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John E. Sununu

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1964 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technlogy, B.S., 1986, M.S., 1987
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1991

Career:

  • Design engineer, 1987-1989
  • Corporate manager/director, 1990-1995
  • Consultant, 1995-1996


Election Results for John E. Sununu


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 31 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,768 27.8%
1996 31 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,939 50.0%
1998 33 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,414 99.4%
1998 33 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,430 66.8%
2000 35 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,798 99.4%
2000 35 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,609 52.9%
2002 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 81,920 53.5%
2002 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 227,229 50.8%
2008 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 60,852 88.9%
2008 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 314,403 45.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for John E. Sununu


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1997 32 House 85 15 95 5 D 29 71 99 5 92
1998 33 House 81 19 89 9 D 24 74 98 0 92
1999 34 House 91 4 D 24 74 97 0 100
2000 35 House 95 5 D 30 70 99 10 96
2001 36 House 92 6 R 93 5 98 0 92
2002 37 House 91 7 R 89 11 95 0 92
2003 38 Senate 93 4 R 92 5 97 15 95
2004 39 Senate 90 5 R 98 2 94 10 100
2005 40 Senate 83 13 R 80 16 96 10 83
2006 41 Senate 91 9 R 89 10 99 20 88
2007 42 Senate 82 17 R 83 16 99 15 84
2008 43 Senate 85 13 R 72 24 97 26 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.