{"id":2421114,"date":"2025-04-08T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-sununu-declines-new-hampshire-senate-run-despite-trump-endorsement-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:33:06","slug":"chris-sununu-declines-new-hampshire-senate-run-despite-trump-endorsement-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-sununu-declines-new-hampshire-senate-run-despite-trump-endorsement-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sununu declines New Hampshire Senate run despite Trump endorsement &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fchris-sununu-declines-new-hampshire-senate-run-despite-trump-endorsement-washington-examiner%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=2421114&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--><p>Chris Sununu, the former Republican governor of New Hampshire, has announced that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Sununu made his decision public after discussions with the White House and Senator Tim Scott, the chair of the Senate Republicans&#8217; campaign committee. Despite being a candidate that national Republicans had hoped to recruit, Sununu stated, &#8220;Its not for me,&#8221; and expressed gratitude for the support he received. His announcement comes shortly after receiving an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, with whom he has had a elaborate relationship in the past. following Sununu&#8217;s decision, Scott Brown, another potential GOP candidate and former Massachusetts senator, benefits from Sununu&#8217;s exit. On the Democratic side,Rep. Chris Pappas has launched his campaign and criticized Sununu\u2019s previous interactions with Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chris Sununu declines New Hampshire Senate run despite Trump endorsement<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_828065\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-sununu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chris Sununu\">Chris Sununu<\/a>, the popular former Republican governor of New Hampshire, will not run for Senate next year to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3344894\/jeanne-shaheen-no-reelection-2026-senate-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen\">retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen<\/a> (D-NH).<\/p>\n<p>A possible contender national Republicans have perennially tried to recruit, Sununu revealed his decision Tuesday after speaking with the White House and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the chairman of Senate Republicans&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise Democrats Across the Board in January\">campaign arm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3373218\/house-democrats-campaign-arm-districts-play-2026\/\">House Democrats&#8217; campaign arm unveils 35 districts &#8216;in play&#8217; for 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3373090\/greg-abbott-texas-special-election-democrats-threaten-lawsuit\/\">Gov. 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But I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have to be the candidate, and I&rsquo;m not going to be the candidate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sununu&rsquo;s decision not to run in New Hampshire, a competitive state Republicans hope to flip, came just two days after President Donald Trump endorsed him. Sununu endorsed Nikki Haley in the 2024 GOP presidential primary and has a checkered past with Trump. However, the two have recently appeared to patch up their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I support him fully. I hope he runs,&rdquo; Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One over the weekend. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been very nice to me over the last year or so. But I hope he runs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) takes part in a panel discussion, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. Joe Lieberman served as No Labels&rsquo; chief public defender when the critics got the loudest. The centrist group he helped create ignited a political firestorm over the last year by working to recruit a third<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-party presidential campaign<\/a> that some feared might tilt the 2024 election in former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s favor. Now, Lieberman is gone. His death marks an irreplaceable loss for No Labels. (AP Photo\/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sununu&rsquo;s announcement was a boon for Scott Brown, another possible GOP recruit who served Massachusetts in the Senate and was U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa during Trump&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, like Sununu, has also met with national Republicans in Washington, D.C., in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Brown posted on social media, &ldquo;@ChrisSununu and the entire Sununu family are patriots who have made our state a better place &ndash; looking forward to seeing what&rsquo;s next for him and working alongside him for New Hampshire&rsquo;s future <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/nhpolitics?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">#nhpolitics<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) launched his campaign last week. Sununu described Pappas as &ldquo;tough to beat&rdquo; in the primary but &ldquo;very beatable in the general.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3224765\/senate-democrats-hope-midterms-2024-downballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS SEE HOPE FOR MIDTERMS WITH 2024 DOWNBALLOT RESULTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pappas used the Sununu news to take his latest whack at Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chris Sununu went to the White House to nab an endorsement while Trump was destroying the economy and pushing devastating cuts to Medicaid,&rdquo; Pappas posted on X. &ldquo;Apparently the cost of a Trump endorsement is selling out New Hampshire. 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