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 re-elected to a third two-year term in office, 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 ever to get more than half a million votes in a New Hampshire gubernatorial election, making him the top vote-getter in the history of statewide elections in the state.

Nominee

 * Chris Sununu, incumbent Governor of New Hampshire

Eliminated in primary

 * Nobody, activist formerly known as Rich Paul
 * Karen Testerman, Franklin city councilor

Declined

 * Kelly Ayotte, former U.S. Senator
 * Frank Edelblut, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education and candidate for governor in 2016
 * Chuck Morse, minority leader of the New Hampshire Senate

Nominee

 * Dan Feltes, majority leader of the New Hampshire Senate

Eliminated in primary

 * Andru Volinsky, member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire

Declined

 * Joyce Craig, mayor of Manchester
 * Molly Kelly, former state senator and nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 2018
 * Steve Marchand, former mayor of Portsmouth and candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016 and 2018
 * Mindi Messmer, former state representative and candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 2018 (running for Executive Council)

Nominee

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

Did not qualify for the ballot

 * Bill Fortune

Polling

 * with Andru Volinsky

Results

 * Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
 * Cheshire (largest municipality: Keene)
 * Grafton (largest municipality: Lebanon)
 * Strafford (largest municipality: Dover)

Results by congressional district
Sununu won both congressional districts, which both elected Democrats.