United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2016

The 2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on 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.

Contents

• Republican primary
• Declared
• Declined
• Libertarian convention
• Candidates
• References

Incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte ran for reelection to a second term in office and won the primary by a wide margin. The Governor of New Hampshire 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 is the closest race in a New Hampshire Senate election since the disputed 1974-75 election and the first time since that election that the seat has been won by a Democrat. Upon being sworn in as a Senator in 2017, Hassan joined fellow Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in representing New Hampshire in the Senate. Both politicians have served as New Hampshire Governor.