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KEY RACE: NEW HAMPSHIRE
LIKELY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Jeanne Shaheen Former New Hampshire Governor				REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE John Sununu Incumbent

November 4, 2008

Democrat Shaheen Projected to Defeat Sununu in N.H. Senate Re-match

Jeanne Shaheen with Bill CLinton AP PHOTO

Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen is projected to win the New Hampshire Senate race over Republican incumbent Sen. John Sununu in a closely watched re-match closer to a 60-seat majority.

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November 3, 2008
Update

Clinton Stumps for Shaheen in New Hampshire Senate Race
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for Democratic Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire Sunday, his first time in the state since he campaigned for his wife in the January primaries. Clinton reflected Democrats' confidence about the outcome of the presidential election, urging Obama voters to also back Shaheen.

October 26, 2008
Conversation

N.H. Senate Candidates Offer Competing Views on Economy, Social Security
In New Hampshire's close Senate race, the rematch between Republican incumbent Sen. John Sununu and Democratic challenger Jeanne Shaheen has been an all-out battle between the two candidates, with negative ads and attacks from both sides. NH Outlook talks with both candidates about the economy, energy and national security.
-- New Hampshire Public TV

October 22, 2008
Update

Sen. Sununu Defends Seat in First N.H. Debate
New Hampshire's Republican Sen. John Sununu accused his Democratic challenger, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, of shifting with the "political winds" during their first televised debate Tuesday night, while Shaheen hammered Sununu for voting with President Bush 90 percent of the time.

October 6, 2008
Debate

N.H. Senate Candidates Debate Economy, Energy
Incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu and challenger former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen sparred over the federal bailout bill, health care and energy in a forum held in Manchester, N.H. and moderated by New Hampshire Public Radio's Laura Knoy.
--New Hampshire Public TV

September 10, 2008
Update

Sununu, Shaheen on Message as General Election Kicks off
When observers talk of the Sununu-Shaheen Senate rematch, they say it's hotly contested; they say it's one of the most-watched races in the country, and they may even say it's a bellwether of the national political mood. What they never say is that it lacks for message discipline.
-- New Hampshire Public Radio

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LIKELY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE

Jeanne Shaheen

Former New Hampshire Governor

Former three-term Democratic governor Jeanne Shaheen is again aiming for a Senate seat, after narrowly losing to incumbent Republican John Sununu in 2002. Shaheen, was governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003 -- the first woman to hold that office. Since then, she has run the Harvard's Institute of Politics and served as a national chairperson for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE

John Sununu

Incumbent

First-term GOP Sen. John Sununu is expected to face a tough race for re-election to his Senate seat from New Hampshire as voters in the state have started to increasingly lean Democratic. At 43, he is the youngest member of the U.S. Senate and is the son of John H. Sununu, a former governor of New Hampshire and President George H.W. Bush's chief of staff.

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