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There’s more bad news for Democrats hoping to retake the U.S. Senate in 2026. Another swing-state member of the party is planning to call it a career in the face of a bruising potential battle for re-election. This column has been urging Democrats not to despair and to remember that politics can change in an instant. But there’s no sugarcoating the latest dispatch. Felice Belman reports for the New York Times: Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not run for re-election in 2026, bringing an end to a long and singular political career and further complicating Democrats’ efforts to regain a majority in the Senate. Her decision not to seek a fourth term will immediately set off a high-stakes race in a state whose voters are famously fickle. Last fall, New Hampshire voters supported former Vice President Kamala Harris for president and elected Democrats to Congress, but they also voted for a
Republican governor and expanded Republican majorities in the state legislature. Ms. Belman added in an early version of the article: Among the Republicans already considering a run for Senate from New Hampshire next year is former Senator Scott Brown, who represented Massachusetts for one term and later relocated to New Hampshire. He came close to beating Ms. Shaheen in 2014 and went on to become ambassador to New Zealand in Mr. Trump’s first term.
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