About John E. Sununu
John Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and in the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2009. He is the son of John H. Sununu and older brother of Chris Sununu, both of whom were governors of New Hampshire. Sununu was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996, and was re-elected in 1998 and 2000. Sununu is the first Palestinian American to serve in Congress. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, defeating Republican incumbent Bob Smith in the primary and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in the general election. Elected to the Senate at 38 years old, he was its youngest member throughout his entire term. In 2008, he lost re-election to Shaheen in a rematch. Sununu is a candidate in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire, seeking to reclaim his old seat. He will face Scott Brown in the Republican primary. Sununu was the youngest member of the Senate for his entire six-year term. In 1998, he won re-election with 67% of the vote beating Democrat Peter Flood. In 2000, he won re-election defeating Democrat Martha Fuller Clark with 53% of the vote. She won seven of New Hampshire's 10 counties, losing Carroll, Belknap, and Rockingham.
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