{"id":2572334,"date":"2026-02-22T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-day-readies-third-party-spoiler-bid-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:27:46","slug":"aaron-day-readies-third-party-spoiler-bid-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-day-readies-third-party-spoiler-bid-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Day readies third-party spoiler bid for New Hampshire Senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Faaron-day-readies-third-party-spoiler-bid-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat%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=2572334&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>Aaron Day, an entrepreneur and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-pass-massive-voting-rights-bill-conservatives-claim-it-will-chill-speech-demolish-election-integrity\/\" title=\"House Dems Pass Massive\u00a0\u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill; Conservatives Claim It Will Chill Speech, Demolish\u00a0Election Integrity\">libertarian activist<\/a>, is moving toward a third\u2011party, autonomous bid for New Hampshire\u2019s open U.S. senate seat, aiming to spoil the GOP\u2019s chances unless there is a reversal of federal cryptocurrency policy. He has gathered nearly two dozen volunteers to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot and says the effort could upend the race, much like his 2016 spoiler role helped tilt that year\u2019s NH contest.<\/p>\n<p>Day frames his push as a stand against technocracy and what he calls an accelerated \u201cwar on crypto\u201d under Trump and the Republican leadership,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >citing recent crypto\u2011related laws<\/a> such as the GENIUS Act.He argues that only a miracle or a policy reversal could stop him from mounting a campaign, and he has already drawn support from local libertarians like Terese Bastarache of WE the People NH, who would back Day as long as John Sununu isn\u2019t the GOP nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The race is pivotal for Democrats, who must win NH to retake the Senate, with Republicans currently holding a 53\u201347 edge. On the GOP side, Trump\u2011endorsed Sununu faces Grassroots conservative former Sen. Scott Brown; on the Democratic side, Rep. Chris Pappas is the frontrunner. A day candidacy could pull voters from both parties and complicate turnout dynamics, with some Republicans privately suggesting Sununu is the strongest candidate to beat Pappas. The filing deadline is reportedly in mid\u2011June, and the primary is scheduled for September 8.  <\/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\">Third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-social-security-payment-worth-994-goes-out-in-five-days\/\" title=\"March Social Security payment worth 4 goes out in five ...s\">-party spoiler threatens<\/a> to upend New Hampshire Senate race unless Trump ends &lsquo;war on Crypto&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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2492235\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Entrepreneur and libertarian activist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4413383\/aaron-day-spoiler-could-sink-senate-gop-new-hampshire\/\">Aaron Day<\/a> tells the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that nothing short of a &ldquo;miracle&rdquo; or a change in federal cryptocurrency policy can stop him from running a third-party bid as an independent for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire-senate-race\/\">New Hampshire&rsquo;s open Senate seat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Day&rsquo;s movement is ever closer to a campaign designed to dash the GOP&rsquo;s chances and amplify his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/technology\/\">anti-technocratic beliefs<\/a>, coming after amassing nearly two dozen volunteers to collect the signatures required to qualify for the ballot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4466712\/trump-yanks-endorsement-colorado-republican\/\">Trump yanks endorsement from Colorado Republican over tariff vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4464808\/koch-backed-latino-group-announces-first-2026-endorsements\/\">Koch-backed Latino group announces first 2026 endorsements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4454790\/madison-sheahan-ohio-house-race-immigration-enforcement\/\">Former ICE deputy director seeks GOP nomination in Ohio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It would take a miracle. It would take a 180-degree reversal on Trump&rsquo;s policies on the war on crypto,&rdquo; Day said of him running, putting it at a &ldquo;99%&rdquo; chance he mounts an official campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Day played spoiler in New Hampshire for then-GOP incumbent Kelly Ayotte, paving the way for now-Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH). This year, Day says he&rsquo;s ready to do it again in the name of fighting technocracy, the belief that scientists and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-aaron-day-the-2016-spoiler-who-could-sink-gop-in-new-hampshire\/\" title=\"..., the ... who could sink GOP in New Hampshire\">engineers control political institutions<\/a> and individual freedoms, exacerbated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Day accuses President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>and the Republican Congress of having &ldquo;accelerated&rdquo; the war on crypto with new cryptocurrency laws and regulations such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3475983\/trump-cryptocurrency-genius-act-signed-into-law\/\">GENIUS Act<\/a>, fueling his desire to spoil former Sen. John E. Sununu&rsquo;s candidacy, the establishment-backed GOP front-runner.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Day garnered nearly 18,000 votes for Senate in a race Ayotte lost to Hassan by just 1,000 votes. A decade later, Day is fully prepared to dash Senate Republicans&rsquo; hopes of flipping the Democratic-leaning seat vacated by retiring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeanne-shaheen\/\">Jeanne Shaheen<\/a> (D-NH).<\/p>\n<p>Trump-endorsed Sununu, the brother of former Gov. Chris Sununu, is facing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3900441\/sununu-scott-brown-grassroots-backlash-new-hampshire-senate\/\">grassroots conservative<\/a> former Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-brown\/\">Scott Brown<\/a>. On the Democratic side, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-pappas\/\">Chris Pappas<\/a> (D-NH) is the frontrunner for his party&rsquo;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The Granite State is a must-win seat for Democrats if they hope to retake the Senate majority. Republicans currently hold the chamber 53-47. <\/p>\n<p>Day&rsquo;s candidacy could pull voters from both parties, but like in 2016, he would likely draw crucial support away from Republicans. The GOP is already facing a tough political climate and there are questions about voter turnout without Trump at the top of the ballot. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Poll after poll has proven that John Sununu is the only candidate who can beat Chris Pappas and turn New Hampshire red in November,&rdquo; said a GOP operative, who requested anonymity to discuss the race candidly.  <\/p>\n<p>Day has also courted the backing of state community activists like Terese Bastarache, a leader of the New Hampshire-based &ldquo;WE the People NH&rdquo; libertarian social media group. Bastarache says she&rsquo;s prepared to back Day, so long as Sununu is the Republican nominee over Brown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aaron Day is considering a third-party independent run for New Hampshire&rsquo;s open Senate seat. (Photo courtesy of Aaron Day).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not be able to fill in a bubble next to John Sununu&rsquo;s name. So, let the chips fall where they may,&rdquo; Bastarache told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want it to go to a far-left loon, but there actually is a line in the sand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire&rsquo;s filing deadline is still months away in mid-June, and its primaries aren&rsquo;t until Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4413383\/aaron-day-spoiler-could-sink-senate-gop-new-hampshire\/\">MEET AARON DAY, THE 2016 SPOILER WHO COULD SINK SENATE GOP HOPES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sununu campaign did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4413383\/aaron-day-spoiler-could-sink-senate-gop-new-hampshire\/\">previously told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> of Day&rsquo;s potential candidacy that &ldquo;New Hampshire voters know that just Chris Pappas and John Sununu have a chance to be U.S. senator, and only John Sununu will be an independent voice for Granite Staters who will always put New Hampshire first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pappas campaign declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>NH Senate race risks upheaval from third-party spoiler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2572335,"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\/2026\/01\/aaron-day.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[74295,74298,3740,74297,74296],"class_list":["post-2572334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-aaron-day-2","tag-new-hampshire-2","tag-senate","tag-spoiler-2","tag-third-party-3"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/aaron-day.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572334","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572338,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572334\/revisions\/2572338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}