2026 race

NH — U.S. Senate

7 active candidates on file with the FEC. Incumbent: Jeanne Shaheen.

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Currently held by

Jeanne Shaheen (D) — not seeking re-election in 2026. They've publicly announced their retirement; their committee is still on the FEC's 2026 roster for routine compliance, but this is effectively an open seat.

Election day

135days

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Disclosed money in race

$15M

Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.

Incumbent

Currently in office

Jeanne Shaheen

IncumbentFEC S0NH00219

Raised this cycle$171K

Cash on hand: $920K

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Challengers

Sorted by fundraising

Chris Pappas

ChallengerFEC S6NH00141

Raised this cycle$9.9M

Cash on hand: $4.2M

Campaign site

John Sununu

ChallengerFEC S6NH00208

Raised this cycle$2.5M

Cash on hand: $1.9M

Campaign site

Scott Brown

ChallengerFEC S6NH00166

Raised this cycle$1.7M

Cash on hand: $783K

Campaign site

Karishma Manzur

ChallengerFEC S6NH00182

Raised this cycle$114K

Cash on hand: $15K

Campaign site

Jared Sullivan

ChallengerFEC S6NH00190

Raised this cycle$100K

Cash on hand: $40K

Campaign site

Dan Innis

ChallengerFEC S6NH00174

Raised this cycle$49K

Cash on hand: $0

Campaign site

Local signal

Early read on NH — U.S. Senate

A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.

Coverage tone · leans negative

Recent news coverage of Jeanne Shaheen over the last 90 days.

3 positive31 neutral4 negative

38 articles · AI-assessed sentiment toward the rep. A media signal, not a poll of the district.

Constituent stakes

No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.

Money in the race

Finance breakdown

Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.

Total disclosed

$15M

Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).

Candidate-direct (Schedule A)

$14M

Raised by candidate committees themselves.

Outside spending (Schedule E)

$648K

$517K for · $131K against

Candidate	Raised directly	Outside for	Outside against	Net in corner
Chris Pappas(D) + DMFI PAC $938 + GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION $251	$9.9M	$1K	—	$9.9M
John Sununu(R) + AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $516K − STRONG AS GRANITE PAC $131K	$2.5M	$516K	$131K	$2.9M
Scott Brown(R)	$1.7M	—	—	$1.7M
Jeanne Shaheen(D)incumbent	$171K	—	—	$171K
Karishma Manzur(D)	$114K	—	—	$114K
Jared Sullivan(D)	$100K	—	—	$100K
Dan Innis(R)	$49K	—	—	$49K

Where the money comes from

In-state vs out-of-state

Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside NH versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.

Chris Pappas(D)23% in-state · $5.9M itemized

$1.3M in-state$4.5M out-of-state

John Sununu(R)19% in-state · $2.0M itemized

$388K in-state$1.6M out-of-state

Scott Brown(R)22% in-state · $1.3M itemized

$294K in-state$1.0M out-of-state

Jeanne Shaheen(D)30% in-state · $90K itemized

$27K in-state$64K out-of-state

Karishma Manzur(D)47% in-state · $61K itemized

$28K in-state$32K out-of-state

Jared Sullivan(D)54% in-state · $73K itemized

$40K in-state$34K out-of-state

Dan Innis(R)56% in-state · $46K itemized

$26K in-state$20K out-of-state

What's counted, what isn't

Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.

Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.

In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.

Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.

Recent coverage

In the news

John Sununu

Scott Brown

Karishma Manzur

State House Dome:Ayotte camp pounces on Buckley
New Hampshire Union LeaderJun 13

About this race page

Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.

Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.

News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.