New Hampshire will hold its primary elections on September 13, about two months before the midterm polls are scheduled in the United States. Primary elections will also be held in Rhode Island and Delaware on the same day.

As in earlier contests in other states, former US President Donald Trump‘s shadow looms large over some key races to be decided Tuesday, particularly in New Hampshire.

Chris Sununu, New Hampshire’s GOP Governor, will be seeking a fourth term in this year’s elections. He was previously expected to run for the US Senate seat instead and take on Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan.

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Although he faced intense pressure to run for the Senate, Sununu insists he can have a bigger and more direct impact as governor than as a senator, news agency Associated Press reported.

Tom Sherman, a Democratic state Senator from New Hampshire, will be on the ballot. However, he is running unopposed and will advance to the November elections.

With Sununu out of the running, a crowd of 11 candidates stepped forward to seek the GOP Senate nomination, including state Senate President Chuck Morse, former Londonderry town manager Kevin Smith and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Bruce Fenton.

But retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, who lost the GOP primary for New Hampshire’s other Senate seat in 2020, quickly emerged as the front-runner via dogged grassroots campaigning to compensate for his lack of cash.

That has made establishment Republicans nervous, with Sununu calling Bolduc “not a serious candidate” and a conspiracy theorist. Sununu issued a last-minute endorsement for Morse.

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Democratic groups, meanwhile, have put up ads promoting Bolduc, hoping he’ll be an easy opponent for Hassan in November.

Hassan, seeking a second term in the battleground state, faces two virtually unknown challengers on the Democratic side. Although Democrats hold all four of New Hampshire’s congressional seats, Republicans control the state Legislature, and Hassan’s 2016 win was a narrow one.