The senate race between Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen and Republican challenger Scott Brown is going to be a pricey one. Some are even speculating that it could set records.
Chris Cassidy of the
Boston Herald reports...
Scott Brown-Jeanne Shaheen N.H. race costs may set record
The heavyweight U.S. Senate showdown between Jeanne Shaheen and Scott Brown — already off to a fast and snippy start with both sides accusing each other of breaking federal elections laws — could shatter records for campaign spending and even top the amount racked up by GOP presidential primary hopefuls in the Granite State two years ago.
“It wouldn’t shock me if it topped $50 million,” said Dante Scala, a campaign finance expert at the University of New Hampshire. “I suspect the spending on the Senate race will dwarf the New Hampshire Republican primary spending in the 2012 presidential primary. ... In all likelihood this would set a record.”
Spending during Shaheen’s last U.S. Senate race against John Sununu in 2008 hit about $37 million, Scala said. Even by his most conservative estimate, Scala expects to see $45 million in spending — $20 million combined by both campaigns and $25 million by super PACs and other outside groups.
All this in a state with just 1.3 million people and less than 800,000 registered voters.
The stakes are high and both sides know it.
In addition to hitting her support for Obamacare, Brown is taking Shaheen to task for the Keystone pipeline.
Brown published the following letter in the
New Hampshire Union Leader...
Will Jeanne Shaheen join me in supporting the Keystone pipeline?
