Federal candidate · 2025–2026 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, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Hampshire with the current district highlighted

New Hampshire

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

DemocraticU.S. Senate · New HampshireOpen seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S6NH00141 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS PAPPAS FOR SENATE

Total raised$23,703,648.39
Total spent$22,126,866.80
Cash on hand$1,984,365.82
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $21,080,102.32PACs and other committees: $1,360,044.09Party committees: $64,250.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,196,079.97Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $3,172.01
  • Individual contributions$21,080,102.3289%
  • PACs and other committees$1,360,044.096%
  • Party committees$64,250.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,196,079.975%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,172.010%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$7,949,521.6450%
  • Contributions over $200$8,084,280.0950%
  • Itemized from inside New Hampshire$2,044,044.7321%
  • Itemized from other states$7,589,955.1779%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $1,516,777.27 · Massachusetts $1,289,893.59 · New York $1,204,796.00 · District of Columbia $359,697.10 · Florida $347,551.98. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$7.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $655,503.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $205,792.17JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,815,262.72JULY QUARTERLY: spent $656,770.70OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,813,297.62OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,216,324.17YEAR-END: raised $2,268,753.53YEAR-END: spent $1,643,903.24APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $3,307,858.98APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $2,321,979.98JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,510,931.04JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,551,100.62PRE-PRIMARY: raised $2,013,049.45PRE-PRIMARY: spent $2,944,452.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $6,115,416.28OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $7,083,439.832025-032025-092026-032026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea334
Voted nay336
Voted present4
Did not vote0 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored59
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored380

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10587 American Homes First Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
  • H.R. 10589 Consumer Fuel Costs Relief Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Agriculture, for a period to be sub…
  • H.R. 10588 LIHEAP Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.R. 9969 Baby Brent’s Bill
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9894 Investing in State Energy Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9759 Turn the Tide Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Educat…
  • H.R. 9563 No Cashing In Act
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter…
  • H.R. 9105 SAFEGUARD Veterans Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Latest action Jun 23, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  • H.R. 8565 ATIIP Reauthorization and Improvement Act
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8468 Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 23, 2026 · Latest action Apr 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

166 committees reported giving $859,028.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 166 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Chris Pappas$266,188.23
  • Independent expenditures opposing Chris Pappas$1,293,060.29

FEC totals for the 2026 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. Senate, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Chris Pappas (D)$23,703,648.39$1,984,365.822026-10-14
John E Sununu (R)$5,681,528.08$1,711,396.492026-10-14
Scott P. Brown (R)$2,255,699.62$356,497.282026-09-30
Karishma Manzur (D)$558,788.30$19,029.702026-09-30
Jeanne Shaheen (D)$176,809.69$808,003.842026-09-30
Jared Sullivan (D)$100,112.19$0.002026-06-30
Dan Innis (R)$48,502.53$0.002026-01-25
Matthew S Giovonizzi (NON)$4,463.13$1,236.032025-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Chris Pappas 49.2% · Scott Brown 37% (Pappas +12.2%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Race to the WH, RealClearPolitics.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
National Public Affairs (R)October 8–12, 2026600 (LV)± 4.0%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 45%
YouGovSeptember 28 – October 5, 20261,520 (LV)± 3.9%Chris Pappas 51% · John E. Sununu 43%
Saint Anselm CollegeSeptember 28–29, 20261,042 (LV)±3.0%Chris Pappas 51% · John E. Sununu 44%
Trafalgar Group (R)September 26–27, 20261,082 (LV)±2.9%Chris Pappas 47% · John E. Sununu 41%
New York Times/Siena UniversitySeptember 15–22, 2026613 (LV)± 4.9%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 45%
University of New HampshireSeptember 17–21, 20261,418 (LV)± 2.6%Chris Pappas 50% · John E. Sununu 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in New Hampshire (retrieved October 22, 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 SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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