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Former Vice President Mike Pence is no stranger to Iowa and New Hampshire, the two states that kick off the presidential nominating calendar.
Pence, who’s reported to be seriously mulling a 2024 White House bid, has already made three trips to each state since the end of former President Donald Trump’s administration over a year and a half ago.
But this week, Pence will turn up the volume on speculation he’s continuing the process of laying the groundwork for a White House run with back-to-back appearances in the states and visits to two iconic settings that are considered must-stops for potential and actual presidential candidates — “Politics and Eggs” at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the Iowa State Fair.
Pence has been crisscrossing the country for the past year and a half, helping fellow Republicans running in the 2022 elections. And with less than three months to go until the midterms, when the GOP aims to win back congressional majorities and build on their already strong control of state governments, Pence is picking up what’s already been an energetic pace.
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Those stops have included Iowa, New Hampshire, as well as South Carolina and Nevada, which hold the third and fourth contests in the GOP’s presidential nominating calendar. The four states are known as the carve-out, or early voting, states in the primary and caucus calendar.
“He’s got friends everywhere, including Iowa and New Hampshire,” a source close to the former vice president told Fox News. And the source acknowledged that “when you go to those states, you get a lot more media coverage.”
Pence will have a jam-packed Wednesday in New Hampshire, starting with his appearance at “Politics and Eggs” at Saint Anselm College. It’s the third edition of “Politics and Eggs” this year to feature a possible Republican presidential contender, following appearances in the spring by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2016 White House candidate,…
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