2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
	Sununu: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Van Ostern: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%; Tie: 40–50% No votes
Governor before election; Maggie Hassan; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Chris Sununu; Republican

The 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of New Hampshire, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

The primaries were held on September 13.

Incumbent Democratic governor Maggie Hassan was eligible to run for re-election to a third term in office, but she instead successfully ran for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Kelly Ayotte.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] In the general election, Republican nominee Chris Sununu defeated Democrat Colin Van Ostern and Libertarian state representative Max Abramson to become the first Republican governor of New Hampshire elected since 2002. With a margin of 2.27%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2016 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in North Carolina.

Background

Governor Maggie Hassan, the incumbent from the Democratic Party, declined to run for reelection, choosing to seek a U.S. Senate seat instead. Both major parties had multiple declared candidates, leading to primary elections that were held September 13, 2016.

New Hampshire and Vermont are the only states in the country whose governors are elected every two years.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Mark Connolly, former New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State^[5]
Derek Dextraze
Ian Freeman, radio host
Steve Marchand, former mayor of Portsmouth^[6]
Colin Van Ostern, Executive Councilor^[7]

Declined

Jackie Cilley, state representative, former state senator and candidate for governor in 2012^[8]
Dan Feltes, state senator^[8]
Maggie Hassan, incumbent governor (running for U.S. Senate)^[4]
Andrew Hosmer, state senator^[9]^[10]
Ann McLane Kuster, U.S. representative (running for re-election)^[11]
Shawn O'Connor, businessman (running for NH-01)^[8]^[12]^[13]
Chris Pappas, Executive Councilor^[8]
Stefany Shaheen, Portsmouth City Councilor and daughter of U.S. senator Jeanne Shaheen^[8]
Carol Shea-Porter, former U.S. representative (running for NH-01)^[14]^[15]
Donna Soucy, state senator^[11]
Mike Vlacich, campaign manager for Senator Shaheen^[8]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Connolly	Derek Dextraze	Ian Freeman	Steve Marchand	Colin Van Ostern	Other	Undecided
InsideSources/NH Journal^[16]	July 19–21, 2016	444	± 5.1%	7%	1%	3%	6%	13%	—	71%
Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University^[17]	May 25–28, 2016	405	± 4.9%	5%	—	—	2%	12%	6%	74%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	458	± 4.6%	15%	—	—	—	21%	—	64%

Results

Democratic primary results^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colin Van Ostern	37,696	51.99
	Democratic	Steve Marchand	18,338	25.29
	Democratic	Mark Connolly	14,840	20.47
	Democratic	Ian Freeman	1,069	1.47
	Democratic	Derek Dextraze	557	0.77
Total votes			72,500	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Frank Edelblut, state representative^[20]
Jeanie Forrester, state senator^[21]^[22]
Ted Gatsas, Mayor of Manchester^[23]
John Lavoie
Chris Sununu, Executive Councilor, son of former governor John H. Sununu and brother of former U.S. senator John E. Sununu^[24]

Declined

Jeb Bradley, Majority Leader of the State Senate and former U.S. representative^[25]
Walt Havenstein, businessman and nominee for governor in 2014^[26]
Donnalee Lozeau, Mayor of Nashua^[27]
Chuck Morse, president of the State Senate^[25]
Andy Sanborn, state senator^[25]

Endorsements

Frank Edelblut

603 Alliance^[28]
New Hampshire Liberty Alliance^[29]
Fifty-seven current members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives: Chris Adams, Glen Aldrich, Keith Ammon, John Balcom, Steven Beaudoin, Rick Christie, James Coffey, Allen Cook, Susan Delemus, Dan Donovan, Eric Eastman, Tracy Emerick, Elizabeth Ferreira, Valerie Fraser, Harold French, Bart Fromuth, Dick Gordon, Linda Gould, Warren Groen, Joe Hannon, J.R. Hoell, Edith Hogan, Werner Horn, Ray Howard, Paul Ingbretson, Dan Itse, Tom Kaczynski, Joe Lachance, Don Lebrun, Don McClarren, Jim McConnell, Mark McLean, Carol McGuire, Dan McGuire, Josh Moore, Bill Ohm, Jeff Oligny, Jason Parent, Joe Pitre, Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien, Kimberly Rice, Eric Schleien, Carl Seidel, Tammy Simmons, Kathleen Souza, Greg Smith, James Spillane, Victoria Sullivan, Mike Sylvia, Dan Tamburello, Len Turcotte, Jordan Ulery, Peter Varney, Michael Vose, Joshua Whitehouse, Ted Wright, Kurt Wuelper^[30]
The Conway Daily Sun^[31]

