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His move comes after initially ruling out a run for Senate before signaling more openness to it. As a former governor who enjoyed a strong approval rating and comfortable reelection victories, Sununu was seen as among the best candidates that Republicans could put up to try to succeed the retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).

Democrats may be in for a wake-up call in New Hampshire as early polling suggests Republicans could easily win a Senate seat in the blue state. Former Republican Governor Chris Sununu leads Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) by a sizable 53% to 44% margin in a hypothetical 2026 Senate race, according to a newly released poll. While neither Sununu nor Pappas has formally declared their candidacy, both are expected to run, and the numbers show an early advantage for the GOP in a state that has leaned Democratic in recent cycles. If these figures hold, it would represent a major...

SUNUNU: You’re talking about the FEMA money that was abused for migrants. That was FEMA money for migrants. That’s ok now? COOPER: No, I’m not saying it’s ok. Don’t put words in my mouth. SUNUNU: So, would you stop that? Would you stop that process? COOPER: Don’t be a d***.

Concord, N.H. (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed the conviction and sentence of a former Republican National Committee official accused in a phone-jamming plot on Election Day 2002. James Tobin, the former regional chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign, was convicted in 2005 of helping to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote phone lines set up by the state Democratic Party and the Manchester firefighters' union for about an hour. Republican John Sununu defeated then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen for the Senate that day. Tobin was sentenced to 10 months in prison. But the 1st U.S....

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Vice President Kamala Harris’s message on the economy was “condescending” and “gaslighting.” Host Martha Raddatz said, “He’s proposed 60% tariffs on China and this week suggested as high as 50% across-the-board tariffs on all other countries. Economists predict that would cause inflation to spike again. How are those good for Americans?” Sununu said, “Look, the tariff issues are complex. There’s no question about it. I don’t love every tariff proposal he’s put forward, but when it comes to the voter, where this election’s going, no voter is voting on...

(NewsNation) — A reported altercation between Donald Trump’s campaign staff and an Arlington National Cemetery official isn’t likely to sway voters in November, GOP New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said. “Trump is very unique in that respect because he’s connecting with people on a gut level of fighting. They want a fighter,” Sununu said during his Thursday appearance on “NewsNation Now.” “They’re willing to forgive all this other stuff because he’s willing to fight and disrupt.” The Republican presidential nominee visited the cemetery Monday to honor 13 service members who died during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) again pressed former President Trump to cool down his rhetoric and focus on the election at hand, suggesting Friday that Trump will “pivot a little bit” from personal attacks if polling continues to shift away from him. Still, the governor warned that not focusing more his messaging could cost the former president the election. “Just don’t miss the opportunity. I think that’s the message,” Sununu told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Friday evening in an interview. “And if he does that, it’s the block and tackling of running a campaign. If he does that, he wins.”

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “almost any other Republican” than former President Donald Trump would win the presidential race by 10 points. On Fox News, Nikki Haley said, “One thing Republicans have to stop, quit whining about her. The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. It’s not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she’s dumb. It’s not. You can’t win on those things.”

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) warned Sunday that rising enthusiasm for Vice President Harris among Democrats should worry the Trump campaign, urging the former president to focus on policy over personal attacks. Sununu, a moderate who previously backed Nikki Haley’s primary campaign against former President Trump, told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz on “This Week” that the rise of Harris changes the race. “This is the honeymoon period,” Sununu said of the race. “The media is fawning. Everyone’s excited. It’s a whole new race. That’s all very true. And that’s going to last for about 30 days.” The governor predicted...

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is predicting that President Joe Biden's $167 billion student loan forgiveness plan is actually going to come back and bite him. Just this week, Biden cancelled another $7.7 billion for 160,000 Americans, in a push that critics view as an attempt to 'buy votes' ahead of the 2024 election. But Sununu tells DailyMail.com in an exclusive sit-down interview this week that no debt is actually being wiped out. 'We've just transferred it to somebody else. Somebody still carries that debt...and it's still to be paid by all of America.' 'The political benefit that Biden thinks he's...

