Candidate · November 3, 2026
Chris Pappas
On the ballot for U.S. Senate · New Hampshire
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $24M
- cash on hand
- $2.0M
- issues with public statements
- 27
- outside spending for or against
- $33M
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. Senate · New Hampshire1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| Status | Open seat — Currently serves in the U.S. House, representing New Hampshire's 1st District.3 |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Chris Pappas has represented New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House since 2019.4,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running for the Senate to change how Washington works and reform a system he says is rigged against working people in favor of corporate special interests, dark money groups and entrenched politicians.7,
Service in Congress since 2023
Websites and accounts
- Official websitepappas.house.gov3
- X (Twitter)x.com/RepChrisPappas9
- Campaign websitechrispappas.org4,
8 - Facebookfacebook.com/pappasfornh8
- Instagraminstagram.com/pappasfornh8
- X (Twitter)x.com/chrispappasnh8
- TikToktiktok.com/@chrispappasnh8
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@ChrisPappasNH8
- Threadsthreads.com/@pappasfornh8
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/chrispappasnh.bsky.social8
- Othersubstack.com/@chrispappasnh8
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks and forced a House vote on the issue.7,
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
His campaign website says he introduced the DISCLOSE Act to require dark money groups to disclose their donors and supports overturning Citizens United.7,
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Health Care
His campaign website says health care should be a right and that he is committed to protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.11
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
His campaign website says he is working across the aisle to restore the enhanced ACA premium tax credits.11,
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website says he helped pass the law that let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices and capped insulin at $35 for people on Medicare.11,
His campaign website says he will never vote to cut benefits or make seniors work longer and has fought efforts to raise the retirement age.13
- Raise the full retirement age
- Keep it at 67
His campaign website says he will never vote to cut Social Security benefits and opposes privatizing the system.13
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he helped introduce and pass the Respect for Marriage Act to protect marriage equality.5
- Keep same-sex marriage legal in every state
- Let each state decide whether to allow it
- Recognize only marriages between one man and one woman
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says his bipartisan bill would repeal the Trump tariffs for small businesses and refund what they paid, and that he supports rolling back new tariffs on food and everyday essentials.15,
His campaign website says he helped introduce the PRO Act and fought for its passage in the House.17
- Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
- Keep current rules
- Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized
His campaign website says he introduced bipartisan legislation and forced a vote to restore union rights the Trump administration removed from federal workers.17
Infrastructure and Transportation
His campaign website says he is leading efforts with Senator Mark Kelly to suspend the federal gas tax.16
- Raise the federal gas tax
- Add new fees, such as a yearly fee on electric vehicles or a charge for each mile driven
- Keep the gas tax as is and cover the gap with other federal money
- Cut or suspend the federal gas tax
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he is defending clean energy tax credits that it says lower costs and create jobs.16
Housing
His campaign website says he supports tax cuts to help first-time homebuyers.14
Education
His campaign website says he supports debt forgiveness for students who go into high-demand careers such as nursing, along with wider access to Pell grants and affordable community college.18
- Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
- Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
- Broad cancellation of student debt
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website says he introduced legislation to guarantee full legal equality for LGBTQ+ people in employment, housing, public accommodations and other areas.5
- Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
- Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
- No new federal protections; leave it to the states
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he is fighting to restore and write into law the rights established under Roe and helped pass the Women's Health Protection Act in the House.19
- A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
- Leave abortion law to each state
- A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
His campaign website says he introduced legislation to safeguard access to IVF and to protect and expand Title X family planning services.19
Immigration
His campaign website says ICE should focus on deporting people here illegally who are violent and breaking the law, and that he wrote a bill to redirect $75 billion in ICE funding to local law enforcement.20
His campaign website says he supports comprehensive immigration reform that gives immigrants who work hard and follow the rules a shot at the American dream, and that he helped pass protections for Dreamers.20
His campaign website says border security should be strengthened with better infrastructure and technology, and that he has supported funding for 22,000 Border Patrol agents.20
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says he has voted for federal money to hire and keep police officers and wrote a bill to redirect $75 billion in ICE funding to local law enforcement.21
- Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
- Keep funding near current levels
- Shift some police funding to mental health, housing or other services
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he supported bipartisan funding for Ukraine and called for strong sanctions on Russia.22
His campaign website says he has supported bipartisan security assistance for Israel and voted for humanitarian aid to Gaza, that he has called for a ceasefire that returns all hostages, destroys Hamas and lets humanitarian aid flow freely, and that he supports a two-state solution.22
Veterans
His campaign website says he has fought the Trump administration's plan to cut 80,000 VA staff.23
§4Popular bills that never got a vote
Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.
