Former New Hampshire Republican Sen. John Sununu does not have plans to attend the inaugural 2026 Republican midterm election convention, at least for now.
Sununu, also a former congressman, is running in the Granite State’s Republican Senate primary election against another former senator, one-time Massachusetts senator and former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Brown.
Brown did not respond to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment regarding whether he expects to attend the convention in Dallas.
The pair’s primary is Sept. 8, just a day before the two-day midterm election convention begins.
The New Hampshire Republican primary is not the only event on the calendar that could create scheduling conflicts around the convention.
The opening game of the 2026 NFL regular season between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots is on Sept. 9, likely impacting television ratings during Vice President JD Vance’s convention address.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear on Sept. 9 before delivering his own primetime remarks on Sept. 10.
Sununu is polling far ahead of Brown, averaging a 33-percentage-point lead, according to RealClearPolitics‘ poll aggregation.
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Sununu and likely Democratic nominee Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), however, are in a statistical tie, with Pappas averaging a 2-point lead before November’s general election to replace Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).
Sununu, whose father and brother were both former governors of New Hampshire, served in Congress from 1997 to 2003 and in the Senate from 2003 to 2009.