ROCHESTER, New Hampshire — Republican Senate contender Chuck Morse acknowledged Donald Trump is a polarizing figure in the Granite State but said the former president’s agenda was a boon for the country while declaring he “would love to have his endorsement.”
Campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s primary, Morse told the Washington Examiner in an interview Trump has been a hot topic as Republicans vie for the right to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan in the general election. Most Republican voters Morse talks to want a return to Trump policies, he said, while conceding not all of them miss the constant controversy the former president stirred up with his provocative attitude.
“In almost every conversation, people want to get back to Trump’s policies,” Morse added. “They believe what he did on the border, what he did with energy, what he did with budgeting, was the right way to head as a country. What they didn’t like was the way he presented it, so I get both sides of that when I’m out on the campaign trail.
He has trailed the front-runner for the GOP Senate nomination, retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, since entering the race in January. Bolduc ran for Senate in 2020 but fell short in the primary. The most recent public opinion polling available in this contest, conducted in August, gave Bolduc a double-digit lead over Morse. But earlier this week, a Republican operative in New Hampshire estimated Morse was down to Bolduc by high single digits.“This one’s going to come down to Sept.
Trump, not shy about endorsing in competitive Republican Senate primaries this cycle, has kept his powder dry in New Hampshire, a state he lost two years ago by more than 7 percentage points to now-President Joe Biden. Other top Republicans have not been as hesitant as the former president about wading into the race, which features several Republican candidates, not just Morse and Bolduc — although the rest of the field is not in contention.
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