He’s not mincing words. Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu dished Thursday on the current and former governors who “nobody liked” — claiming that Gavin Newsom and Andrew Cuomo are despised by other state leaders. “I gotta be honest, no one cares for Gavin,” Sununu said of the California Democrat during an event at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education in Washington, DC. “Gavin is just a #$@_&. He just is,” he added. “It’s really disappointing.” Sununu, 49, indicated that he used to get along well with Newsom, but now, even Democratic governors can’t stand him.

New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu admitted on Sunday his support for former President Donald Trump "doesn't make sense" after criticizing him in the past. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, is facing four criminal indictments, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to. The indictments accuse Trump of election interference on the state and federal level, mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them, and falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump's first criminal trial, meanwhile, is set for Monday....

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that voters will choose former President Donald Trump even if he is convicted of crimes. Partial transcript as follows: STEPHANOPOULOS: History being made tomorrow, that criminal trial. Will your support for Donald Trump continue even if he’s convicted in Manhattan? SUNUNU: Yeah, look, this — this trial is not going to have major political ramifications that a lot of people, I think, think it may have. And when it comes to these issues, people see it more as reality TV at this point. They really do. And so, you know,...

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the issue of abortion “could be a bigger problem for Democrats” in the November election. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Trump started the week saying that abortion should be left to the states, then he criticized Arizona and Florida for their positions which are abortion bans, essentially in Arizona and a six-week ban and Florida. Do you understand what Donald Trump’s position is on this issue and how and how fearful are you about this issue hurting Republicans?”

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Thursday he was very optimistic about the future of the Republican Party and the country, saying former President Trump “won’t be here” forever and, at some point, the GOP will no longer be loyal to him. “People confuse the party with Trump,” Sununu said in an interview with Politico’s Eugene Daniels, who responded by noting that “it’s Trump’s party.” “That’s the point,” the governor responded. “It won’t be his party forever, right? It just won’t. At some point, Donald Trump won’t be here or whatever, you know. One way or another, we all...

LAS VEGAS - Former President Donald Trump wasn't on the ballot in Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in the early voting state of Nevada. But his absence wasn't enough to help secure a victory for his last remaining major rival for the 2024 GOP nomination – Nikki Haley. Voters casting ballots in the state-run Republican nominating contest couldn't write in Trump's name, but they could vote for a "none of these candidates" option. And the Associated Press projected that the "none of these candidates" option would defeat Haley in a primary where no delegates to this summer's Republican convention were at...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), who has endorsed former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in the Republican primary race, is openly encouraging Democrats to vote for the presidential hopeful in South Carolina, touting its open primary status. He appeared on the Pulse of New Hampshire this week following Haley’s loss to Trump in Sununu’s own state and suggested that there is a lot of “opportunity” for Haley to perform well in South Carolina, given the fact that it is an open primary state, meaning Democrats can vote in the Republican primary.

President Donald Trump is garnering more than 80 percent support in a head-to-head matchup against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the latest Morning Consult survey — taken after the New Hampshire primary — found. Morning Consult’s tracking poll, last taken on January 24 among 1,297 potential Republican primary voters, shows Trump leading Haley with 81 percent support. Haley comes 63 points behind with 18 percent support in the GOP primary race.

Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.) said former President Trump is “nervous” because “money is coming” to GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley, whom Sununu has endorsed. Haley has “wind and momentum,” Sununu said in a recent interview with Wolf Blitzer. He also noted a recent threat the former president made about donating to Haley. “The money is coming in to Nikki Haley, and that’s why he’s nervous,” Sununu said. “She’s got momentum in her home state.”

Nikki Haley pitched her third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses last week as a win. She attempted to do the same Tuesday night after losing the New Hampshire primary to former President Donald Trump. “What a great night,” she told a cheering crowd at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord after the Associated Press called the race for Trump. [cut] Sununu endorsed Haley in December and has crisscrossed the state with her the last several days. He introduced her at rallies, poured beers with her from behind bars, drove her from stop to stop in a red Ford Mustang. Sununu...