Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has led neighboring New Hampshire polls for the Republican presidential nomination, chalked up a key endorsement in the early primary voting state: its senior U.S. senator Judd Gregg.
 
The Romney campaign said Gregg, who is in his third Senate term and previously served as the state’s governor for two terms (before Romney was governor of Massachusetts), would campaign alongside him in the coming weeks and months.
 
“Mitt Romney embodies New Hampshire’s values — values that stress government living within its means, lower taxes, a stronger military and stronger families,” Gregg said in a statement provided by the Romney campaign.
 
Gregg serves as the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee and also is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
 
One of Gregg’s strategists, Tom Rath, has been working with the Romney group for more than a year.

Photo credit: Neal Hamberg (Romney campaigning in New Hampshire last month)