MEMO: 100 Days Out, Chris Pappas Is Battle-Tested and Building the Campaign That Will Win New Hampshire’s Senate Race

KEY TAKEAWAY: With just 100 days until the midterm elections, it’s clear that New Hampshire’s Senate race will be one of the most competitive and consequential races in the country, and the stakes have never been higher. Despite the millions of dollars from national Republican groups pouring into the state to sustain former Senator John Sununu on the airwaves, Congressman Chris Pappas’s message about lowering costs and taking on corruption is reaching every corner of New Hampshire. Congressman Pappas is the strongest candidate to defeat the Republican nominee in November, and he has the record to prove it. 

Congressman Pappas is One of the Most Bipartisan Members of Congress and Has a Record of Delivering Results for New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a fiercely independent, purple state and deserves a senator who is able to reach across the aisle and deliver for Granite Staters regardless of party affiliation. Congressman Pappas — who was ranked as one of the most bipartisan members of Congress and is a member of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus — is that candidate. His record shows that he’ll work with anyone to deliver for New Hampshire and he’ll always fight for Granite State families, veterans, seniors, and small businesses.  

Congressman Pappas took on members of his own party to ban Congressional stock trading, worked with Republicans to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act which includes a provision Pappas authored to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule 1 drug, and wrote the law to support the families of deceased veterans. He’s also secured millions of dollars in federal funds to modernize public safety, rebuild New Hampshire’s infrastructure, make meaningful investments in our communities, and to prioritize affordable housing solutions. John Sununu has spent years increasing his personal wealth and polishing his stock portfolio, while Congressman Pappas has been delivering for New Hampshire. 

Congressman Pappas is Fighting to Lower Costs & Cut Taxes for Granite Staters

Congressman Pappas has spent months hearing directly from Granite State families and small businesses about how it’s getting harder to get by in Trump’s economy. He toured a family-owned prefabricated housing manufacturer in Keene, where tariffs are making it harder to produce affordable, energy-efficient homes. He visited the White Mountain Community Health Center to discuss the growing strain of the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal health care funding on rural health care providers. And he visited Mount Washington Cruises in Weirs Beach to hear firsthand how higher fuel costs are putting added strain on one of New Hampshire’s signature industries. These stories continue to shape Congressman Pappas’s work and his campaign for U.S. Senate, which is focused on solving the affordability crisis and putting money back in the pockets of New Hampshire families.

Congressman Pappas is Taking on Corruption And Bringing Reform to Washington

Too often, Washington works for corporate special interests, dark money groups, and entrenched politicians instead of the people it’s supposed to serve. Congressman Pappas is running for Senate to bring long-overdue reforms to this broken system by stopping corporate special interests from having an outsized role in our elections, shutting the revolving door on political self-interest in Washington, and ending executive pay-to-play practices. For John Sununu, running for Senate is another shot at making millions by going through the revolving door, but for Congressman Pappas, representing Granite Staters will always be about public service, not self-service.  

John Sununu is Running to Sell Out New Hampshire to Donald Trump and Corporate Special Interests

New Hampshire voters rejected former Senator John Sununu nearly eighteen years ago for voting to serve Wall Street, Big Oil, and Big Pharma. Then he cashed in and saw his personal wealth surge by tens of millions of dollars while Granite Staters paid the price for the policies he supported. Now, Sununu is running to go back to Washington so he can sell New Hampshire out to Donald Trump and corporate special interests. 

After Trump endorsed Sununu this year, Sununu said this Senate race is “important to President Trump’s agenda and to the successes that have been made in Washington” and that he’s running to “protect those gains” that Trump and Republicans have made in Congress. Trump has a radioactive 62% disapproval rating in New Hampshire, but Sununu has backed key pieces of Trump’s agenda from the SAVE Act to the GOP’s devastating Medicaid cuts. He’s also profited from Trump’s war with Iran and tariffs. Sununu will have to contend with Trump’s unprecedented unpopularity and the growing list of stories about Sununu’s shady background. 

Sununu recently found himself mired in scandal after he was caught lying about never visiting Doha, Qatar, raising even more questions about why his name is in the Epstein files. He also faces criticism over reporting that he owns stock “worth up to $5 million” in an Azerbaijan-based mining company that is exporting a critical mineral to China, despite serious national security concerns. And despite the millions of dollars national Republican groups are spending to buy this seat and drag Sununu’s anachronistic campaign over the finish line, the fact remains that Granite Staters rejected Sununu once and they will reject him again.

CONCLUSION: Polling continues to show that this will be an incredibly competitive race, but Congressman Pappas has won tough races before — and has the record to prove why he’s the best candidate to win in November. For the next 100 days, Congressman Pappas will continue to highlight his work to lower costs for Granite Staters, end the rampant corruption in Washington, and fight for a better future for New Hampshire.

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