GOP Frontrunners in NH Senate Race Fight for Vulnerable Hassan Seat

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) speaks at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs/Rules and Administration Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 3, 2021. Shawn Thew/Pool via Getty Images

As the midterm season begins to get underway, top GOP prospects in the swing state of New Hampshire are fighting to win the party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), whose seat is generally considered one of the most vulnerable to GOP incursion.

In 2016, Hassan took her seat by the narrowest of margins in the tightest Senate race of the year.