So, it turns out that this month's WikiProject NH popular pages report (for March, covering the February time period) just so happens to coincide with Sen. Shaheen's retirement announcement; I think this is generally a good list to consult to discover who has statewide name recognition, and thus might be able to run a statewide election here. Let's review the politics of the living people in the top 25:
- KKKaroline: will probably stick with promoting fascism from the White House (at least until she gets fired) instead of running for Senate
- Paul Michael Levesque, a.k.a. "Triple H": married into the McMahon family, and Linda McMahon is currently serving as Trump's Secretary of Education, so probably right-wing
- Sarah Silverman: Notable for being a Bernie surrogate who told the "Bernie or Bust" faction that they were being "ridiculous" at the 2016 DNC; she later returned to support Bernie in the 2020 primaries as well. I think she could probably do pretty well here if she wanted to run.
- Mandy Moore: Performed at the 2016 DNC, marched at the Women's March, supported Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 primaries... she could probably do pretty well here, too, if she wanted to run.
- Noah Kahan: I know nothing about his politics, but given that he's from the Upper Valley area, I'm guessing he's probably relatively liberal/left?
- Seth Meyers: I think he's a relatively normie Democrat, but I'm not quite sure
- Dan Brown: probably a bad idea
- Toby Fox: I know nothing about his politics, but based on what I hear about Undertale's themes of mercy, they're probably pretty good?
- Ludwig Ahgren: idk
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