Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, seen speaking at a policy event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Oct. 22, 2024, announced earlier this year that she would not seek re-election in 2026. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
The 78-year-old senator announced in March that she would not seek re-election to the Senate in 2026.
The move by the younger Shaheen, who previously served on the Portsmouth City Council and the Portsmouth Police Commission, sets up a likely blockbuster primary with Maura Sullivan, a New Hampshire Democratic Party vice chair. Sullivan is also a Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War and was the 2018 Democratic primary runner-up to Pappas in the 1st District.
Sullivan launched a congressional campaign last month.
Democrat Maura Sullivan announces her candidacy for the U.S. House in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in a campaign launch video on April 10, 2025. (Maura Sullivan campaign)
New Hampshire's 1st District, which covers the eastern half of New England's only battleground state and includes the cities of Manchester and Portsmouth, was once one of the nation's premiere swing congressional districts.
Republicans are aiming to flip the seat in next year's midterm election, and the race is likely to be competitive and expensive. However, no Republican has won the district since 2014.
In the race for the GOP congressional nomination, facilities management executive Chris Bright, who ran unsuccessfully in 2024 for the seat, has declared his candidacy.
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Former state Sen. Russell Prescott, the 2024 nominee who lost to Pappas, is mulling another run for Congress.
So are New Hampshire GOP Vice Chair Hollie Noveletsky and Joe Kelly Levasseur, who, along with Bright, came in behind Prescott in the 2024 GOP primary. State Attorney General John Formella is also thought to be a possible contender for the GOP nomination.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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