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Shaheen’s delay creating uncertainty in New Hampshire’s Senate election
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Sep 06, 2007 11:36am |
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| News Date | Thursday, September 6, 2007 05:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D) silence about whether she’ll enter next year’s race to unseat Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) is creating uncertainty among potential challengers and state Democratic Party activists.
Now that the race has turned the Labor Day corner — the traditional start of the campaign season — at least one challenger has started to shy from early assertions that he would step aside if the immensely popular former governor does get in the race.
“If Jeanne Shaheen decides to enter the race, then we’ll worry about that when and if it happens,” Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand (D) told The Hill on Wednesday.
Marchand said in February that if Shaheen got into the race, he would drop out and do everything possible to help her beat Sununu.
But with two primary opponents already in the race, more than 60 endorsements filed by state officials and a frenzied campaign trail, Marchand said he could not consider Shaheen’s plans as carefully as he did earlier in the year.
“Obviously, she’s not running right now, and I don’t think anybody really knows what she’s going to do,” Marchand said. “I just have to be the best candidate I can be.
“It’s not productive to worry a whole lot about what others may or may not do.”
Marchand probably won’t have much longer to wait before he has to make his decision.
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