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Former Sen. John E. Sununu, a Republican, is believed to make a comeback attempt in the 2026 midterm elections.
Sununu, the older brother of former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, was the youngest member of the upper legislative chamber from 2003 to 2009.
He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003.
The Republican lost his re-election bid in 2008 to former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, who previously announced she would not seek re-election in 2026.
🚨New: Former New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu who is the brother of former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, is expected to announce he is running for the 2026 New Hampshire Senate Race this week pic.twitter.com/NgkJ6IY6Lr
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 20, 2025
POLITICO has more:
He has been in contact with the White House and is expected to visit with President Donald Trump soon, according to a senior White House official granted anonymity to disclose details.
Trump’s endorsement will be critical in the GOP primary, even though the state’s broader electorate rejected him for president in all three of his campaigns.
Sununu has long opposed Trump, serving as a national co-chair of former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s 2016 presidential campaign and backing former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley in 2024. He penned an op-ed ahead of the state’s GOP presidential primary last year lambasting Trump as a “loser.” Trump went on to win that primary by 11 points.
Still, the scion of a prominent Republican political dynasty in the state — his father is former governor and White House chief of staff John H. Sununu and one of his brothers is former Gov. Chris Sununu — would likely give the GOP its best hope of flipping the Senate seat.
New Hampshire is among the Senate races Republicans think they have the best chance to flip a seat from blue to red.
New: With John Sununu expected to announce his bid for Senate as soon as this week, a memo is being circulated among Senate Republicans arguing he’s a better candidate than Scott Brown.https://t.co/zpw60OpBNO
— Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) October 20, 2025
NOTUS explained:
A memo circulating among Senate Republicans argues that if former Sen. John Sununu is the nominee for New Hampshire’s Senate seat, the race would shift from “competitive to a top pickup opportunity” for the GOP.
Republicans are also underscoring former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown’s vulnerability in the race, hoping to avoid a messy primary. Brown, who lost to Jeanne Shaheen in 2014, jumped into the race for the Republican nomination earlier this year.
Senate Republican leadership has been working to recruit Sununu since it was clear his brother, former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, wasn’t going to run. Majority Leader John Thune has led the charge in recruiting Sununu to run, and placed the first call to him gauging his interest earlier this year, a source familiar with the matter told NOTUS. Thune, along with former Senate Leadership Fund Chair Cory Gardner, both urged him to enter the race, multiple sources said.
The memo, dated Oct. 15 and obtained by NOTUS, looks at an aggregation of public polling data and is being circulated among Senate Republicans. It comes as Sununu is expected to launch his candidacy as soon as this week. It lays out the public surveys that show Sununu within striking distance of Rep. Pappas, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, in the race to replace retiring Sen. Shaheen.