New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Sunday he believes “there’s a path to winning” the GOP presidential nomination and will decide “in the next week or two” whether to run in 2024.
“When I start doing something, I’m 120 percent,” Sununu said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “Very soon, we will make a decision, probably in the next week or two. And we will go or we will not go.”
The remarks come after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott, RSC, formally declared their presidential candidacies last week, officially challenging the front-runner, former President Donald Trump.
“The money has lined up, the support has lined up. There’s a way to win. All of that, those boxes are checked. The family is on board, which is always huge. I just have to make sure that it’s right for the party and right for me,” Sununu, who is serving his fourth term as governor of New Hampshire, told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
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New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has long been teasing a possible 2024 presidential run. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
DeSantis, whose long-awaited announcement was hit by technological problems on Twitter, raised $8.2 million in the 24 hours since he entered the race Thursday night, his campaign confirmed. This huge amount far exceeded the amount raised by President Joe Biden during the same period.
DeSantis formally launched his campaign Wednesday night during an online conversation with Twitter owner Elon Musk. But the audio stream crashed repeatedly, making it difficult for most users to hear the ad in real time.
On Thursday, the Republican governor announced plans for a three-state blitz next week with at least a dozen stops. He is scheduled to campaign Tuesday and Wednesday in Iowa before a trip to New Hampshire on Thursday and South Carolina on Friday.
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, campaigns at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester on May 25, 2023. Scott officially entered the 2024 presidential race on Monday. (M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We are focused on bringing Governor DeSantis’ forward-thinking message to restore America to all potential voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina,” said DeSantis campaign manager Generra Peck. “Our campaign is committed to putting in the time to win these early nominating states. No one will work harder than Governor DeSantis to share his vision with the country — he’s only just begun to fight.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, attending a political panel discussion, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Bedford, New Hampshire, formally announced his 2024 bid for the White House. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
DeSantis is emerging as Trump’s only legitimate Republican challenger in the tight GOP primary race. The former president currently holds a large lead in early polls along with a firm grip on a significant portion of the GOP’s passionate base. However, Trump is plagued by his own baggage, which includes multiple legal threats and a fixation on his 2020 election loss.
Sununu has teased a 2024 presidential campaign for months and has said he will likely decide by early summer, after the current New Hampshire legislative session concludes and the next two-year budget is signed into law. been Sununu supported Trump during the 2016 general election and again when the then-president ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 2020. The governor had a strong working relationship with the Trump White House, including close ties to Vice President Mike Pence.
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However, Sununu has long rejected Trump’s unproven claims that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” and “stolen.” He also began claiming in early 2021 that the GOP is bigger than anyone.
Paul Steinhauser of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