While Chris Pappas served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Chris Pappas sponsored or cosponsored 44 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.
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- Lets combat-disabled veterans get full military retirement pay plus disability pay (H.R. 2102, 119th Congress · 340 cosponsors)24Cosponsored
- Ends pay reductions for combat-disabled military retirees with under 20 years of service (H.R. 1282, 118th Congress · 326 cosponsors)25Cosponsored
- Allows Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection screening tests (H.R. 2407, 118th Congress · 319 cosponsors)26Cosponsored
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 3514, 119th Congress · 308 cosponsors)27Cosponsored
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rental housing (H.R. 3238, 118th Congress · 273 cosponsors)28Cosponsored
- Ends waiting periods for disability benefits and Medicare for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 549, 118th Congress · 272 cosponsors)29Cosponsored
- Ends disability benefit and Medicare waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 2048, 119th Congress · 271 cosponsors)30Cosponsored
- Requires new vehicles to include AM radio as standard equipment (H.R. 3413, 118th Congress · 270 cosponsors)31Cosponsored
- Extends the parks maintenance fund and adds higher park fees for foreign visitors (H.R. 9250, 119th Congress · 263 cosponsors)32Cosponsored
- Expands federal anti-soring rules for show horses and raises penalties (H.R. 3090, 118th Congress · 248 cosponsors)33Cosponsored
- Expands Medicare telehealth coverage by removing location limits and other restrictions (H.R. 4206, 119th Congress · 248 cosponsors)34Cosponsored
- Bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 1661, 119th Congress · 238 cosponsors)35Cosponsored
- Sets new federal care standards for dogs kept by commercial dog dealers and breeders (H.R. 1624, 118th Congress · 237 cosponsors)36Cosponsored
- Permanently bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 3475, 118th Congress · 236 cosponsors)37Cosponsored
- Requires employer health plans to allow exceptions to step-therapy drug rules (H.R. 2630, 118th Congress · 235 cosponsors)38Cosponsored
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 8702, 118th Congress · 231 cosponsors)39Cosponsored
- Targets crimes against postal workers; authorizes money for more secure mailboxes and keys (H.R. 1065, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)40Cosponsored
- Adds Medicare coverage of blood tests to screen for early Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 6130, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)41Cosponsored
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 2923, 118th Congress · 225 cosponsors)42Cosponsored
- Lets businesses deduct research costs right away instead of over five years (H.R. 2673, 118th Congress · 223 cosponsors)43Cosponsored
- Restores fines for charging veterans unauthorized fees for help with VA claims (H.R. 1139, 118th Congress · 221 cosponsors)44Sponsored
- Requires health plans to cover birth defect care for the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth or jaw (H.R. 3277, 119th Congress · 214 cosponsors)45Cosponsored
- Sends False Claims Act fraud recoveries to the Crime Victims Fund through 2029 (H.R. 8061, 118th Congress · 210 cosponsors)46Cosponsored
- Keeps paying military members and support staff during a shutdown in fiscal 2026 (H.R. 5401, 119th Congress · 210 cosponsors)47Cosponsored
- Raises Medicare physician fee schedule payments by 6.62% for April through December 2025 (H.R. 879, 119th Congress · 198 cosponsors)48Cosponsored
- Orders a study of Holocaust education in public schools across the states (H.R. 603, 118th Congress · 183 cosponsors)49Cosponsored
- Lets surviving military and veteran spouses keep benefits after remarrying (H.R. 1004, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)50Cosponsored
- Raises the tax credit for maintaining short line railroad track (H.R. 516, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)51Cosponsored
- Expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation on counter-drone and emerging technology (H.R. 1229, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)52Cosponsored
