Bob Giuda

In March 2022 NHPR revealed that 300 New Hampshire-related names were found on a leaked Oath Keepers' database. Giuda's name was on the list. Giuda told NHPR, "he distanced himself from the organization soon after its involvement in the 2014 armed standoff with federal authorities at a Nevada ranch owned by Cliven Bundy." Giuda also told NHPR, "I left that group years ago, I wasn’t comfortable with the way the group was being run." New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley said, “If Senator Giuda truly is no longer a member of this organization, it is absolutely essential he immediately provide corroborating documentation to show this is the case.”

In 2016 Giuda was elected as a New Hampshire state senator for District 2.

In June 2009, he formed an exploratory committee for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district seat. He announced his candidacy in October 2009 and officially filed as a candidate with the New Hampshire Secretary of State on June 8, 2010.

The Second Congressional District at the time of the election consisted of the western and northern portions of the state, including all of Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan counties as well as almost all of Merrimack and Hillsborough counties plus three towns in Rockingham County and two towns in Belknap County. It comprised 171 towns and 7 cities. Giuda came in third in the Republican primary election held on September 14, 2010.

During a June 2010 appearance in Salem, New Hampshire an audience member asked Giuda to name specific budgetary cuts he would make. He named five departments he believes need to be curbed on both the budgetary and regulatory fronts:

After an appearance at Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire, on June 28, 2010, in response to inquiries by members of his audience Giuda characterized some potential dangers he sees in same-sex marriage by saying "What's next? Men and sheep? Women and dogs?" He indicated his belief that same-sex marriage is the "downfall of the nation" in response to a question by another audience member and had previously indicated that he considered homosexuality to have been instrumental in the collapse of a number of previous civilizations such as Classical-era Greek Sparta.

Giuda placed third in the 2010 U.S. Congressional primary behind Charlie Bass and Jennifer Horn.

Civil unions became legal in New Hampshire on January 1, 2008. On January 1, 2011, undissolved civil unions became same-sex marriages. Giuda has asserted that although he supports civil unions he is opposed to same-sex marriage.

In November 2005, he led a humanitarian relief team to the small village of Kafal Garh, 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above sea level in Kashmir, in the aftermath of the devastating October earthquake that killed an estimated 80,000 people in Pakistan. The team provided funding to construct metal shelters to deal with the onset of winter and an average snowfall of 28 feet.

In December 2002 and February 2003, just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Giuda traveled to Pakistan-held Kashmir on a series of fact-finding missions to investigate atrocities against Muslim civilians allegedly being committed by the Indian Armed Forces and paramilitary forces. The mission included meetings with military leaders, members of Pakistan's cabinet, the National Assembly of Pakistan and Senate, and then-President Pervez Musharraf. Upon returning to New Hampshire, Giuda drafted and successfully shepherded a House Concurrent Resolution which led to U.S. House hearings on the ongoing atrocities in Kashmir.

In October 2001, shortly after the September 11 attacks, he appeared on national television to advocate training and arming qualified commercial airline pilots to prevent against future hijackings. He founded the Airline Pilots Security Alliance[1], which lobbied Congress in support of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program that exists today to enable pilots to defend against future hijackings.

However, in addition to his opposition to same-sex marriage later in the decade, in 2001 in his capacity as New Hampshire House of Representatives member from Grafton Giuda voted in support of New Hampshire HB454 as put forward by House Republican Daniel C. Itse which would have prohibited New Hampshire recognition of out-of-state civil unions. Giuda contends that this is consistent with his position today.

Giuda's political career began with the formation of the town of Warren Economic Development Committee, which ultimately resulted in an assessment of the community by the New Hampshire Rural Development Corporation. He was appointed and then elected as a selectman and chairman of the selectboard in Warren, New Hampshire, from 1998 to 2001. In 2000, he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving three consecutive terms in office. He opted not to seek a fourth term in 2006. While in the House, he was assigned to the Ways and Means and Labor and Rules committees and rose to the position of Deputy Majority Leader.

Giuda graduated from Pittsfield High School and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1975 with a B.S. in Operations Analysis. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, and went on to serve 9 years as a Naval Aviator.

Robert J. Giuda (born February 21, 1952) (/ˈɡaɪdə/) is an international airline captain from Warren, New Hampshire, a former United States Marine and current New Hampshire state senator for the 2nd district.