Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Democrat, not running for Senate reelection in 2026
senator Thank you New Hampshire announced Wednesday that she will not be re-elected in the U.S. Senate in 2026.
Shahin is Social Media Videos. “It’s just time.”
Shaheen, a 78-year-old Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 2006. She had previously served as the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire. In the Senate, Shahing serves as the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee.
In an interview The New York TimesShaheen said her decision “has become more difficult by the current President Trump and what he is doing now.”
Third Senate Democrats Not Running in 2026
Shaheen is the third Senate Democrat to opt out of the campaign in 2026.
senator Gary PetersMichigan and Senators. Tina SmithMinnesota, they also said they would not run for re-election.
New Hampshire Senate Election 2026
Who can replace Shaheen in the Senate? Chris Sununu, a former Republican governor of New Hampshire, told the Washington Times Tuesday that Republicans asked him to run and that he “had not completely ruled out the action.” It was Sunoni transfer Challenge Senator Maggie Hassan in 2022 to serve as the fourth term governor.
Former Republican Senator Scott Brown, a former Republican in Massachusetts, failed to succeed in the 2014 New Hampshire Senate race, reacted to Wednesday’s news, saying he thanked her for her service to the state.
“It’s time to have a delegation in New Hampshire on our priorities, not against Trump’s agenda,” Brown Posted to X.
On the Democratic side, Congressman Chris Pappas commend Shaheen is “a trailblazer who works every day to put New Hampshire first,” but in his statement does not state whether he intends to run for the Senate.
