New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu mentioned Monday that he is not going to search the presidency in 2024.

The 48-year-old Republican governor, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump, made the announcement on CNN and adopted up with a put up on social media.

“I will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024,” Sununu tweeted. “The stakes are too high for a crowded field to hand the nomination to a candidate who earns just 35 percent of the vote, and I will help to ensure this does not happen.”

Sununu was amongst a small group of Republican officers nonetheless overtly considering a presidential bid. Even together with his resolution, the 2024 GOP White House discipline might be giant.

Earlier Monday, former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork declaring his marketing campaign for president. He joined a discipline that features Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen Tim Scott of South Carolina, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to launch his personal marketing campaign Tuesday night in New Hampshire, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will announce his bid Wednesday in Fargo.

Sununu has mentioned he would endorse the GOP’s final nominee in 2024, however that he’s rooting in opposition to Trump.

“You obviously have a very large field,” he instructed CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview. “I think the former president is doing much better in the polls than folks thought.”

He mentioned that Trump “has no chance of winning” the overall election in November of 2024.

“If Republicans nominate him, a vote for him in the primary is effectively a vote for Joe Biden.”

Sununu, who was lately elected to his fourth two-year time period as New Hampshire governor, didn't rule out a future run.

By not operating, he mentioned, he deliberate to talk with “a little more of an unleashed voice” to make the Republican Party larger.

Copyright © 2023 The Washington Times, LLC.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com