Official election context
John E. Sununu is recorded as candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire State Primary on 2026-09-08. Filing provenance: imported.
Reviewed evidence
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
Sununu strongly supported greater access to firearms, voting against the proposed renewal of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004.
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
He strongly opposed amnesty for illegal aliens, voting against the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill in July 2007.
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
He also became well known as one of the five Republican senators who joined Democrats in a filibuster of the USA PATRIOT Act renewal conference report, concerned about possible negative impacts the bill had on civil liberties.
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
In 2007, Sununu was the lead Republican co-sponsor of the Clean Air Planning Act of 2007 which sought to address air quality and climate change by establishing a schedule to reduce harmful emissions from power plants—in particular, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides—as well as decrease carbon dioxide emissions through a cap and trade system.
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
He also supported the bipartisan Clean Energy Stimulus Act of 2008 that provides tax incentives for the development of clean and renewable energy sources.
- John E. Sununu - Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org (date not supplied)
A long time proponent of technology, in January 2007, Sununu called for a permanent ban on taxes of Internet connections and online sales.
- John E. Sununu - profile overview — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)
"I'd have to look at it. You know, I don't know exactly what the federal regulations are, you know, which schedule it's on. Obviously, states have gone very far at the individual level, as the states have the right to do, to deal with how they penalize it, misdemeanor status, legalization, etc. You know, this may be an issue where the federal government probably ought to just stay out and let the states make the decisions that are right for them and their people."
Profile summary
John E. Sununu is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. He previously represented New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House from 1997 to 2003 and served in the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2009. He holds mechanical-engineering degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard University.
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