The 2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu won election to a fourth term, defeating Democratic nominee Tom Sherman.
Sununu had "expressed interest" in running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 against incumbent Democrat (and former governor) Maggie Hassan. However, on November 9, 2021, he announced that he would instead run for a fourth term as governor. Sununu became the first Republican to win a fourth term as governor, also tying John Lynch's modern record of four terms overall. This was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Chris Sununu, incumbent governor
Eliminated in primary
- Julian Acciard, security specialist, Iraq War veteran, and former candidate for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional district in 2022
- Jay Lewis, Laconia resident
- Richard McMenamon II
- Thad Riley, entrepreneur, former Brentwood school board member and community advocate
- Karen Testerman, former Franklin city councilor and candidate for governor in 2020
Declined
- Kelly Ayotte, former U.S. senator
- Scott Brown, former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014
Endorsements
Chris Sununu
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Tom Sherman, state senator from the 24th district
Declined
- Dan Feltes, former majority leader of the New Hampshire Senate from the 15th district and nominee for governor in 2020 (moved out of state in 2021)
- John Lynch, former governor
- Jodi Picoult, author
- Andru Volinsky, former executive councilor and candidate for governor in 2020
- Cinde Warmington, executive councilor (running for re-election)
Endorsements
Tom Sherman
Other candidates
Libertarian Party
- Karlyn Borysenko, far-right social media activist, author, and podcaster; during the 2025 ZLuC, Borysenko violated event policies and Substack community guidelines by recording, live-streaming, and then selling access to the footage of what is a free-to-all event. Borysenko targeted a zine librarian for expressing dissatisfaction with the Trump administration.
- Kelly Halldorson
General election
Polling
Aggregate polls
Graphical summary
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Cheshire (largest city: Keene)
- Grafton (largest city: Lebanon)
By congressional district
Sununu won both congressional districts, which both elected Democrats.