President Trump Endorses John Sununu in NH Senate Primary
“It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, John E. Sununu, who is running to represent the beautiful State of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.”
President Donald Trump on Thursday formally endorsed former U.S. Sen. John. Sununu in the Republican primary for New Hampshire’s open U.S. Senate seat, injecting the authority of a sitting president directly into a race that is already shaping up to be one of the most competitive contests of the 2026 cycle.
Trump announced in a lengthy Truth Social post Sunday afternoon, throwing his full support behind Sununu and urging Republicans to unite behind his candidacy as the primary field continues to take shape.
“It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, John E. Sununu, who is running to represent the beautiful State of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.
John is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected Leaders in New Hampshire, and many Republicans in the U.S. Senate and, as your next Senator, he will work tirelessly to advance our America First Agenda. John will fight hard to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Advance MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Provide Access to Affordable and High Quality Health Care, Champion School Choice, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Brave Military, Veterans, and Law Enforcement, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.
John E. Sununu has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN — ELECT JOHN E. SUNUNU!”
Trump’s endorsement lands as Sununu already holds a commanding lead in the Republican primary, according to the most recent Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center in January.
Among likely Republican primary voters, Sununu leads former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown by a wide margin. The poll shows 48 percent backing Sununu, compared to 25 percent for Brown, with 26 percent undecided. Sununu also enters the race with a strong favorability profile among GOP voters, with 53 percent holding a favorable view and just 14 percent viewing him unfavorably.
The same polling suggests a competitive general election environment. In a hypothetical matchup against Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas, Sununu trails narrowly statewide, with 50 percent of likely voters backing Pappas and 45 percent supporting Sununu, a margin within the survey’s error range.
With Trump now publicly and unequivocally behind him, Sununu moves from primary frontrunner to the clear standard bearer of the Republican field. In a state where endorsements matter and Republican voters take cues seriously, the president’s backing is likely to accelerate consolidation behind Sununu and reshape the trajectory of the New Hampshire Senate race.
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I suppose Sununu is a better alternative than his competitor in the primary, but I generally considered him a RINO.
Sure but we gotta take what we can get and given that it’s a contest for a Senate seat in New Hampshire not Alabama then based on the political/policy preferences of that electorate Sununu is as ‘right wing’ a candidate that has a realistic shot at statewide office as possible.
“Sure but we gotta take what we can get”
Sigh. I’m so old, I remember the Manchester Union-Leader.
As do I. I also remember Gov. Meldrim Thompson Jr. In the 70s. A true conservative that the Manchester Union Leader endorsed.
I was too young to appreciate it at the time.
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Richard Lessner was a hard righter writer
For Sununu to have a shot at winning he would have to do something that is an anathema to the dwindling number of New England Republican politicians: run on issues that matter to less rich, working class voters instead of the wealthy blue-bloods he prefers rubbing elbows with. Trump ran the most un-GOPe campaign in recent memory – and what he lost in rich GOPe country club types he more than made up for with black, Hispanic, and working class voters.
Honestly – I don’t think Sununu has what it takes to win. He strikes me as another Larry Hogan type: a Republican who prefers to fling monkey poo at Trump and the GOP base rather than provide a meaningful alternative to Communist nihilism. A former two-term GOP governor of Maryland, Hogan got his clock cleaned when he later ran for US Senate against a little known Communist candidate. I will bet that will be Sununu’s fate as well.
To be fair he did embrace much of the current center/right populism. In his 1st term as Sen he opposed the Patriot Act, voted against renewal of the ‘assault weapons’ ban, pushed for more regulation of Fannie/Feddie and voted against the horrible McCain Kennedy immigration ‘reform’. That’s not exactly the resume of a typical ‘country club Republican’. Whether the voters of NH choose him or instead select another d/prog leftist for the open seat is definitely an open question. Frankly, I’d be more worried about the establishment/corporatist GoP folks who disdain center/right populism/MAGA/Tea Party choosing to stay home or worse supporting the d/prog.
You go with the most conservative candidate who can win the general. In New Hampshire that is Sununu.
A little off topic but to my mind Trump really screwed the pooch when he didn’t endorse Stefanik. She would have eaten Hochul alive.
I think he played the game the NRA plays — don’t endorse someone who doesn’t have a good chance of victory in his race, so your enemies won’t claim they lost despite (or worse, because of) your endorsement.
As Henry Kissinger once said about the Iran-Iraq war: it’s a pity both sides cannot lose. Sununu would be another Senator in the mold of Murkowski/Collins/Romney/Tillis: an obnoxious moral scold whose bread and butter is being a Republican concern troll. Washington DC already had exceeded its quota with that kind of politician.
Then obviously we’ll be better off with a Democrat. Look, we’re between a rock and a hard place here. I know how much a certain bloc of pseudo-conservatives hate the term, but it’s still better to vote for the lesser of evils rather than hand the fate of the country to Marxists (and waste the next two years on their never-ending attempt to impeach Trump and reopen the borders). Yeah, I’d like to be rid of Murkowski, Collins, et al, but wishes ain’t horses.
Reminds me of “White Christmas”.
Crosby: “What do you think would be a novelty up here in Vermont?”
Kaye: “Who knows — maybe we can dig up a Democrat?”
Crosby (with a chuckle): “They’d stone him!”
Good God, not another Sununu. They are worse than the Bushes.
I am not thrilled about Sununu, but he is preferable than handing the seat to the Democrats.
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