Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Chris Pappas

Official portrait of Chris Pappas
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Hampshire’s 1st district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Manchester, NH
Born
1980
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
PAPPAS, CHRIS
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Hampshire with the current district highlighted

New Hampshire, District 1

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · New Hampshire District 1IncumbentWon the general election (100%)

FEC candidate ID H8NH01210 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS PAPPAS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Hampshire District 1$23,703,648.39Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · New Hampshire District 1$4,069,100.41Won the general election (0.1%)
2021–2022U.S. House · New Hampshire District 1$5,163,533.11Won the general election (54%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Hampshire District 1$3,222,282.25Won the general election (100%)
Total raised$3,222,282.25
Total spent$3,122,213.85
Cash on hand$213,912.05
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,244,204.47PACs and other committees: $897,055.03Party committees: $10,865.64Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $69,801.67Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $355.44
  • Individual contributions$2,244,204.4770%
  • PACs and other committees$897,055.0328%
  • Party committees$10,865.640%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$69,801.672%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$355.440%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

243 committees reported giving $882,639.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Chris Pappas$16,343.33
  • Independent expenditures opposing Chris Pappas$69,749.09
  • Company and union communications to members about Chris Pappas$7,922.64

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

New Hampshire U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Chris Pappas (D)$3,222,282.25$213,912.052020-12-31
Matt Mowers (R)$1,766,753.67$8,453.602020-12-31
Matt Mayberry (R)$197,506.78$0.002020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
University of New HampshireOctober 24–28, 2020451 (LV)± 4.6%Chris Pappas 48% · Matt Mowers 50%
Saint Anselm CollegeOctober 23–26, 2020560 (LV)± 4.1%Chris Pappas 49% · Matt Mowers 44%
University of New HampshireOctober 9–12, 2020477 (LV)± 4.5%Chris Pappas 53% · Matt Mowers 43%
Saint Anselm CollegeOctober 1–4, 2020595 (LV)± 4%Chris Pappas 49% · Matt Mowers 41%
University of New HampshireSeptember 24–28, 2020504 (LV)± 4.4%Chris Pappas 56% · Matt Mowers 38%
University of New HampshireAugust 28 – September 1, 2020925 (LV)–Chris Pappas 52% · Matt Mowers 34%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS PAPPAS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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