New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has been asked time and time again if he is going to throw his hat in the ring for a presidential run. Sununu has said his focus is on the Granite State, but there’s a new ad by his campaign circulating on Facebook in just two states and neither of them are New Hampshire.Not even two months after securing a fourth term in the corner office, Sununu has been asked if he’s considering running for president in 2024 multiple times. “I don’t rule anything in, I don’t rule anything out, I don’t make promises, I don’t break promises,” Sununu said on CloseUp.His latest answer, saying he’s “not thinking about it right now,” came last week during a sit-down interview with CNN. Two days later, an ad worth a couple hundred dollars on Facebook, hitting screens in South Carolina and Iowa — two early presidential primary states.“Well, I think he’s introducing himself to people outside New Hampshire,” Scott Spradling, political analyst, said. “While he has a household name in the Granite State, he’s not exactly a household name anywhere else, so this is a good way for him to start the conversation and honestly the timing is right if he is serious about possibly getting involved in the 2024 presidential race.”Spradling said eventually the governor will have to make a decision, but there’s time. If Sununu does make a run for president, Spradling said that doesn’t mean other candidates should consider the New Hampshire primary a wash.“You could make an argument that a Chris Sununu presidential run could cause other Republican hopefuls to say well New Hampshire’s in the bag for him so I’m going to skip the Granite State, but there’s something to be said about second place, third place,” Spradling said. News 9 reached out to the governor’s office. In a statement, the governor said he wants to help Republicans replicate New Hampshire’s successes nationwide, and those early states are where those conversations can have the most impact.
Not even two months after securing a fourth term in the corner office, Sununu has been asked if he’s considering running for president in 2024 multiple times.
“I don’t rule anything in, I don’t rule anything out, I don’t make promises, I don’t break promises,” Sununu said on CloseUp.
His latest answer, saying he’s “not thinking about it right now,” came last week during a sit-down interview with CNN.
Two days later, an ad worth a couple hundred dollars on Facebook, hitting screens in South Carolina and Iowa — two early presidential primary states.
“Well, I think he’s introducing himself to people outside New Hampshire,” Scott Spradling, political analyst, said. “While he has a household name in the Granite State, he’s not exactly a household name anywhere else, so this is a good way for him to start the conversation and honestly the timing is right if he is serious about possibly getting involved in the 2024 presidential race.”
Spradling said eventually the governor will have to make a decision, but there’s time.
If Sununu does make a run for president, Spradling said that doesn’t mean other candidates should consider the New Hampshire primary a wash.
“You could make an argument that a Chris Sununu presidential run could cause other Republican hopefuls to say well New Hampshire’s in the bag for him so I’m going to skip the Granite State, but there’s something to be said about second place, third place,” Spradling said.
News 9 reached out to the governor’s office. In a statement, the governor said he wants to help Republicans replicate New Hampshire’s successes nationwide, and those early states are where those conversations can have the most impact.
