ICYMI: Pappas Holds Lead as Bipartisan Support Grows in NH Senate Race

MANCHESTER, N.H. — In case you missed it, WGME reported on Congressman Chris Pappas’s growing lead in the New Hampshire Senate race, highlighting Granite Staters across the political spectrum who are backing his campaign ahead of the November 3 general election.

Chris Pappas is running for Senate to lower costs for New Hampshire families and small businesses and create a freer, fairer future for Granite Staters. Trump-endorsed candidate John Sununu said he is running for Senate because this race is “important to President Trump’s agenda,” and he supports and has downplayed the worst parts of that agenda — including Trump’s war with Iran, Trump’s tariff taxes, and Trump’s cuts to health care.  

As WGME reports, Pappas is building support across the political spectrum, including from longtime Republicans who are ready to vote for a Democrat this November.

Read more below:

WGME: Dem. Chris Pappas appears to hold narrow lead over GOP’s John Sununu in NH Senate race

By Brad Rogers, 10/12/26

  • We are now a little over three weeks from the midterm elections, where Maine’s race for U.S. Senate could help decide control of Congress.
  • But it’s not the only one.
  • The same is true in New Hampshire, where Democrat Chris Pappas appears to hold a narrow lead over Republican John Sununu.
  • About $50 million has been spent so far on the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire. Much of it is outside money trying to influence the outcome of this election.
  • […]
  • “I’m a big supporter of Chris Pappas,” Rochester voter Rich West said.
  • “Pappas has my vote,” Dover voter Nelia Gibson said. “There are important topics to me, such as affordable housing, healthcare, human rights and Sununu does not embody those values for me.”
  • […]
  • Some Republicans say they will be voting for Democrats for the first time in decades.
  • “Long term Republican for probably 50 years. And ever since Trump got in it’s a disaster in my opinion. And the only way to get a little normalcy is to get control in the Senate and House,” Concord voter James Marshall said.
  • “I’m probably going to vote Pappas,” Durham voter Paul Rasmussen said. “I don’t want to be giving Trump any more support. So most of my voting this cycle is going to be based on that.”

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