{"id":989236,"date":"2021-11-09T11:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=989236"},"modified":"2021-11-09T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:13:38","slug":"gop-nh-gov-chris-sununu-declines-senate-race-against-maggie-hassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-nh-gov-chris-sununu-declines-senate-race-against-maggie-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP NH Gov.\u00a0Chris Sununu Declines Senate Race Against Maggie Hassan"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-nh-gov-chris-sununu-declines-senate-race-against-maggie-hassan%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=989236&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 class=\"subheading\">Republican New Hampshire Gov.&nbsp;Chris Sununu (R) announced Tuesday he will not challenge&nbsp;Sen.&nbsp;Maggie Hassan (D-NH) for the senate in 2022,&nbsp;instead opting to run for reelection as governor.<\/p>\n<p>Sununu was asked by the&nbsp;National Republican Senatorial Committee&nbsp;to challenge vulnerable&nbsp;Hassan, but Sununu <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/580670-sununu-passes-on-us-senate-race-in-new-hampshire\">said<\/a>&nbsp;his&nbsp;\u201cresponsibility is not to the gridlock of politics in Washington, it\u2019s to the citizens in New Hampshire.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\">\u201cI\u2019d rather push myself 120 miles an hour delivering wins for New Hampshire than just slow down and end up on Capitol Hill debating partisan politics without results. That\u2019s why I\u2019m going to run for a fourth term,\u201d Sununu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/new-hampshire-gov-chris-sununu-says-he-will-not-run-n1283547\">continued<\/a>. \u201cAnd I\u2019d be honored if the people in New Hampshire would elect me again as their governor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1337579617834\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisSununu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisSununu<\/a> announces he will NOT run for US Senate, will run for reelection <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nhpolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nhpolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nhsen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nhsen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Pindell (@JamesPindell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPindell\/status\/1458080760116781071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Cook Report indicates&nbsp;Sununu\u2019s gubernatorial reelection bid as a \u201csolid Republican\u201d race while a senate challenge to&nbsp;Hassan leans blue.<\/p>\n<p>Sununu\u2019s decision to not run for the senate seat may impact the state\u2019s 2022 midterm races.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18669970\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"44\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/AP_21113592965520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18669970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_21113592965520-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., left, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, center, Friday, April 23, 2021, at Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, N.H., on arrival to New Hampshire. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>Hill<\/em> indicated Republicans&nbsp;Kelly Ayotte, a former senator, and New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut may enter the Republican primary for a chance to defeat&nbsp;Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democrat side, the&nbsp;<em>Hill<\/em>&nbsp;also flagged vulnerable&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Chris Pappas&nbsp;(D-NH) as a potential primary&nbsp;challenger&nbsp;to Hassan.&nbsp;Pappas may find a senate campaign more attractive due to his surging challenger, Republican Matt Mowers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican New Hampshire Gov.\u00a0Chris Sununu (R) announced Tuesday he will not challenge\u00a0Sen.\u00a0Maggie Hassan (D-NH) for the senate in 2022,\u00a0instead opting to run for reelection as governor. 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