WASHINGTON — In the last primary of the season, Republicans in New Hampshire chose Don Bolduc, a firebrand who echoes former president Donald Trump’s false claims of having won the 2020 election, for Senate, giving Democrats the matchup against incumbent Maggie Hassan that they wanted.
But Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general, may still pose a tough challenge in November for Hassan, who is viewed as one of the more vulnerable Democratic senators up for reelection this cycle. The race is expected to draw massive spending from both parties as one of the more competitive seats crucial to either’s path to control the Senate in 2023.
The Associated Press on Wednesday projected Bolduc would win the primary with around 37 percent of the vote. That would give the more Trump-aligned and anti-establishment candidates, who also won nominations in two House seats, a sweep in New Hampshire.
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The race was closer than polls had predicted: With nearly 95 percent of the vote in, Bolduc was leading state Senate President Chuck Morse by fewer than 1,800 votes, or 1.3 percentage points.
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