- Authorizes CIA payments to former Air America employees and survivors for 1950-1976 work (H.R. 2192, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)53Cosponsored
- Adds military spouses to a tax credit for employers who hire from certain groups (H.R. 1277, 118th Congress · 170 cosponsors)54Cosponsored
- Requires FHA mortgage notices to compare costs with VA home loans (H.R. 4335, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)55Cosponsored
- Gives new-car dealers through 2025 to restock 2020-21 inventory without triggering tax (H.R. 700, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)56Cosponsored
- Requires employer health plans to offer exceptions to step therapy drug rules (H.R. 5509, 119th Congress · 169 cosponsors)57Cosponsored
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rentals (H.R. 2725, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)58Cosponsored
- Extends U.S.-Israel defense, energy and development cooperation programs (H.R. 3792, 118th Congress · 163 cosponsors)59Cosponsored
- Lets 529 education savings plans pay for aviation mechanic and pilot training (H.R. 1818, 118th Congress · 162 cosponsors)60Cosponsored
- Requires nursing homes and similar facilities to let essential caregivers see residents (H.R. 6766, 119th Congress · 160 cosponsors)61Cosponsored
- Requires annual VA reports and studies on preventing veteran suicide (H.R. 4157, 118th Congress · 159 cosponsors)62Cosponsored
- Directs a Justice Department grant to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (H.R. 3381, 118th Congress · 156 cosponsors)63Cosponsored
- No-down-payment, federally insured mortgages for first responders and teachers (H.R. 2094, 119th Congress · 154 cosponsors)64Cosponsored
- Lets 529 education savings pay for job certifications and other credentials (H.R. 1477, 118th Congress · 150 cosponsors)65Cosponsored
- Funds research on firefighter protective gear made without PFAS chemicals (H.R. 3184, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)66Cosponsored
- Bans betting on animal fights and allows private lawsuits over animal fighting (H.R. 3946, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)67Cosponsored
- Bans most animal testing of cosmetics and sales of cosmetics developed with it (H.R. 5399, 118th Congress · 227 cosponsors)68Did not cosponsor
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors provide (H.R. 1610, 118th Congress · 180 cosponsors)69Did not cosponsor
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors are licensed to provide (H.R. 539, 119th Congress · 174 cosponsors)70Did not cosponsor
- Ties yearly Medicare physician payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index (H.R. 2474, 118th Congress · 172 cosponsors)71Did not cosponsor
- Counts recovery from organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for family leave (H.R. 4582, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)72Did not cosponsor
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 4583, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)73Did not cosponsor
- Doubles the amount of profit from selling a primary home that is exempt from tax (H.R. 1340, 119th Congress · 159 cosponsors)74Did not cosponsor
- Requires VA clinicians to certify a veteran's death within 48 hours (H.R. 4398, 119th Congress · 158 cosponsors)75Did not cosponsor
§5Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.76
| Raised | $23,703,648 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $22,126,867 |
| Cash on hand | $1,984,366 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $2,045,518 supporting and $30,868,781 opposing Chris Pappas this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 25, 2026.77
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| NO GOING BACK PAC INC. | — | $11,486,584 |
| SLF PAC | — | $11,037,732 |
| Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA LIBRE Action | — | $6,156,116 |
| The Sentinel Action Fund | — | $1,354,995 |
| WinSenate | $798,463 | — |
| America PAC | — | $755,773 |
| AMERICAS CREDIT UNIONS | $500,000 | — |
| AB PAC | $429,803 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§6Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Annual financial disclosure report78filed Aug 13, 2026
- Annual financial disclosure report79filed Aug 2, 2025
Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Chris Pappas at efdsearch.senate.gov80.