Former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand says he�s "all in for Andrew Yang."

While the two-time Democratic gubernatorial candidate is quite busy right now serving as a senior adviser to Yang�s presidential campaign, he also made it very clear in an interview with Seacoast Media Group that "certainly I�m not ruling" out a third straight run for the New Hampshire governor.

Marchand is once again crisscrossing the Granite State, but this time not for himself. Instead, he�s drumming up support in the-first-in-the nation presidential primary state for Yang, a New York-based entrepreneur who�s making his first run for public office. Yang�s been generating some buzz the past couple of months, and stands higher in the polls than some better known senators and governors.

The major reason for his recent rise -- his so-called "freedom dividend" -- may be starting to spark interest with voters. Since launching his campaign over a year ago, Yang�s been pushing his proposal for a universal basic income for all adult Americans. He�s promising, if elected, to pay each person age 18-65 $1,000 a month with no strings attached.

Marchand said he�s trying to spread Yang�s message "everywhere I can in New Hampshire."

But he noted that "while I�m out there people are asking if I�ll consider running for office again in 2020. Certainly I�m not ruling it out."

And Marchand emphasized that while "Yang is my number one priority � I want folks to that I�m clearly keeping my eyes out to what�s going on at the state level and I�m getting and speaking about what needs to happen in Concord and clearly there�s a lot of interest in that as well."

Asked about a timetable to decide on a 2020 gubernatorial run, Marchand said "for now my focus in on Andrew Yang and helping him get elected as our next president."

He shared that "I�m not going to make any final decision on state level until later this year or early 2020."

Marchand jumped in late to the 2016 race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but ended up finishing a surprise but distant second to then-executive councilor Colin Van Ostern of Concord in a multi-candidate field.

Van Ostern was defeated by two percentage points by then-Republican executive councilor Chris Sununu in the general election.

Marchand jumped in extremely early in his second bid, launching his campaign in April 2017, just four months into Sununu�s first term in office. While he had a year�s head start over former state Sen. Molly Kelly, the Harrisville Democrat crushed Marchand in last September�s gubernatorial primary.

While persistence is an admirable quality, the third time is often not the charm in campaign politics.

"Everyone has the right to run for elective office but when you�ve run for the same office twice and lost, you should probably give some sober thought to whether it�s wise to run again," noted longtime New Hampshire-based Democratic strategist Judy Reardon.

If Marchand does end up running again for the chance to square off with Sununu as the GOP incumbent runs for a third term as governor, he�ll likely have plenty of company.

State Sen. Majority Leader Dan Feltes and Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky have both taken big first steps towards launching campaigns. And Kelly has pointedly not ruled out another run.

Some national and state Democrats also point toward Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, who�s running this year for re-election to a second term steering New Hampshire�s largest city.

Marchand was interviewed ahead of his appearance at the Moose Mountain Area Democrats gathering in Wakefield. He spoke on behalf of Yang�s presidential bid � and also on behalf of his own possible 2020 run.

And in his interview with Seacoast Media Group, Marchand seemed to take a jab at some of his potential gubernatorial nomination rivals.

He noted that "just as we need to nominate an outsider in order to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, we really need to nominate an outsider to defeat a two-term incumbent governor in 2020."

Yang coming to Seacoast

Speaking about Yang, he returns to New Hampshire Aug. 16-18 with at least one stop in the Seacoast. The candidate will headline a house party in North Hampton at Marchand�s home at 6 p.m. on the 17th. The former Portsmouth mayor and his family recently moved to North Hampton.