Former New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu is considering running for the Senate next year and has spoken with Republicans in Washington about such a campaign, the Washington Examiner reported on Wednesday.

Sununu has talked recently with both Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and former Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, the outgoing chairman of the Senate Leadership Fund, about his interest in becoming a candidate for the Senate, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Senate Republicans tried unsuccessfully to recruit Sununu’s brother, four-term former Gov. Chris Sununu, to run for the seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., next year.

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