Craig Benson
Last held office: Governor of New Hampshire (2002–2004). Ran in 2 elections between 2002 and 2004, winning 1.
- Last margin
- −2.1
- Lost 2004
- Elections
- 2
- 2002–2004
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Benson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Benson has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Benson won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Lost | John Lynch (D) | 48.9% | D+2.1 | D+1.4 | |
| 2002 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Mark D. Fernald (D) | 60.5% | R+21.1 | R+1.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Benson has held
- Governor of New Hampshire · 2002–2004
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Benson has run against
- John Lynch (D) · 2004 election, lost
- Mark D. Fernald (D) · 2002 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 23 polls; Benson’s best result was 59% (New Hampshire Governor, 2002).
Benson’s polls in the database →