After months of courting Gov. Chris Sununu to run for Senate — a campaign that strategists believed would have been a slam-dunk for Republicans as they angle to win back Senate control — the New Hampshire Republican unexpectedly dashed party hopes Tuesday
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, grinning as he spoke to reporters in Concord about how much he loves his current job, even used the opportunity to tease a potential presidential run. | Holly Ramer/AP PhotoMitch McConnell and Rick Scott found out the same way everyone else did that their top recruit to help secure the Senate majority was a no-go: They saw it on a local television livestream.
McConnell, the Senate minority leader, and Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, were not given a heads up about Sununu’s announcement, aides confirmed. Still, the announcement that he would seek a fourth two-year term as governor caught Republicans off guard. Asked by reporters how McConnell and Scott took the news, Sununu acknowledged he did not alert them to his decision.
The 2022 cycle wasn’t the first time the NRSC had tried to recruit Sununu to run. They also did so ahead of the 2020 election for New Hampshire’s other Senate seat. Sununu made clear at the time he wasn’t particularly interested, but was intrigued enough not to immediately rule it out, according to a person familiar with Sununu’s thinking in 2019 about Senate recruitment.
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