Popular former Republican governor whom Trump urged to run for NH Senate makes 2026 decision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : " On Tuesday, Sununu continued to praise Trump.
80% : Sununu supported Trump during the 2016 general election and again when Trump unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2020.
73% : What Sununu Told Fox News About Potentially Running For The Senate Earlier this year, Sununu said in a Fox News Digital interview that "Donald Trump is the head of the party, and he's the voice of the Republican Party, and I got to say, I think he's doing a pretty darn good job in the first couple months.
49% : I hope he runs," Trump said.
44% : After Trump clinched the 2024 GOP nomination, however, Sununu said he would vote for his party's presidential nominee.
34% : Haley ended up being the final rival to Trump in the nomination race.
30% : Trump Says He'd Back This Former Longtime Gop Critic If He Runs In 2026 Sununu's decision comes a week after he met at the White House with President Donald Trump.
19% : Elon Musk Front-and-center As First Candidate In Key Senate Race Launches Bid "Chris Sununu went to the White House to nab an endorsement while Trump was destroying the economy and pushing devastating cuts to Medicaid.
8% : Trump occasionally returned fire at Sununu, calling him a "spoiled brat" and a "nasty guy," among other things.
7% : Why Trump, Musk, Face Blame Over Ballot Box Set Backs Last Week However, Sununu pushed back against Trump's unproven claims that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged" and "stolen."
7% : Sununu amped up his criticism of the former president during numerous national interviews on cable news networks and Sunday talk shows, repeatedly arguing that Trump had too much political baggage to win back the White House.
4% : "Chris Sununu's decision not to run for Senate is an embarrassing recruitment failure for Republicans as they face a building midterm backlash driven by their threats to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and their push to spike costs for families," the DSCC claimed in a statement.

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