31. Web site: Daily Kos Election 2016 forecast: The final version . Daily Kos . March 27, 2021.
  32. Web site: Battle for the Senate 2016 . Real Clear Politics . October 28, 2016.
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