 thought she'd easily win against Bolduc - a retired one-star general with a history of denying the results of the 2020 election.Most recently he suggested that children at a New Hampshire school were being allowed to behave like cats and use litter trays. The bizarre hoax has been echoed by other Republican candidates in their states, part of a conservative response to the debate over gender identity in schools. In fact, the Democratic party was so convinced Bolduc couldn't beat Hassan, it paid for ads attacking a more moderate Republican candidate in order to help Bolduc win the primary. But with just two days to go before the election, Hassan has lost her initial double-digit lead and the race is virtually tied. There is a real possibility that Bolduc could win in New Hampshire and help Republicans take back control of the Senate."We played with fire and we're going to end up with some real loony tunes in Washington because we thought we could pull this off and it was a dreadful mistake," says Democratic media consultant and strategist, Dane Strother of Strother-Nuckels Strategy."It's very difficult to choose your opponent and far more often than not when you try to do that it fails."Anita Burroughs, a New Hampshire state representative who is also running for re-election, says: "I thought that financing any Republican candidate was a risky move and we may see this as a prime example of why not to do it. We may live to see the ill effects of this strategy."Chris Ager, who represents){kind=link}
With a razor-thin majority to protect in the Senate, Democrats will be looking to hold seats like New Hampshire in the midterm elections. So why did they boost the candidacy of the Republican challenger there?
When Don Bolduc won the Republican primary in New Hampshire to become the party’s candidate for the US Senate, Democrats were relieved.
Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan was facing a tough fight for re-election and most people (including many Republicans) thought she’d easily win against Bolduc – a retired one-star general with a history of denying the results of the 2020 election.
Most recently he suggested that children at a New Hampshire school were being allowed to behave like cats and use litter trays. The bizarre hoax has been echoed by other Republican candidates in their states, part of a conservative response to the debate over gender identity in schools.
In fact, the Democratic party was so convinced Bolduc couldn’t beat Hassan, it paid for ads attacking a more moderate Republican candidate in order to help Bolduc win the primary.