Mayor has 2020 vision on N.H. trek

Mayor de Blasio has the White House in his sights, and New Hampshire on his travel itinerary.

De Blasio will make a swing through the Granite State later this week as he ponders entering the 2020 presidential race, his communications director said Tuesday.

After a talk at Harvard on Thursday night, de Blasio will visit Nashua, N.H., Friday morning, where he’ll meet with Mayor Jim Donchess, said Michael Casca, de Blasio’s communications director and a veteran of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid.

In Nashua, de Blasio may mingle with voters in a retail politics stop.

That evening, de Blasio will stop in Concord, the state capital, where he’ll attend and event hosted by Rights and Democracy NH — a group focused on raising wages, family leave and health care.

De Blasio’s PAC will pay for the trip, according to Politico New York, which first reported his plans.

If de Blasio decides to run, he’ll join an increasingly crowded field of Democrats hoping to take on President Trump. He’ll face plenty of local competition, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, and, possibly, his predecessor, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar also have announced they’re running.

New Hampshire is a natural stop for de Blasio — besides being home to the nation’s earliest presidential primary, it’s next-door to Massachusetts, where the mayor, a Red Sox fan, was raised. “He wants to make sure ideas like Pre-K for All, paid personal time, and mental health are on the table as Democrats debate the party’s vision for the future,” Casca said.

De Blasio will be accompanied by Casca, intergovernmental director Jon Paul Lupo and first deputy press secretary Jaclyn Rothenberg. They will take vacation time to make the trip.

De Blasio has said he will not rule out running for President next year — an about-face from his 2017 reelection bid, when he said he’d serve his full term as mayor.