Jeanie Forrester

Ted Gatsas

Jeb Bradley, New Hampshire Senate Majority Leader^[34]
The Keene Sentinel^[35]
Nashua Telegraph^[36]

Chris Sununu

Individuals

Charles Bass, former U.S. representative^[37]
Scott Brown, former United States senator from Massachusetts^[38]
Bill Cahill, former Executive Councilor^[39]
Louis Georgopoulos, former Executive Councilor^[39]
Judd Gregg, former governor of New Hampshire^[40]
Ruth Griffin, former Executive Councilor^[39]
John Kasich, Governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate^[41]
Joseph Kenney, executive councilor^[39]
Steve Merrill, former governor of New Hampshire^[40]
Chuck Morse, president of the New Hampshire Senate^[42]
Earl Rinker, former executive councilor^[39]
Dan St. Hilaire, former executive councilor^[39]
Raymond Wieczorek, former executive councilor^[39]

Newspapers

Concord Monitor^[43]
The Portsmouth Herald^[44]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Frank Edelblut	Jeannie Forrester	Ted Gatsas	Jon Lavoie	Chris Sununu	Other	Undecided
NH Journal^{[citation needed]}	July 19–21, 2016	619	± 5.1%	4%	5%	21%	2%	27%	—	41%
Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University^[17]	May 25–28, 2016	405	± 4.9%	0%	7%	10%	—	44%	3%	36%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	454	± 4.6%	12%	—	—	—	60%	—	28%

Results

Republican primary results^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Sununu	34,137	30.68
	Republican	Frank Edelblut	33,149	29.79
	Republican	Ted Gatsas	22,840	20.53
	Republican	Jeanie Forrester	19,716	17.72
	Republican	John Lavoie	1,429	1.28
Total votes			111,271	100.00

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

Max Abramson, state representative^[45]

Independents

Candidates

Declared

Mike Gill, businessman^[46]
Jilletta Jarvis, training project manager^[47]^[48]

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 26, 2016 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[49]	Tossup	August 12, 2016
Daily Kos^[50]	Tossup	November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report^[51]	Tossup	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[52]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Real Clear Politics^[53]	Tossup	November 1, 2016
Governing^[54]	Tossup	October 27, 2016

