In New Hampshire, DSA Comes Up Short Again

The New Hampshire primaries on Sept. 8 failed to produce another victory for the insurgent socialists. Whether anything can be read into that, at this point, is debatable. Still, it appears that in even a blue state like New Hampshire, the new wave of extreme left-wing candidates that have seemingly appeared out of obscurity in the past couple of years are not destined to win every election.

New Hampshire voters went to the polls to choose candidates for governor, the US Senate seat currently occupied by Jeanne Shaheen, who is retiring from the upper chamber, and the state’s first congressional district.

Associated Press called the GOP gubernatorial primary at 7 pm ET for Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte, who faced no serious opposition. In November, Ayotte will face Cinde Warmington, a lawyer most well known for her work as an opioid lobbyist, running as a Democrat.

New Hampshire Not Yet Radical Enough?

In the race to fill the seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, US Rep. Chris Pappas soundly defeated Karishma Manzur, another red-green alliance extremist who magically appeared on the Democrat political stage within the past couple of years.

Then again, how radical Pappas is when compared to Manzur is perhaps debatable. Though Manzur coming up short tells us that socialism is not sweeping the nation, the Democratic Party as a whole seems to have shifted so far left that it is becoming ever more difficult to tell who in the party are members of, or at least aligned with, the Democratic Socialists of America, and who are not.

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Still, Manzur was a reflection of the Islamist-progressive political insurgency that is currently taking place in the United States. Not that there is anything wrong with a political insurgency, so long as it has genuine popular support and doesn’t seek to dismantle an entire country out of pure spite.

With 82% of the votes counted, Pappas was leading Manzur 64.8% to 32.9%. Associated Press called the race at 7 pm.

Pappas will face Republican John E. Sununu in November. Sununu, though he has President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is a Republican establishment guy. He has served on Capitol Hill in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also, he is brother to former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu; both are sons of former Governor John H. Sununu.

Since Pappas chose to run for governor, his 1st district seat in New Hampshire came up for grabs. Stefany Shaheen, a former Portsmouth City Council member and daughter of retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, narrowly won the Democratic primary. Shaheen will face businessman Anthony DiLorenzo, who prevailed in the GOP primary.

Chatter inside the Beltway has it that the Democrats may well be within striking distance of a senate majority, come January of 2027. If that is the case, then the Pappas-Sununu contest in New Hampshire will be one of the pivotal votes in November.