John Edward Sununu (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Senator, New Hampshire
- Birth Date: Sept. 10, 1964
- Occupation: Engineer, Public Official
- Religion: Catholic
- Web site: http://www.sununu.senate.gov
Education
- Harvard University, MBA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS
John E. Sununu was born in Boston and lives in Bedford. He graduated from Salem (N.H.) High School and received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1991.
Sununu worked as a design engineer for a microwave electronics manufacturer from 1987 to 1989. He was an operations specialist for high-tech companies from 1990 to 1992. He was chief financial officer and director of operations of Teletrol Systems from 1993 to 1995. Sununu also worked as a business analyst for JHS Associates Ltd., a company operated by his father, John H. Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor and chief of staff to the first President Bush.
John Sununu won the 1st Congressional District seat in 1996 and was re-elected in 1998 and 2000.
He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 after defeating incumbent Bob Smith in the GOP primary.
Sununu and his wife, Kitty, have two children.
