Washington, DC — New York Governor George Pataki, considering a run for the White House, will make his first 2005 campaign appearance in New Hampshire on October 23rd when he stumps with a Manchester mayoral hopeful. Other appearances are pending.
Meanwhile, Pataki will also be heading back to Iowa for the third time in four months, when he will
deliver the keynote address to the Clinton County GOP dinner.
The New York Governor, who had a highly visible and successful Iowa trip in September, would need a strong finish in the 2008 Iowa caucus — third place would do it — to get some mojo going for NH, where he would be expected to do well considering the state’s regional proximity to New York.
A veteran GOP operative based in Concord, NH says Pataki is well suited to the retail nature of campaigning in the state, and that while he is not yet highly visible in the Granite State, activists are curious about his potential candidacy.