“You’re not going to hear much from them on the need for increased revenue.”
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Chris Sununu
Christopher Thomas Sununu is an American politician and engineer who served as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire from 2017 to 2025.
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business · American politician (born 1974) · politician · businessperson · governor · also Chris Sununu, Christopher T. Sununu, Christopher Sununu, Christopher T. "Chris" Sununu, Christopher Thomas Sununu, Christopher Thomas "Chris" Sununu
Born 5 November 1974 · Q16215583
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consistently stood with law enforcement, families of crime victims, and advocates for justice in opposing a repeal of the death penalty because it is the right thing to do.
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2026· 6 entries
“consistently stood with law enforcement, families of crime victims, and advocates for justice in opposing a repeal of the death penalty because it is the right thing to do.”
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“Liberal elites in Washington want to stand on the shoulders of hardworking American families that built this country, defended this country and tell them how to live their lives. They”
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CNBC: Chris Sununu on rising jet fuel costs: Airlines are only passing a small portion onto the customer
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Yahoo: Chris Sununu says "we are disincentivizing" people from joining airline industry
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Fox News: Chris Sununu warns airport delays worsening due to TSA shortages, government shutdown
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2025· 2 entries
KCUR 89.3 FM: Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on bipartisanship and Trump administration policies
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Airlines for America, a trade organization representing many of the largest air carriers in the United States, announced that Sununu would become the organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer effective Sep
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2024· 2 entries
Sununu signed three bills limiting transgender rights
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But noted, "I really don't have a timeline
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2023· 5 entries
Announced that he would not run for a fifth term
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USA Today: NH Gov. Chris Sununu, a Trump critic, passes on 2024 campaign
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“I stand ready to sign a legalization bill that puts the State of NH in the drivers seat, focusing on harm reduction—not profits.”
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Sununu issued an executive order forbidding the state from working with entities involved in anti-Israel boycotts
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Announced: "I stand ready to sign a legalization bill that puts the State of NH in the drivers seat, focusing on harm reduction—not profits
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2022· 3 entries
In response to reports that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v
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Softened his stance, saying, "I think it's going to ultimately happen in New Hampshire", and that the best way to do it would be by selling it in state-run stores, as is done with alcohol
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Sununu said he would veto a "parental bill of rights" that critics claimed would have forced schools to disclose students' gender identities to their parents
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2021· 1 entry
Sununu announced his intention to run for a fourth term as governor instead of challenging incumbent U
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2020· 2 entries
“These immense projects should use incentives already available and compete on their own merits.”
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Sununu joined Democrats in supporting permanent funding for conservation efforts in the U
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2019· 5 entries
Sununu vetoed New Hampshire Senate Bill 446, which would have increased the limit for renewable energy projects participating in net metering from 1 megawatt (MW) to 5 MW
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Sununu announced that he would seek a third term as governor, rather than challenging Senator Jeanne Shaheen in the 2020 election
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Sununu vetoed a bill to repeal capital punishment in New Hampshire
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Sununu vetoed a bill that would have banned people from carrying firearms on school property
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Allowed a bill to become a law without his signature that created a non-binary gender option for driver's licenses, but also vetoed a bill to make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificates, s
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2018· 5 entries
Sununu said he would refuse to send the New Hampshire National Guard to the US-Mexico border to enforce Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy in regard to undocumented immigrants
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Said it was "terrible" that the Democratic Party's platform supported legalization, and that he would "absolutely" veto legislation "regardless of what the language looks like"
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“s GOP platform issues and spoke at an event for the Log Cabin Republicans, the LGBT wing of the Republican Party. In 2018, Sununu signed into law two bills intended to protect LGBT rights, one prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity in housing, employment, and public accommodations and one banning conversion therapy from being used on minors. In 2019, he allowed a bill to become a law without his signature that created a non-binary gender option for driver”
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Sununu signed into law two bills intended to protect LGBT rights, one prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity in housing, employment, and public accommodations and one banning conversion therapy from being us
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By the New Hampshire House of Representatives failed to achieve a two-thirds majority
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2017· 3 entries
Career landmark: Governor of New Hampshire (2017–2025).
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Citing that the proposal would negatively affect Medicaid and addiction recovery services in the state
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Sununu signed Senate Bill 12, which enacted the right to carry a handgun without a permit in New Hampshire
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2016· 1 entry
Sununu reluctantly supported Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, but in 2019, he called himself a "Trump guy through and through"
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2015· 2 entries
The Governor's Advisory Commission on the Intermodal Transportation (GACIT) presented the 10-Year Plan for 2017–2026 to the governor of New Hampshire
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As a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, he voted to defund Planned Parenthood
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2014· 2 entries
A 300-page, $292 million amendment to the state's Medicaid program came before the Executive Council only two hours before the scheduled vote
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Sununu defeated Robin McLane, 61,601 votes to 38,420, or 61
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2012· 1 entry
Sununu defeated Bill Duncan, 75,856 votes to 55,432, or 55
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2010· 3 entries
Sununu joined the other four Executive Council members in voting unanimously to release Ward Bird from his mandatory three- to six-year prison sentence for threatening another person with a gun
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Sununu defeated incumbent Executive Councilor Beverly Hollingworth by 53,053 votes to 41,875, or 55
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Sununu led a group of investors in the buyout of Waterville Valley Resort
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2002· 1 entry
Became an "engineer in training" in California
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2001· 1 entry
Sununu met his future wife, Valerie, in college; they married in 2001.
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1998· 1 entry
Completed a five-month through-hike of the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia
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1974· 1 entry
Born 1974-11-05.
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