The 2024 Republican primary field will remain the same, for now.
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has decided against launching a presidential campaign.
“I’ve taken the last six months to look at things, where everything is, and I’ve made the decision not to run for president on the Republican ticket in 2024,” Sununu said Monday in an interview on CNN and in an opinion piece in the Washington Post.
“Obviously a lot goes into that decision but it’s been quite an adventure, but not the end of the adventure by any means,” Sununu told CNN.
Sununu explained that he believes he can have a bigger impact by not running for president when it comes to “how we can make the Republican Party bigger.”
“I want more independents on the Republican Party team. I want more young voters on the Republican Party team. I am tired of losing U.S. Senate races,” Sununu emphasized. “I think more folks within the Republican Party have to have that kind of voice, that kind of emphasis of message, in making sure that this is about the Republican Party, not just about the former president.”
Besides former President Trump, the Republican presidential nomination field includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina governor and former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former two-term Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, multimillionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Michigan businessman Perry Johnson.
On Monday, former Vice President Mike Pence formally filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) ahead of his expected announcement on June 7.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who ran for the 2016 presidential nomination, is expected to launch a campaign at a town hall in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
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