It will be one-and-done for Chris Ager as the head of the New Hampshire State Republican Party.

Ager, who led Republicans to sweeping wins throughout the state on Election Day, announced Monday he won’t run for reelection after a single term as party chairman. He’s interested in other roles, he said, that would give him a bit more leeway.

“Not being chairman would free me up to dig deeper into certain areas that can help make a difference for the party,” Ager said.

He’s long been involved with the New Hampshire GOP and has a few irons in the fire, he said, for other roles in the Republican Party. He declined to specify what those are.

“They’re ways that I can contribute to the party as much as or more than being chairman, and so I’m looking forward to pursuing those opportunities,” Ager said.

Ager started his term in January 2023 with a four-year plan. He accomplished his first two objectives, he said: winning the Manchester mayoral race and securing the State House for Republicans.

On Election Day, New Hampshire Republicans widened their margins in the House of Representatives and Senate and kept the governor and Executive Council under Republican control. The landscape now looks favorable to pass legislation that conservatives have been pursuing for years.

Ager does, however, have one more fish to fry: the 2026 midterm elections.

“The party in power generally doesn’t do as well,” Ager said. “We’re going to change that. We’re going to do better in the midterm.”

Ager said he also looks forward to advocating more in his personal capacity. As chairman, his job was to support the party platform. Though he said he generally agrees with the platform, some issues he wants to tackle more on his own – though he wouldn’t say yet what those are.

Charlotte Matherly is the statehouse reporter for the Concord Monitor and Monadnock Ledger-Transcript in partnership with Report for America. Follow her on X at @charmatherly, or send her an email at cmatherly@cmonitor.com.