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New Hampshire Poll Shows Trouble for Biden, and Possibilities for Governor Sununu

Sununu has carefully carved a path for himself as a fiscally conservative, moderate Republican who eschews partisanship in a deep purple state.

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Governor Sununu at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race July 18, 2021. AP/Charles Krupa, file
CAROLINE McCAUGHEY
CAROLINE McCAUGHEY

Nobody is yet saying New Hampshire’s Republican governor is running for president, but if he decided to challenge President Biden in 2024 he would be a formidable candidate, at least according to a recent NH Journal poll.

“The poll shows one thing: that President Biden is in serious trouble,” a veteran Republican strategist, David Carney, tells the Sun. The poll shows Governor Sununu trouncing Mr. Biden by a 53 percent to 34 margin. Mr. Carney says the governor would run only if there was a clear path to victory: “He wouldn’t want a clown show effort.”

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CAROLINE McCAUGHEY
CAROLINE McCAUGHEY

Ms. McCaughey is a native New Yorker who covers politics and policy. Her work has appeared in the New York Post, New York Daily News, Fox News, and other publications.

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