NH-Sen: Sununu passes

by: Matt

Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 17:57:36 PM EDT

We noted yesterday the latest poll from New Hampshire, which showed Rep. Paul Hodes (D) beating former Sen. John Sununu 40-34. Well throw that poll into the garbage:

Former Sen. John Sununu will not be running for the New Hampshire Senate seat of retiring Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), according to a statewide GOP source familiar with his thinking.
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Sununu’s decision not to make a political comeback now draws attention to Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who is being wooed by Gregg to run for the seat and is seriously considering a candidacy.

Businessman Fred Tausch is also a potential candidate, and he has spent money on statewide television and radio blasting President Obama’s fiscal policies — in the run-up for a prospective campaign.