Overview
- Within hours of his announcement, the NRSC and the Senate Leadership Fund publicly backed Sununu, signaling national Republicans view him as their strongest recruit.
- Sununu frames his comeback on lowering the temperature in Washington and pledges to focus on health care costs, the economy, and protecting Medicare and Social Security.
- Scott Brown remains in the GOP race and is attacking Sununu’s past opposition to President Trump, while Trump has not endorsed in the primary.
- Recent surveys show a competitive race, including a UNH poll with Pappas up six points and other polls showing margins of two to three points, and the Cook Political Report rates the seat Lean Democrat.
- The GOP primary is set for next September, with state Sen. Dan Innis already exiting and endorsing Sununu, and Democrats consolidating around Rep. Chris Pappas for the open seat created by Jeanne Shaheen’s retirement.