LACONIA, New Hampshire — In a speech lasting roughly 27 minutes, Don Bolduc did not say the word “inflation” until the 24-minute mark. That was just fine with supporters gathered for the Republican Senate contender’s final town hall meeting ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Higher costs continue to dominate voters’ concerns in New Hampshire, a key swing state in the battle for Senate control, especially as residents prepare to fill home heating oil tanks for the cold New England winter. But that’s not what Bolduc’s ardent grassroots backers showed up to hear about Saturday afternoon in Laconia, his hometown of nearly 17,000 in the Granite State’s “Lakes Region."
“If he speaks in this fashion, which he will, when he’s debating Sen. Hassan, I believe Sen. Hassan will be a one-term senator,” said John O’Brien, a 72-year-old retiree who already voted absentee for Bolduc and was among the approximately 100 supporters who packed an American Legion post here to cheer him on.
“Chuck Schumer spent $6 million against me so far. I honestly believe they think I can beat Maggie Hassan — and we know that,” Morse, 61, told the Washington Examiner during an interview while campaigning in Rochester, New Hampshire, a critical battleground in statewide elections. “I think I’m up 22 points today, yes, I don’t see anything that changes that. We did a solid job in all the debates, and my support has not waned at all, and I believe the 20% that were undecided in the last poll, some of those are going to come my way,” Bolduc said. “I’m sure every candidate is getting a slice of that, but we’re very confident.”
Hassan, meanwhile, otherwise politically vulnerable, sports a $7.3 million war chest after raising an average of $450,000 per month since January 2017. Although the party in power in the White House typically loses seats in midterm elections and President Joe Biden’s job approval ratings are still languishing near 40%, the fight for the 50-50 Senate tightened over the summer.
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