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Colin Van Ostern (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other/Undecided ^[a]	Margin
Real Clear Politics^[55]	October 28 – November 6, 2016	November 6, 2016	43.2%	44.4%	12.4%	Sununu +1.2%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Colin Van Ostern (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyMonkey^[56]	November 1–7, 2016	696	± 4.6%	55%	42%	—	3%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	November 3–6, 2016	707	± 3.7%	48%	37%	2%	13%
SurveyMonkey^[58]	Oct 31–Nov 6, 2016	672	± 4.6%	56%	41%	—	3%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	November 2–5, 2016	645	± 3.7%	47%	38%	3%	12%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	November 1–4, 2016	588	± 3.7%	47%	37%	2%	14%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	Oct 31–Nov 3, 2016	515	± 3.7%	47%	37%	2%	14%
SurveyMonkey^[59]	Oct 28–Nov 3, 2016	672	± 4.6%	54%	42%	—	4%
Suffolk University^[60]	Oct 31–Nov 2, 2016	500	± 4.4%	37%	41%	6%	15%
American Research Group^[61]	Oct 31–Nov 2, 2016	600	± 4.0%	44%	48%	2%	6%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	Oct 30–Nov 2, 2016	466	± 3.7%	46%	38%	2%	14%
WBUR/MassINC^[62]	Oct 29–Nov 1, 2016	500 LV	± 4.4%	44%	49%	1%	5%
WBUR/MassINC^[62]	Oct 29–Nov 1, 2016	500 LV	± 4.4%	43%	45%	<1%	10%
UMass Lowell/7News^[63]	Oct 28–Nov 2, 2016	695 LV	± 4.3%	43%	47%	5%	4%
UMass Lowell/7News^[63]	Oct 28–Nov 2, 2016	901 RV	± 3.8%	41%	45%	5%	8%
SurveyMonkey^[64]	Oct 27–Nov 2, 2016	658	± 4.6%	54%	42%	—	4%
Public Policy Polling^[65]	Oct 31–Nov 1, 2016	781	± 3.5%	47%	44%	—	9%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	Oct 29–Nov 1, 2016	468	± 3.7%	43%	40%	3%	14%
WBUR/MassINC^[62]	Oct 29–Nov 1, 2016	500	± 4.4%	44%	49%	1%	5%
WBUR/MassINC^[62]	Oct 29–Nov 1, 2016	500	± 4.4%	43%	45%	—	10%
SurveyMonkey^[66]	Oct 26–Nov 1, 2016	635	± 4.6%	53%	43%	—	4%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	October 28–31, 2016	513	± 3.7%	44%	40%	2%	14%
SurveyMonkey^[67]	October 25–31, 2016	659	± 4.6%	53%	43%	—	4%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	October 27–30, 2016	463	± 3.7%	43%	40%	2%	14%
WMUR/UNH^[68]	October 26–30, 2016	641	± 3.9%	43%	40%	2%	14%
WMUR/UNH^[57]	October 26–29, 2016	516	± 3.7%	42%	41%	5%	12%
NH Journal	October 26–28, 2016	408	± 4.2%	42%	45%	2%	11%
Monmouth University^[69]	October 22–25, 2016	401	± 4.9%	48%	43%	4%	5%
NBC/WSJ/Marist^[70]	October 20–24, 2016	768 LV	± 3.5%	47%	46%	2%	4%
NBC/WSJ/Marist^[70]	October 20–24, 2016	1,020 RV	± 3.1%	47%	46%	2%	5%
UMass Amherst/WBZ^[71]	October 17–21, 2016	772	± 4.5%	44%	43%	6%	7%
UMass Amherst/WBZ^[71]	October 17–21, 2016	772	± 4.5%	42%	39%	5%	14%
WMUR/UNH^[72]	October 11–17, 2016	770	± 3.5%	44%	38%	4%	15%
Washington Post/SurveyMonkey^[73]	October 8–16, 2016	569	± 0.5%	53%	43%	—	4%
WBUR/MassINC^[74]	October 10–12, 2016	501	± 4.4%	47%	44%	2%	8%
WBUR/MassINC^[74]	October 10–12, 2016	501	± 4.4%	41%	41%	2%	15%
7News/UMass Lowell^[75]	October 7–11, 2016	517	± 4.9%	39%	41%	6%	13%
Suffolk University^[76]	October 3–5, 2016	500	± 4.4%	36%	40%	2%	20%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - Save the Children Action Network^[77]	Sept 29–Oct 4, 2016	500	± 4.3%	44%	44%	6%	6%
WBUR/MassINC^[78]	September 27–29, 2016	502	± 4.4%	44%	47%	2%	7%
WBUR/MassINC^[78]	September 27–29, 2016	502	± 4.4%	41%	44%	2%	11%
American Research Group^[79]	September 20–25, 2016	522	± 4.2%	44%	45%	1%	10%
Monmouth University^[80]	September 17–20, 2016	400	± 4.9%	43%	49%	1%	7%
Public Policy Polling^[81]	January 4–6, 2016	1,036	± 3.0%	35%	39%	—	26%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	990	± 3.1%	34%	40%	—	25%
Public Policy Polling^[82]	October 16–18, 2015	880	± 3.3%	34%	41%	—	25%
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	32%	39%	—	29%
WMUR/UNH^[84]	July 7–20, 2015	472	± 4.5%	26%	36%	—	37%
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	34%	37%	—	29%

Hypothetical polling

with Maggie Hassan

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Maggie Hassan (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	48%	39%	—	13%
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	53%	36%	—	11%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Maggie Hassan (D)	Donnalee Lozeau (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	55%	25%	—	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Maggie Hassan (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	48%	41%	—	11%
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	52%	35%	—	13%

with Stefany Shaheen

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Stefany Shaheen (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[82]	October 16–18, 2015	880	± 3.3%	37%	39%	—	23%

with Chris Pappas

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	33%	38%	—	29%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	34%	38%	—	28%

with Terie Norelli

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Terie Norelli (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	33%	39%	—	29%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Terie Norelli (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	34%	39%	—	27%

with Mark Connolly

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Connolly (D)	Frank Edelblut (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[81]	January 4–6, 2016	1,036	± 3%	31%	24%	—	45%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	990	± 3.1%	33%	24%	—	43%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Connolly (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[81]	January 4–6, 2016	1,036	± 3%	36%	38%	—	25%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	990	± 3.1%	36%	40%	—	24%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Stefany Shaheen (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[82]	October 16–18, 2015	880	± 3.3%	40%	41%	—	19%

