{"id":2462582,"date":"2025-07-16T16:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-senate-race-gains-a-new-republican-contender\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:21:55","slug":"new-hampshire-senate-race-gains-a-new-republican-contender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-senate-race-gains-a-new-republican-contender\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Senate race gains a new Republican contender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-hampshire-senate-race-gains-a-new-republican-contender%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>GOP state Senator dan Innis has officially entered teh 2026 New Hampshire U.S. Senate race,aiming to succeed retiring Democratic Senator jeanne Shaheen. Innis, a three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pennsylvania-state-sen-doug-mastriano-wanted-government-to-publicly-report-identities-of-everyone-who-got-coronavirus\/\" title=\"Report: Pennsylvania ... .... Doug Mastriano Wanted Government to Publicly Report Identities of Everyone Who Got Coronavirus\">-term state senator<\/a> and former business dean, announced his campaign thru a video were he criticized Democratic immigration policies and positioned himself as a defender of conservative values such as low taxes, secure borders, and economic growth. He pledges to support former President Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda, describing himself as Trump&#8217;s &#8220;backup&#8221; in the Senate. Innis faces a competitive Republican primary, including former Senator Scott Brown. Democrats have expressed concern about the GOP primary, suggesting it reflects recruitment challenges and warning that candidates will have to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >address controversial policy proposals<\/a>. The race is considered one of the key opportunities for Republicans to increase their Senate majority.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dan Innis enters New Hampshire Senate race, vowing to serve as Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;back up&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2175444\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>GOP state Sen. Dan Innis launched his campaign Wednesday for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Hampshire\">New Hampshire<\/a>&rsquo;s open U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> seat, setting up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Hampshire\">primary<\/a> showdown with former Sen. Scott Brown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The three-term GOP state senator announced his run in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/daninnis\/status\/1945475804462526582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> video online<\/a>, joining the 2026 race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3473451\/epstein-files-release-democrats-republicans-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene and Eric Burlison join Thomas Massie discharge petition to force release of Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3472799\/trump-disowns-past-supporters-focused-on-jeffrey-epstein\/\">Trump disowns &#8216;PAST supporters&#8217; focused on Epstein &#8216;bulls***&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3473203\/vance-pennsylvania-beautiful-bill-biden-jokes\/\">Vance touts &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; and tells Biden jokes in Pennsylvania speech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The contest is expected to be both costly and closely fought, as Republicans look to flip the seat in one of their top three pickup opportunities, alongside Georgia and Michigan, in a bid to grow their 53-47 Senate majority.<\/p>\n<p>In a campaign video filmed on his farm, Innis, dressed casually and surrounded by livestock, took aim at Democratic immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They think a wide open border is compassionate,&rdquo; Innis said. &ldquo;Tell that to the families losing loved ones to fentanyl, to the towns overwhelmed by crime and chaos, and to the taxpayers who are footing the bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the New Hampshire State Senate, I&#8217;ve:<\/p>\n<p>&#9989;Cut taxes<br \/>&#9989;Blocked sanctuary city policies<br \/>&#9989; Kept boys out of girls&#8217; sports<\/p>\n<p>My opponent, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisPappasNH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisPappasNH<\/a>, has:<\/p>\n<p>&#10060; Voted against deporting illegal immigrants arrested for drunk driving <\/p>\n<p>&#10060; Voted against keeping boys out of girls&rsquo;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JvQ7JD3TFJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/JvQ7JD3TFJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QeWV9S6jju\">pic.twitter.com\/QeWV9S6jju<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Innis (@daninnis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daninnis\/status\/1945475804462526582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Innis made two unsuccessful bids for the GOP nomination in New Hampshire&rsquo;s 1st Congressional District in 2014 and 2016. Since then, he&rsquo;s completed three terms in the state Senate and led the University of New Hampshire&rsquo;s Paul College of Business as dean. His career has also included owning and managing several hospitality businesses across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Although Republicans hold full control of New Hampshire&rsquo;s state government, the state has elected an all-Democratic congressional delegation for nearly a decade. Innis is attempting to make the case that he can help advance Trump&rsquo;s agenda in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump needs backup in the Senate,&rdquo; he said toward the end of the ad.<\/p>\n<p>Innis criticized the delegation, saying it &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t carrying the message that we&rsquo;re hearing on the ground in New Hampshire,&rdquo; a&nbsp;message he defined as &ldquo;keep government out of my life, keep taxes low, secure the border and help grow the economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized Rep. Chris Pappas, a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-house-republicans-begin-effort-to-remove-democrat-ilhan-omar-from-committees\/\" title=\"BREAKING: House ... Begin Effort To Remove Democrat Ilhan Omar From Committees\">-term lawmaker<\/a> who, so far, faces no challengers for the Democratic nomination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Rep. Pappas has represented us well at all,&rdquo; Innis said. &ldquo;We need someone new down there who&rsquo;s going to take New Hampshire to Washington and show them how to get things done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now in his fourth term representing New Hampshire in Congress, Pappas previously held a range of elected roles across the state. He was endorsed by Shaheen, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3344894\/jeanne-shaheen-no-reelection-2026-senate-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> her plans to retire from the Senate earlier this year when her term ends in 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE -In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Republican 1st District congressional candidate Dan Innis poses for a photo in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo\/Jim Cole, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Innis joins a field that includes former Sen. Scott Brown, who held a diplomatic post in New Zealand during Trump&rsquo;s first administration and declared his candidacy in June. For months leading up to his official entry, Brown had been actively touring the state, engaging with GOP activists and right-leaning organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, former Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) decided against running for the Senate next year despite winning an endorsement from Trump. Sununu was viewed as the front-runner in New Hampshire&rsquo;s Senate race before he decided against a bid.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3453378\/massachusetts-scott-brown-senate-bid-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FORMER MASSACHUSETTS SEN. SCOTT BROWN LAUNCHES SENATE BID IN NEW \">FORMER MASSACHUSETTS SEN. SCOTT BROWN LAUNCHES SENATE BID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats wasted no time drawing attention to the intensifying Republican primary following Innis&rsquo; entry into the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After their embarrassing recruitment failure in New Hampshire, Republicans are now facing a messy primary with Dan Innis&rsquo; entrance into the race,&rdquo; said Maeve Coyle, a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dan Innis and Scott Brown will both have to answer for the toxic GOP plan to spike costs and cut Medicaid as they compete for Trump&rsquo;s endorsement,&rdquo; Coyle added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2175444\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2175444\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Innis joins NH Senate race, pledging to back Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2462583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/reconciliaiton.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,33594,5894,59250,34723],"class_list":["post-2462582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-new-hampshire","tag-politics","tag-republican-contender","tag-senate-race"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/reconciliaiton.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462586,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462582\/revisions\/2462586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}