The closer we get to the midterms, the bleaker it looks for Democrats who have begun acting like the domestic terrorists by partially shutting down government with their childish (and dangerous) decision to fight Republicans over TSA funding. Now it appears as though the party that can’t identify a woman and threw open our borders to the third world for four years is in danger of losing a long-held U.S. Senate seat.
John Sununu, the 75th governor of New Hampshire and former chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, is now a candidate for the Republican Senate nomination. A recent poll indicates that he is expected to win the state’s GOP primary and has a potential chance of defeating Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in the upcoming November midterms.
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The latest Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll shows that a potential U.S. Senate matchup in November between Democrat Pappas and Republican Sununu remains close, with Pappas at 46 percent, Sununu at 43 percent and 11 percent unsure.
The poll of 1,491 registered New Hampshire voters was conducted from March 16-18 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.5%.
Sununu is in a notable primary, up against a fellow former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
The GOP primary race is not competitive at all, however, with Sununu leading Brown by 49 percent to 28 percent. This is a positive development because, in a hypothetical matchup between Brown and Pappas, the Democrat is projected to defeat the Republican candidate by nearly 10 points.
“Chris Pappas is a rubber stamp for Democrats’ failed policies and this poll further proves that Granite Staters are ready for change,” NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell said in a statement. “John Sununu is a fighter for New Hampshire and will turn the Granite State red in November.”
The New Hampshire way is simple.
Freedom, hard work, and independence; those aren’t just Granite State values, they’re American values. That’s what I’ll fight for every day. pic.twitter.com/Ril2I7bm9r
— John E. Sununu (@SununuSenator) October 22, 2025
Of all the blue states that were part of the 13 original colonies that have been been blue for decades, New Hampshire is the one that flirts with streaks of redness the most. Both current U.S. senators – Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen – are Democrats (Shaheen is retiring) but the last two governors, Chris Sununu (John’s son) and now Kelly Ayotte are Republicans.
Would be a shame (not) for Democrats to lose another seat in the upper chamber, getting the GOP closer to a 60-seat majority.
