The Sununu family
New Hampshire · Senate · Governor · House
Combined career popular votes
2,983,792
Members on the ballot
3
Combined W–L
11–1
Years on the ballot
1982–2022
John H. Sununu was governor of New Hampshire and White House chief of staff under George H. W. Bush. His sons followed: John E. Sununu served in the U.S. House and Senate, and Chris Sununu was elected governor of New Hampshire four times, keeping the family at the center of the first-primary state for a generation.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris SununuR | Governor | 2016–2022 | 1,526,395 | 4–0 |
| John H. SununuR | Governor | 1982–1986 | 536,787 | 3–0 |
| John E. SununuR | Senate · House | 1996–2008 | 920,610 | 4–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 3 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.