The 2022 primary season comes to a close as voters in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island choose their nominees. In New Hampshire, a slate of Republicans wants to take on U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan.
but has loomed large as candidates have fought to play up their fealty to him.
Bolduc has been dismissed as a"conspiracy theorist-type" by New Hampshire's Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who is backing Morse. Morse also has the support of an outside group run by a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. It's spent $4 million to boost Morse and attack Bolduc, but Bolduc, who also ran for Senate in 2020, has campaigned doggedly, stoking conservative anger over COVID-19 lockdowns and promising to hold leaders in both parties accountable.
In March 2021, McKee, then the lieutenant governor, moved up to governor when Gina Raimondo left office to become the U.S. Commerce secretary. McKee touts his leadership in guiding Rhode Island through the pandemic since then.