RepublicanNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 1986
John H. Sununu
Last held office: Governor of New Hampshire (1982–1988). Ran in 6 elections between 1972 and 1986, winning 4.
- Last margin
- +7.4
- Won 1986
- Elections
- 6
- 1972–1986
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Sununu 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 Sununu has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Sununu won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Paul McEachern (D) | 53.7% | R+7.4 | R+37.9 | |
| 1984 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Chris Spirou (D) | 66.9% | R+33.7 | R+37.9 | |
| 1982 | Governor of New Hampshire | General | Won | Hugh J. Gallen (D) | 52.4% | R+4.7 | R+34.1 | |
| 1976 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 22 | General | Lost | Delbert F. Downing (D) | 46% | D+8.0 | — | |
| 1974 | New Hampshire State Senate, District 22 | General | Lost | Delbert F. Downing (D) | 16.9% | D+66.0 | — | |
| 1972 | New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 5 | General | Won | Laurence N. Belair (D), Vesta M. Roy (R), James A. Sayer (R) | 4.9% | D+1.8 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Sununu has held
- Governor of New Hampshire · 1982–1988
- New Hampshire House of Representatives, District ROCKINGHAM 5 · 1972–1974
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Sununu has run against
- Paul McEachern (D) · 1986 election, won
- Chris Spirou (D) · 1984 election, won
- Hugh J. Gallen (D) · 1982 election, won
- Delbert F. Downing (D) · 1976 election, lost
- Laurence N. Belair (D) · 1972 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive