2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election


The 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu was elected to a third two-year term in office with more than 65% of the vote and winning every county, defeating his opponent Dan Feltes, the Majority Leader of the Senate. Nine governors ran for re-election in this cycle and all nine were re-elected. Sununu's win marked the first time since 1986 that a Republican was elected to a third term as governor, in which year his father, John H. Sununu was reelected for his third and final term. The elder Sununu chose not to seek reelection in 1988, instead becoming George H. W. Bush's chief of staff in 1989.
Sununu became the first person to get more than 500,000 votes in the state's electoral history. As of 2026, this is the only gubernatorial election since 2012 where either major party won every county.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Darryl W. Perry, author and candidate for U.S. president in 2016

Independent

Did not qualify for the ballot

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Chris
Sununu 		Dan
Feltes 		Other /
Undecided
American Research GroupOctober 26–28, 2020864 ± 4.6%51%46%3%
University of New HampshireOctober 24–28, 20201,889 ± 2.3%60%36%3%
Saint Anselm CollegeOctober 23–26, 20201,018 ± 3.1%60%35%6%
YouGov/UMass AmherstOctober 16–26, 2020757 ± 4.5%59%36%5%
University of New HampshireOctober 9–12, 2020899 ± 3.2%62%37%1%
Suffolk UniversityOctober 8–12, 2020500 ± 4.4%55%31%14%
Saint Anselm CollegeOctober 1–4, 20201,147 ± 2.9%58%35%7%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 30 – October 1, 2020700 ± 3.6%55%40%5%
American Research GroupSeptember 25–28, 2020600 ± 4%52%44%4%
University of New HampshireSeptember 24–28, 2020972 ± 3.1%55%37%5%
YouGov/UMass LowellSeptember 17–25, 2020657 ± 4.6%60%34%7%
University of New HampshireAugust 28 – September 1, 20201,889 ± 2.3%57%33%9%
University of New HampshireJuly 16–28, 20201,893 ± 2.2%59%28%13%
University of New HampshireJune 18–22, 2020932 ± 2.8%62%23%15%
We Ask AmericaJune 13–15, 2020500 ± 4.4%59%20%21%
University of New HampshireMay 14–18, 2020788 ± 3.2%61%21%18%
University of New HampshireFebruary 19–25, 2020576 ± 4.1%56%27%18%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 6–9, 20191,041 ± 3.0%53%37%10%

with Andru Volinsky

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Chris
Sununu
Andru
Volinsky
Other /
Undecided
University of New HampshireAugust 28 – September 1, 20201,889 ± 2.3%58%32%8%
University of New HampshireJuly 16–28, 20201,893 ± 2.2%58%29%13%
University of New HampshireJune 18–22, 2020932 ± 2.8%62%22%16%
University of New HampshireMay 14–18, 2020788 ± 3.2%61%20%19%
University of New HampshireFebruary 19–25, 2020576 ± 4.1%54%29%16%

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Sununu won both congressional districts, which both elected Democrats.
DistrictSununuFeltesRepresentative
67%32%Chris Pappas
63%35%Annie Kuster