with Jackie Cilley

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jackie Cilley (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	31%	37%	—	31%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jackie Cilley (D)	Donnalee Lozeau (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	32%	26%	—	43%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jackie Cilley (D)	Chris Sununu (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	36%	37%	—	27%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Colin Van Ostern (D)	Frank Edelblut (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[81]	January 4–6, 2016	1,036	± 3%	30%	25%	—	45%
Public Policy Polling^[18]	November 30–December 2, 2015	990	± 3.1%	30%	26%	—	44%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Colin Van Ostern (D)	Jeb Bradley (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[82]	October 16–18, 2015	880	± 3.3%	31%	40%	—	29%
Public Policy Polling^[83]	August 21–24, 2015	841	± 3.4%	31%	38%	—	31%
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	31%	37%	—	32%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Colin Van Ostern (D)	Donnalee Lozeau (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[85]	April 9–13, 2015	747	± 3.6%	31%	27%	—	42%

Results

2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^[86]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Sununu	354,040	48.84%	+1.41%
	Democratic	Colin Van Ostern	337,589	46.57%	−5.81%
	Libertarian	Max Abramson	31,243	4.31%	N/A
	Write-in		1,991	0.28%	+0.09%
Total votes			724,863	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

By county

County	Sununu#	Sununu%	Van Ostern#	Van Ostern%	Abramson#	Abramson%	Scatter#	Scatter%	Total votes	Margin
Belknap	18,798	54.70%	14,069	40.94%	1,403	4.08%	94	0.00%	34,364	13.76%
Carroll	15,192	52.38%	12,503	43.29%	1,126	3.90%	58	0.00%	28,879	9.09%
Cheshire	17,107	42.25%	21,471	53.02%	1,802	4.45%	114	0.00%	40,494	-10.77%
Coos	7,424	48.90%	7,006	46.14%	702	4.62%	51	0.00%	15,183	2.76%
Grafton	19,685	39.65%	27,621	55.64%	2,215	4.46%	122	0.00%	49,643	-15.99%
Hillsborough	103,811	49.70%	95,231	45.59%	9,128	4.37%	698	0.00%	208,868	4.11%
Merrimack	37,295	45.51%	41,195	50.26%	3,245	3.96%	222	0.00%	81,957	-4.75%
Rockingham	94,385	53.52%	74,076	42.00%	7,499	4.25%	411	0.00%	176,371	11.52%
Strafford	29,578	44.12%	34,173	50.97%	3,128	4.67%	164	0.00%	67,043	-6.85%
Sullivan	10,765	48.80%	10,244	46.43%	995	4.51%	57	0.00%	22,061	2.37%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Carroll (largest city: Conway)
Coös (largest city: Berlin)
Sullivan (largest city: Claremont)

By congressional district

Sununu won 1 of the 2 congressional districts, which elected a Democrat.^[87]

District	Sununu	Van Ostern	Representative
1st	50%	45%	Carol Shea-Porter
2nd	47%	48%	Annie Kuster

Notes

^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.

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^ "Senate President Chuck Morse endorses Chris Sununu for Governor". June 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "Editorial: For Republicans, Chris Sununu". Concord Monitor. September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
^ "Sununu deserves to be GOP standard-bearer". The Portsmouth Herald. September 11, 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Sullivan, Max (June 13, 2016). "Seabrook Rep. Max Abramson running for governor". Seacoastonline.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
^ "Forrester to become fourth Republican candidate for governor". WMUR. March 22, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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^ "2016 Governor Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
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^ "Gubernatorial Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
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^ "2016 Election Maps - 2016 Governor Races". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ "2016 Governors Races Ratings & News". Governing Magazine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^ Real Clear Politics
^ SurveyMonkey
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ WMUR/UNH
^ SurveyMonkey
^ SurveyMonkey
^ Suffolk University ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ American Research Group Archived November 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b WBUR/MassINC
^ UMass Lowell/7News
^ SurveyMonkey
^ Public Policy Polling
^ SurveyMonkey
^ SurveyMonkey
^ WMUR/UNH
^ Monmouth University
^ NBC/WSJ/Marist
^ UMass Amherst/WBZ Archived October 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ WMUR/UNH
^ Washington Post/SurveyMonkey Archived 2017-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ WBUR/MassINC
^ 7News/UMass Lowell
^ Suffolk University Archived October 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - Save the Children Action Network
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^ American Research Group
^ Monmouth University
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Public Policy Polling
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Public Policy Polling
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Public Policy Polling
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