New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he won't run for president in 2024
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Washington — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, bowing out as the field of GOP hopefuls grows.
Sununu announced his decision in an interview with CNN and op-ed in the Washington Post, where he wrote that the "stakes are too high for a crowded field to hand the nomination to a candidate who earns just 35 percent of the vote," a reference to former President Donald Trump's margin in the 2016 New Hampshire primary.
"The path to winning was clear, but I believe I can have more influence on the future of the Republican Party and the 2024 nominating process not as a candidate but as the governor of the first-in-the-nation primary state — a governor who is unafraid to speak candidly about issues, candidates and the direction of our party, untethered from the limitations of a presidential campaign and unleashed from conventional boundaries," Sununu wrote.