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Races · Senate · 2020 · New Hampshire
PrimariesThis seat also has primary-season views:Republican primary
Senate · class II · open seat

Jeanne Shaheen vs Corky Messner

Safe DD +17.1 forecast· 23 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Shaheen (D)
1% Messner (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +17.1 · 80% CI D+5.2 → D+29.1
Actual result D+15.6 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Tossup · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+1) suggests Tossup.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+17.1 with an 80% CI ranging from D+5.2 (10th pctile) to D+29.1 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · tossup
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +17.1
80% CI: D +5.2D +29.1 · win prob 99%
R+30R+15TIEDD+15D+30
Quality · inputs
Data quality · high
Polls used23
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+15.6
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Polling average

2530354045505560SHAHEEN 54.9MESSNER 39.7BOLDUC 36.5FEB '20JUN '20OCT '20
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.

All polls · 23 results

strongpositiveinfocautionflag
DatePollster · trust signalsn · popLeanBias · trackvs ratersD · R
Oct 27, 20American Research Group600 · LVNEUTRALD +0.77 tracked+0.2noisy57 · 40
Oct 27, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire864 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 43
Oct 25, 20Saint Anselm College+11,018 · LVNEUTRALR +1.74 tracked+1.0aligned54 · 39
Oct 25, 20YouGov/UMass Lowell757 · LVNEUTRALD +4.63 tracked57 · 38
Oct 11, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire899 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned55 · 40
Oct 11, 20Suffolk University+2For · The Boston Globe500 · LVNEUTRALD +1.221 tracked+0.8aligned51 · 36
Oct 3, 20Saint Anselm College+1For · Saint Anselm College1,147 · LVNEUTRALR +1.74 tracked+1.0aligned53 · 38
Sep 30, 20Emerson College+1700 · LVNEUTRALD +0.7118 tracked+0.8aligned55 · 40
Sep 27, 20American Research Group600 · LVNEUTRALD +0.77 tracked+0.2noisy56 · 40
Sep 27, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire972 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 41
Sep 24, 20YouGov/UMass Lowell657 · LVNEUTRALD +4.63 tracked56 · 37
Aug 31, 20University of New Hampshire+2For · University of New Hampshire1,889 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 36
Aug 31, 20University of New Hampshire+2For · University of New Hampshire1,889 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned53 · 37
Jul 27, 20University of New Hampshire+2For · University of New Hampshire1,893 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 35
Jul 27, 20University of New Hampshire+2For · University of New Hampshire1,893 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 35
Jun 21, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire932 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned50 · 37
Jun 21, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire932 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned51 · 39
May 17, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire788 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned52 · 34
May 17, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire788 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned50 · 39
Feb 24, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire576 · RVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned52 · 28
Feb 24, 20University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire576 · RVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned49 · 30
Aug 13, 19Remington ResearchFor · WMUR427 · RVNEUTRAL47 · 42
Aug 5, 19Gravis Marketing+1505 · RVD-LEAND +2.933 tracked+0.1aligned51 · 38
· 23 polls · 10 per page

Endorsements · 18 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
18Shaheen · 100%
DJeanne Shaheen18 endorsers
Most notable · Amy Klobuchar · U.S. senator (MN); former 2020 presidential candidate
Organizations9
Other6
Elected officials3
Federal 3State 0Local 0
RCorky Messner0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
RDon Bolduc0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-11-20
Jeanne ShaheenS0NH00219 ↗
Receipts
$18.2M
Disburse
$17.5M
Cash on hand
$1.1M
Debts
$0
Education$55.8K
Securities & investment$26.8K
Lawyers / law firms$26.7K
Air transport$25.8K
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$39.6K
CAPITAL GROUP$37.1K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS$26.8K
ROPES & GRAY LLP$26.7K
RAYTHEON$25.8K
Don BolducS0NH00326 ↗
Receipts
$1.1M
Disburse
$1.0M
Cash on hand
$32.2K
Debts
$0
Casinos / gambling$5.6K
WORLDWIDE LANGUAGE RESOURCES LLC$19.3K
IMPERATIVE ENTEPRRISES LLC$11.2K
PRIMARY BANK$9.4K
COWLES PARKWAY FORD, INC$8.4K
RESEACH AFFILIATES LLC$5.6K
Corky MessnerS0NH00334 ↗
Receipts
$7.2M
Disburse
$7.1M
Cash on hand
$58.3K
Debts
$793.4K
Lawyers / law firms$33.0K
Restaurants & drinking$16.0K
Govt employees$7.9K
Education$5.6K
Crop production$5.6K
MESSNER REEVES, LLP$27.4K
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL$16.0K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING$11.2K
US ARMY$7.9K
SOFI$7.5K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$3.2M
D side
$1.1M · 36%
R side
$2.1M · 64%
Top spender
SENATE CONSERVATIVE…
For / against split
For Shaheen $1.1M
Against Shaheen $535.1K
For Bolduc $1.5M
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDR$1.4M43%for Don Bolduc
SMPD$796.4K25%for Jeanne Shaheen
NEW HAMPSHIRE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY PAC, INC.R$335.9K10%against Jeanne Shaheen
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$290.2K9%for Jeanne Shaheen
AMERICAS PACR$283.2K9%against Jeanne Shaheen
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACR$150.0K5%for Don Bolduc
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTD$70.7K2%for Jeanne Shaheen
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.R$33.8K1%for Corky Messner
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PACR$1.6K0%for Corky Messner

Editorial ratings · 5 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D4
Likely D1
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Oct 28
DDHQ
Safe D
Nov 2
538
Safe D
Nov 1
Inside Elections
Safe D
Oct 27
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Likely D
Nov 1

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified23 / 23deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-11-20
Endorsements18 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks