{"id":2524044,"date":"2025-12-22T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/travel-scams-create-unlikely-alliance-amid-battle-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:46:31","slug":"travel-scams-create-unlikely-alliance-amid-battle-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/travel-scams-create-unlikely-alliance-amid-battle-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel scams create\u00a0unlikely alliance amid battle for New Hampshire Senate seat"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftravel-scams-create-unlikely-alliance-amid-battle-for-new-hampshire-senate-seat%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=2524044&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>Sen. Maggie hassan and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu held a joint press event to warn travelers about winter travel scams,urging cooperation between government and the private sector to combat mostly transnational crime rings that target holiday travelers. Sununu,now president and CEO of Airlines for America,thanked Hassan for leading the effort in Washington; Hassan,the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee,called for a holistic,bipartisan response.The pairing is notable as the two were long-time political rivals who traded sharp criticisms during past campaigns. The story also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlights wider political stakes<\/a> in New Hampshire: sununu&#8217;s older brother, John E. Sununu, is running in the GOP primary to try to flip the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jeanne shaheen, and the open seat is expected to be competitive next year. Despite past tensions, the event underscored a rare moment of bipartisan unity focused on consumer protection during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-fined-140-million-by-dot-over-2022-holiday-travel-disaster\/\" title=\"Southwest hit with 0M fine by DOT for holiday travel chaos in 2022\">peak travel season<\/a>.  <\/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\">Travel scams create&nbsp;unlikely alliance amid battle for New Hampshire Senate seat<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2441987\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maggie-hassan\/\">Maggie Hassan<\/a> (D-NH) and former Republican New Hampshire Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-sununu\/\">Chris Sununu<\/a> appearing together for a press conference may have once been unthinkable for the longtime political foes.<\/p>\n<p>However, the pair did just that on Monday to warn consumers about winter travel scams, fostering bipartisan unity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4355485\/mamdani-inauguration-bernie-sanders-letitia-james\/\">NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani to be sworn in by Bernie Sanders and Letitia James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4259932\/rand-paul-spurns-vance-2028-endorsement\/\">Rand Paul spurns Vance 2028 endorsement in favor of &#8216;conservative, free market&#8217; candidate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4255621\/erika-kirk-young-women-2028-ross-okeefe\/\">TPUSA and Erika Kirk look to win over young women for 2028: Ross O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>An added layer to the unlikely reunion is the fact that Sununu&rsquo;s older brother, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3859381\/john-sununu-announces-bid-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/\">John E. Sununu<\/a>, is running to flip the seat of Hassan&rsquo;s close colleague, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3344894\/jeanne-shaheen-no-reelection-2026-senate-new-hampshire\/\">retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen<\/a> (D-NH), in next year&rsquo;s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you to Senator Hassan, to have someone in Washington, D.C., that really takes the lead on this,&rdquo; Sununu, now the president and CEO of airlines lobbying group Airlines for America, said during a virtual press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan, seated next to Sununu in the same frame, said it was incumbent upon a &ldquo;holistic government approach, with both the private sector and government working together,&rdquo; to combat what are mostly transnational crime rings targeting unsuspecting Americans during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-meltdown-a-year-for-the-last-five-or-six-years-southwest-pilots-blast-company-over-crisis-that-was-a-decade-in-the-making\/\" title=\"\u2018A Meltdown A Year For The Last Five Or Six Years\u2019: Southwest Pilots Blast Company over Crisis That Was \u2018A Decade In The Making\u2019\">busy holiday travel season<\/a>. She is the top Democrat on Congress&rsquo;s Joint Economic Committee, which has sought to tackle the matter.<\/p>\n<p>However, the two were not always so cordial with each other.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan, a former New Hampshire governor, was succeeded by Sununu after eking out a win for Senate in 2016 to unseat the GOP incumbent, current Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH). And although Sununu rejected national Senate Republicans&rsquo; efforts to recruit him against Hassan&rsquo;s 2022 reelection and opted instead for a fourth term as governor, the two have traded plenty of campaign barbs.<\/p>\n<p>That includes the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/hassan-says-sununu-outright-false-224800665.html\">accusation<\/a> in 2021 from Sununu, prior to ruling out a Senate run, that Hassan &ldquo;has not been here for four or five years,&nbsp;shows up at election time and tries to smile and wave at the camera.&rdquo; Hassan rejected the criticism at the time as &ldquo;outright false.&rdquo; In the months before the 2022 elections, Sununu characterized a crowded GOP primary as evidence Hassan was &ldquo;just that bad, that everybody wants to fire her.&rdquo; Sununu supported the more centrist Chuck Morris in the primary, who aligned more with his political views. Hassan went on to beat GOP nominee Dan Boldoc by nine points.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t show up for five years. Folks want her gone,&rdquo; Sununu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6312219768112\">told<\/a> <em>Fox News<\/em> of Hassan at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), left, speaks at a news conference on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s spending and tax bill, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington, and then-Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) takes part in a panel discussion, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photos\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/Phelan M. Ebenhack) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, even with the younger Sununu brother out of politics, another member of the political dynasty is presenting Democrats with their latest headache as they seek to sweep the Senate midterm map in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-vote-on-d-c-statehood-bill\/\" title=\"House to vote on D.C. statehood bill\">long-shot bid<\/a> to recapture control of the upper chamber, which Republicans control 53-47. The Sununu brothers&rsquo; father, John H. Sununu, served as New Hampshire governor from 1983 to 1989 and as White House chief of staff under former President George H. W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3927050\/thune-trump-endorsement-power-protect-senate-majority\/\">THUNE BANKS ON TRUMP ENDORSEMENT POWER TO PROTECT SENATE MAJORITY&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The open New Hampshire seat leans in Democrats&rsquo; favor but is competitive nonetheless, with presumptive Democratic nominee Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) set to face the victor of the GOP primary between Sununu&rsquo;s brother and former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thanks again to Senator Hassan,&rdquo; Sununu said as he closed out remarks on travel scams. &ldquo;We just want everyone in D.C., everyone in their local communities, taking a lead voice on this and understanding it can happen to anyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hassan, Sununu unite to warn about travel scams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2524045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-lmc5i68yz-1766428446301.jpg?1766419867&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69252,69253,45185,66453,69251],"class_list":["post-2524044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bipartisan-alliance","tag-campaign-politics","tag-consumer-protection","tag-new-hampshire-senate","tag-travel-scams"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-lmc5i68yz-1766428446301.jpg?1766419867&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524044","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524044"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524048,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524044\/revisions\/2524048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}