“Serving You Has Always Been My Number One Priority”: New TV and Digital Ads Highlight Pappas’s Fight to Lower Costs, End Corruption

MANCHESTER, N.H. — This morning, Congressman Chris Pappas’s campaign for U.S. Senate launched its first TV and digital ads of the 2026 midterm cycle. The ads highlight how Pappas is running for Senate to take on corporate special interests, end corruption in Washington, and lower costs for Granite Staters.

Watch the TV ad HERE and the digital ad HERE, and read more below.

NBC News: Chris Pappas talks costs, corruption in first TV ad of Senate race

By Bridget Bowman, 6/23/26

• Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is launching his first TV ad in the New Hampshire Senate race, focusing on lowering costs and combating corruption.

• The 30-second spot, shared first with NBC News, begins by featuring the Puritan, Pappas’ family restaurant in Manchester, as Pappas says, “Here, there’s no VIP section. And the only special interests? The people who walk through the doors.”

• “Most politicians in Washington play by their own rules. But while they’re cashing in, I’m fighting to ban stock trading,” says Pappas, adding that he is “working to make sure no family has to choose between buying groceries and paying for a prescription.”

• The Pappas campaign is also launching a shorter version of the ad on digital platforms.

• Pappas, who was first elected to the House in 2018, is hitting the airwaves a few months before Republicans choose their nominee. Former Sen. John Sununu, who has Trump’s endorsement and the backing of Senate GOP leaders, is facing off against former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, in the Sept. 8 primary.

• Pappas’ early advertising underscores the sizable financial advantage he’s built up in the race. His campaign had $4.2 million in its account as of March 31, while Sununu’s campaign had $1.9 million on hand and Brown’s campaign had $783,000. […]

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