Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced on Wednesday that she will not seek reelection in 2026 in a blow to Democrats, who will now have to defend her New Hampshire seat against the GOP.

“It’s just time,” Shaheen said in a video announcement on her retirement.

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Shaheen’s decision not to run for a fourth term in New Hampshire, a famously purple state, complicates the Democratic Party’s efforts to retake the Senate from GOP control.

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