The 1988 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1988. Incumbent Governor John Sununu did not run for re-election, and was succeeded by U.S. Representative Judd Gregg.

1988 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Judd Gregg Paul McEachern Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 267,064 172,543 Percentage 60.45% 39.05%

County results Municipality results Gregg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% McEachern:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election John Sununu Republican Elected Governor Judd Gregg Republican

As of 2020^[update], this marks the most recent time that Republicans won the races for Governor and for President concurrently,^[1] although they came close to doing so in 2016.^{[original research?]}