Jimmy Fallon and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu trade jabs over the state’s mid-snowstorm elections
Who knew Sununu could take a joke?
Officials in New York and other states declared states of emergency Tuesday in anticipation of the massive incoming storm.
But in New Hampshire — where many towns postponed local elections scheduled Tuesday — Gov. Chris Sununu “strongly” recommended that the voting go on, despite more than a foot of snow falling across the state.
Back in New York City, late night host Jimmy Fallon took notice.
“I read that a lot of towns in New Hampshire had elections today, despite the giant snowstorm, because the state’s governor, Chris Sununu, said they should go on,” the Tonight Show host said during his monologue Tuesday night.
The target of Fallon’s joke, however, was not Sununu’s controversial recommendation. Rather, it was the governor’s politically famous surname.
“Sununu actually had a lot to say about it,” Fallon continued. “First, Sununu said ‘I know the weather makes everyone feel blue-blue. But a little snow-snow shouldn’t stop me and you-you.’ Then Sununu said, ‘So I’m gonna wake-wake up early, and go out and vote-vote in my new-new Sununu Subarubu. You know how I do-do.'”
Perhaps more than used to jokes riffing off the sound of his name, Sununu returned the joke back to Fallon in New York.
Hey @jimmyfallon, yesterday’s snow-snow may have shut some states down-down. But here-here in New Hampshire, we just call it Tuesday! pic.twitter.com/bIiAGszgNZ
— Chris Sununu (@GovChrisSununu) March 15, 2017
As the Concord Monitor reported, many voters did brave the snow to cast their vote. But the weather did result in particularly low turnout for some races, particularly in the 4,000-person town of Boscawen:
A sleepy ballot saw what might be the lowest tallies of any race in the region: Adam Egounis and Rhoda Hardy became cemetery trustees with 4 votes and 3 votes, respectively.
The two were write-ins, as there were no official candidates. Egounis won the three-year term, Hardy the two-year term.
Roger Sanborn, unopposed, was elected [selectman] with 99 votes.
