Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John E Sununu

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. Senate · New Hampshire
Filing address
Hampton, NH (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SUNUNU, JOHN E
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Hampshire with the whole state highlighted

New Hampshire

RepublicanU.S. Senate · New HampshireOpen seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S6NH00208 · Principal campaign committee: SUNUNU SENATOR

Total raised$5,681,528.08
Total spent$3,936,990.86
Cash on hand$1,711,396.49
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $3,214,180.17PACs and other committees: $574,000.00Party committees: $62,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,827,317.02Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,030.89
  • Individual contributions$3,214,180.1757%
  • PACs and other committees$574,000.0010%
  • Party committees$62,000.001%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,827,317.0232%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,030.890%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$799,410.8620%
  • Contributions over $200$3,125,119.3380%
  • Itemized from inside New Hampshire$607,769.5718%
  • Itemized from other states$2,707,590.0482%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $508,244.92 · Texas $314,656.74 · California $249,961.43 · New York $245,796.25 · Virginia $207,108.23. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3M$0 YEAR-END: raised $1,356,653.34YEAR-END: spent $233,736.21APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,119,288.03APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $349,300.98JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,186,310.47JULY QUARTERLY: spent $406,568.19PRE-PRIMARY: raised $462,329.78PRE-PRIMARY: spent $115,182.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,087,247.59OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,688,146.772025-122026-032026-062026-082026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

78 committees reported giving $515,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John E Sununu$3,199,988.01
  • Independent expenditures opposing John E Sununu$130,636.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

New Hampshire U.S. Senate, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John E Sununu (R)$5,681,528.08$1,711,396.492026-10-14
Chris Pappas (D)$23,703,648.39$1,984,365.822026-10-14
Scott P. Brown (R)$2,255,699.62$356,497.282026-09-30
Karishma Manzur (D)$558,788.30$19,029.702026-09-30
Jeanne Shaheen (D)$176,809.69$808,003.842026-09-30
Jared Sullivan (D)$100,112.19$0.002026-06-30
Dan Innis (R)$48,502.53$0.002026-01-25
Matthew S Giovonizzi (NON)$4,463.13$1,236.032025-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Chris Pappas 49.2% · Scott Brown 37% (Pappas +12.2%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Race to the WH, RealClearPolitics.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
National Public Affairs (R)October 8–12, 2026600 (LV)± 4.0%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 45%
YouGovSeptember 28 – October 5, 20261,520 (LV)± 3.9%Chris Pappas 51% · John E. Sununu 43%
Saint Anselm CollegeSeptember 28–29, 20261,042 (LV)±3.0%Chris Pappas 51% · John E. Sununu 44%
Trafalgar Group (R)September 26–27, 20261,082 (LV)±2.9%Chris Pappas 47% · John E. Sununu 41%
New York Times/Siena UniversitySeptember 15–22, 2026613 (LV)± 4.9%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 45%
University of New HampshireSeptember 17–21, 20261,418 (LV)± 2.6%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in New Hampshire (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SUNUNU SENATOR.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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