DemocratNot in office · last served 1982Last on a ballot: Nov 1982
Hugh J. Gallen
Last held office: Governor of New Hampshire (1978–1982). Ran in 3 elections between 1978 and 1982, winning 2.
- Last margin
- −4.7
- Lost 1982
- Elections
- 3
- 1978–1982
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Gallen 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 Gallen has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Gallen won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Lost | John H. Sununu (R) | 47.6% | R+4.7 | R+34.1 | |
| 1980 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Meldrim Thomson Jr (R) | 59.2% | D+18.4 | R+34.1 | |
| 1978 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Meldrim Thomson Jr (R), Wesley Powell (I), Mabel G. Everett (L) | 49.4% | D+4.0 | R+11.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Gallen has held
- Governor of New Hampshire · 1978–1982
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Gallen has run against
- John H. Sununu (R) · 1982 election, lost
- Meldrim Thomson Jr (R) · 1980 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive