{"id":1977609,"date":"2023-07-19T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-governor-announces-he-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-swing-state\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:36:56","slug":"republican-governor-announces-he-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-swing-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-governor-announces-he-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-swing-state\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Governor Declines Re-Election Bid in Key Swing State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-governor-announces-he-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-swing-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New\u2064 Hampshire\u2062 Governor\u200d Chris \u200cSununu \u200cAnnounces He\u200c Will \u200dNot \u2064Seek Re-election\u2063 in 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In \u200dan email to his supporters, \u2062New \u200bHampshire&#8217;s Republican Governor \u200cChris \u2063Sununu\u200c revealed that he \u2064will not be running for re-election\u2063 in 2024.\u2063 This decision \u2064comes after Sununu\u2063 had previously considered a presidential\u2064 bid, as\u200d reported \u200cby\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/19\/new-hampshire-sununu-no-reelection-2024-00107071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2063  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter \u200ddiscussions with \u200bValerie and the\u200b kids \u200cand much consideration, \u200bI have decided\u200c not\u2062 to \u200crun for another term as Governor \u2063in 2024,\u201d Sununu wrote. \u201cPublic\u200d service should \u200cnever be \u200ba career, and \u200bthe\u200b time\u2064 is \u2062right for\u2064 another\u200b Republican\u2063 to\u200b lead our great \u2062state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sununu, who\u2064 is currently serving his\u200b fourth \u2064term after being elected\u2062 in 2016, hinted\u2062 at his \u2064retirement during a June interview. Despite his\u200d popularity \u2063in the Granite \u200bState, \u2064winning each election \u200dwith \u2064sizable majorities, Democrats believe it is time for a change. They \u2062point \u2062to\u2063 Sununu&#8217;s \u200balleged \u2064failures\u200c on\u2063 issues such as\u2064 the housing crisis, attacks \u200bon \u200dpublic education,\u200d and \u2064abortion restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement \u2062of Sununu&#8217;s retirement has\u200b sparked \u2062excitement in New England&#8217;s\u200d only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward\/\" title=\"Republicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward\">purple state<\/a>, with\u2064 Democrats \u2064seeing this\u2062 as \u200ctheir \u200bbest opportunity\u2062 in \u200deight years\u2062 to\u2063 regain \u200dthe governorship. \u200dAlready, Manchester\u2064 Mayor Joyce Craig and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington have\u2062 declared\u200b their\u200d candidacies.<\/p>\n<p>On the Republican\u2063 side, former \u200cNew Hampshire \u2064state Senate\u2063 President \u2063Chuck Morse \u2063wasted\u200c no time\u2062 in announcing his campaign for\u200b governor.\u200c Former U.S. Senator \u200dKelly Ayotte \u2064also expressed gratitude to Sununu \u200cfor his leadership and hinted \u2063at a\u200d potential \u200brun, emphasizing the \u200bneed\u2063 for a tough and tested conservative to \u2063preserve\u200c the state&#8217;s safety,\u2062 prosperity, and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Ayotte, \u200cwho \u200brefused to endorse Donald Trump in \u20632016\u200c and subsequently \u200dlost \u200dher\u200b Senate \u2062seat, \u2062is \u200bcurrently the frontrunner\u2062 in\u2064 the Republican\u2064 primary. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">recent poll shows<\/a> her \u200cleading Morse \u200dby a \u2064significant margin, and an\u200d Ayotte-affiliated PAC\u2062 has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-governor-announces-he-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-swing-state\/\" title=\"GOP Governor Declines Re-Election Bid in Key Swing State\">raised \u2064substantial funds<\/a> for a gubernatorial\u2063 bid.<\/p>\n<p>With these\u2063 developments, political\u2062 analysts \u2063at Larry Sabato&#8217;s \u2063Crystal Ball\u200c have changed their rating \u200cfor\u2064 the New Hampshire governor&#8217;s race\u2063 from &#8220;Likely\u200b Republican&#8221; to &#8220;Toss-Up.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hampshire&#8217;s GOP Governor Chris Sununu has confirmed he won&#8217;t seek re-election in 2024. Sununu, who had contemplated a presidential run, informed his supporters via email that he has decided against running for governorship after careful consideration and discussions with his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2107,"featured_media":1977610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}