Despite losing 13 points in the Republican primary, Democrats poured $3.2 million on General Bolduc’s campaign for the Republican nomination.
However, the reality remains that this occurred. With the support of Democratic Party commercials that blamed his Republican opponent, General Bolduc won the primary election by fewer than 2,000 votes. On the eve of Tuesday’s general election, General Bolduc enjoyed a two-point lead, primarily due to the support of Hispanic voters.
Attempts by the Democratic Party to save General Bolduc from electoral obscurity were doomed to fail. General Bolduc’s friendly, cordial, and alluring demeanor has dramatically assisted his campaign. Numerous town halls with New Hampshire citizens attest to his immense notoriety. Hassan has been less accessible than usual, although he is always willing to converse with anyone interested.
In recent weeks, little attention has been paid to General Bolduc’s successful campaign, which may be owing to the Democrats’ choice to fund his primary campaign despite his being an extreme long shot in the general election. The mainstream media has largely overlooked General Bolduc’s rise to fame, maybe because they fell for the Democratic talking point that the Republican was “too extreme” and instead concentrated on Republicans in states such as Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
The media has given little attention to the New Hampshire Senate election since the general is considered an “extreme” Republican who has not collected enough money to compete with a seasoned politician like Hassan.
RealClearPolitics’ prediction that General Bolduc would win in an upset based on surveys that properly mirrored his recent popularity increase has brought this contest to the forefront of media attention.
The media presents as a great surprise the idea that General Bolduc has a fighting chance of deposing Hassan.
Friday, Huffington Post writer Igor Bobic recognized that Republican Don Bolduc posed a threat to Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan. New York Magazine’s Gabriel Debenedetti claims that General Bolduc is “within striking distance” of the Senate, requiring Democrats to redirect offensively-oriented resources to defense.
On Friday, Caroline McCaughey of the New York Sun said that “few outsides of New Hampshire were discussing the U.S. Senate campaign there until the previous week.”
She added that the “candidate whom Democrats backed in the Republican primary — to the tune of $3.2 million in ad advertising against his opponent because they feared he was ‘too extreme to win the general election” might be headed to Washington.
The mainstream media is striving to catch up, but Democrats contend that General Bolduc is an unsuitable candidate.
A Democratic strategist told New York Magazine, “Without a question, Republicans chose the worst crop of Senate candidates I’ve seen in my whole career.” “I am disappointed that Arizona and New Hampshire are again in the race,” he remarked.
New Hampshire is one of seven “swing states” in which every vote is significant. To recover a simple majority in the Senate, the Republicans must win control of Arizona, Nevada, Washington State, New Hampshire, or Georgia in addition to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.