{"id":2415950,"date":"2025-03-26T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-pappas-building-toward-run-for-senate-in-new-hampshire-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:02:47","slug":"chris-pappas-is-preparing-to-launch-his-senate-campaign-in-new-hampshire-according-to-the-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-pappas-is-preparing-to-launch-his-senate-campaign-in-new-hampshire-according-to-the-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pappas is preparing to launch his Senate campaign in New Hampshire, according to the Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-pappas-is-preparing-to-launch-his-senate-campaign-in-new-hampshire-according-to-the-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2415950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) is reportedly considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026 to succeed retiring Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).He plans to announce his candidacy early next month, positioning himself ahead of other potential candidates, including Rep.Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) and former GOP Governor Chris Sununu. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-declares-chinas-treatment-of-uyghurs-genocide-as-biden-remains-silent\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Declares China\u2019s Treatment Of Uyghurs \u2018Genocide\u2019 As Biden Remains Silent\">recent town hall<\/a>, Pappas expressed his concerns over impending cuts to Medicaid, emphasizing the need for strong leadership in New Hampshire. Currently serving his fourth term, he represents the state&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, which includes Manchester. Should he decide to run, it could prompt a competitive Democratic primary against Goodlander, while Sununu is viewed as a key republican contender. Pappas&#8217;s announcement, anticipated soon, could significantly impact the political landscape in new Hampshire.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chris Pappas building toward run for Senate in New Hampshire<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075426\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3345399\/early-contenders-democrat-jeanne-shaheen-new-hampshire-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has been weighing<\/a> a 2026 Senate run to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3344894\/jeanne-shaheen-no-reelection-2026-senate-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">replace retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen<\/a> (D-NH) in New Hampshire, and signs are pointing to the congressman pulling the lever.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas is telling colleagues that he will announce his Senate run early next month, <em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/27\/chris-pappas-new-hampshire-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3360453\/npr-ceo-backtracks-reparations-statements\/\">NPR CEO backtracks on reparations statements: &#8216;We all owe much&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3359961\/npr-ceo-regrets-calling-trump-racist-admits-hunter-biden-mistakes\/\">NPR CEO regrets calling Trump a &lsquo;racist&rsquo; and admits Hunter Biden coverage mistakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3360038\/marjorie-taylor-greene-uk-reporter-go-back-home\/\">MTG tells UK reporter to &#8216;go back&#8217; home in testy confrontation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>If Pappas announces a run imminently, he&rsquo;ll be getting ahead of prospective Senate candidates in Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), former GOP New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, and former Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas said during a town hall on Sunday that he was &ldquo;thinking of running&rdquo; for Senate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-pappas-is-preparing-to-launch-his-senate-campaign-in-new-hampshire-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... is p...aring to launch his ... campaign in New ..., according to the Washington Examiner\">remark drew strong applause<\/a> from the 80-person crowd. The New Hampshire congressman is in the middle of his &ldquo;Grounded in Granite&rdquo; tour, where he has traveled across the state to listen to common concerns and likely survey the landscape for a run.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t come to a decision yet, but I know these times are incredibly perilous and this is a time where we need the kind of leadership that Sen. Shaheen has demonstrated, which is about putting the needs of New Hampshire first,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas made New Hampshire residents at the town hall know that he is concerned about cuts to Medicaid. &ldquo;You think of the effort that&rsquo;s underway now in Congress, where they&rsquo;re pushing drastic cuts to Medicaid that would end Medicaid expansion in New Hampshire, resulting in 68,000 people losing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rejects-challenge-to-obamacare\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Rejects Challenge To Obamacare\">healthcare coverage<\/a>, all in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">giving big tax breaks<\/a> to billionaires like Elon Musk,&rdquo; Pappas said.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman, who is on his fourth term in the House, represents New Hampshire&rsquo;s 1st Congressional District, which includes the state&rsquo;s most populous city, Manchester. Republicans are optimistic that if he leaves, they&rsquo;ll be able to flip it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans were already gaining ground in this district&mdash;but with Chris Pappas turning his back on his constituents, the odds of flipping it just shot up,&rdquo; National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Maureen O&rsquo;Toole said in a statement. They cited President Donald Trump&rsquo;s margin in the district in the 2024 election, losing by 2 percentage points to former Vice President Kamala Harris, as a reason for Republican optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas ended last year with $400,000 cash on hand, and announcing before the second quarter would give Pappas three months before he has to file with the FEC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodlander, a freshman House member, is also debating a run. Pappas will likely announce his run regardless of Goodlander&rsquo;s interest.<\/p>\n<p>If Pappas were to run and win the Democratic primary, Sununu would likely be his Republican adversary if he chooses to run. While Republicans hope the four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-legacy-media-convinced-americans-that-andrew-cuomo-was-a-hero\/\" title=\"How The Legacy Media Convinced Americans That Andrew Cuomo Was A Hero\">-term governor<\/a> will hop into the race, he hasn&rsquo;t given any indication he will yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075426\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075426\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Pappas is preparing to announce a Senate run in New Hampshire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2415951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Chris-Pappas.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52239,33594,52240,32076],"class_list":["post-2415950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chris-pappas","tag-new-hampshire","tag-senate-campaign","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Chris-Pappas.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415954,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415950\/revisions\/2415954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}