Former GOP senator running to flip key swing state seat says he wants to 'work with President Trump'
EXCLUSIVE: RYE, N.H. — It's been 15 years since Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in swing state New Hampshire.But former Sen. John E. Sununu is confident he can break...
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EXCLUSIVE: RYE, N.H. — It's been 15 years since Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in swing state New Hampshire . But former Sen. John E. Sununu is confident he can break his party's losing streak. "This is a race I know I can win," Sununu told Fox News Digital last month. Sununu launched his 2026 GOP Senate campaign earlier this week, and on Friday explained why he's the right person to flip the seat currently held by longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen , who's retiring after next year. FIRST ON FOX: FORMER GOP SENATOR EMERGES FROM PRIVATE SECTOR WITH NEW MISSION -'SOMEBODY HAS TO STEP UP' "It's the right message, the right set of issues, and also the right person," Sununu told Fox News Digital, in his first national interview after declaring his candidacy. Sununu is a former three-term representative who defeated then-Gov. Shaheen in New Hampshire's 2002 Senate election. But the senator lost to Shaheen in their 2008 rematch. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ON THE 2025 ELECTIONS Shaheen announced earlier this year that she wouldn't seek re-election in next year's midterms and Republicans are working to flip the seat as they aim to not only defend but expand their 53-47 Senate majority . Now, after nearly two decades in the private sector, Sununu is returning to the campaign trail in New England's only swing state. Sununu, in his launch video, said that nowadays "Congress just seems loud, dysfunctional, even angry," and that he wants to "return to the Senate to help calm the waters." Asked if that's the kind of message that the Republican base wants to hear, the former senator said: "They want to win. I think they want to have someone who advocates for New Hampshire and gets things done. Someone like me, who can walk into the Oval Office and work to keep taxes low for New Hampshire, work with the administration, work with President Trump ." FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR ON POTENTIAL BID TO FLIP SWING STATE SEAT RED: 'THIS IS A RACE I KNOW I CAN WIN'…