John E. Sununu

Earned a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee and a 0% score from NARAL Pro-Choice America during his Senate tenure (2003–2009), reflecting a consistent pro-life voting record aligned with the rubric's personhood-from-conception standard.

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In 2006, Sununu was one of only six Senate Republicans to vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment (S.J.Res. 1), which would have written into the U.S. Constitution a prohibition on same-sex marriage. He broke with his party on this social vote, citing his view that the federal government should not constitutionally define marriage — a stance that does not align with the rubric's standard of defending traditional one-man-one-woman marriage through constitutional protection.

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As U.S. Senator (2003-2009), Sununu was a consistent fiscal hawk: he opposed the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit on grounds it cost too much and added unsustainable federal debt, and was a lead sponsor of legislation to create voluntary private Social Security accounts to reduce the program's long-term fiscal burden. His 2026 campaign focuses on 'economy, jobs, debt and affordability' — fully consistent with his prior anti-deficit Senate record.

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Maintained a pro-gun Senate record (2003–2009), opposing new federal gun-control legislation and supporting Second Amendment rights without additional restrictions — consistent with the rubric's defense of unrestricted Second Amendment rights.

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Sununu voted consistently with his Republican caucus in support of continuing U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: the Washington Post analysis found he voted with his party 84% of the time, specifically including 'consistent support for the war in Iraq.' He supported supplemental appropriations to fund ongoing overseas operations, reflecting an interventionist rather than restraint-first foreign policy at odds with the rubric's preference for ending forever wars and repealing open-ended AUMFs.

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