NATION : Nancy Sununu Weighs House Race

WASHINGTON — Nancy Sununu, wife of White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, has not ruled out a race for a congressional seat from her native New Hampshire, White House aides said today.

Nancy Sununu, aides said, was not considering elective politics while she commuted between New Hampshire and Washington as her husband started his new job. But she now is settling into the family’s new Oakton, Va., home with some of the couple’s eight children. “It has never been ruled out nor has it been seriously considered before she got settled in her new home,” one aide said.

U.S. News & World Report says in this week’s editions that Nancy Sununu is considering challenging Rep. Chuck Douglas (R-N.H.) for his seat. The magazine said the Sununus dislike the fact that Douglas has been divorced three times, and Nancy Sununu refused to shake his hand at a recent party.