Chris Pappas
Democrat · NH-1 · U.S. House
NH-1 — U.S. House
Likely D 85%Chris Pappas is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Stefany Shaheen vs. Anthony DiLorenzo.
Bio
Christopher Charles Pappas is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Pappas served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 to 2019.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 7.7 years
- First took office
- 2019 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 215 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 46
- Dover, NH · 603-285-4300
- Manchester, NH · 603-935-6710
- North Conway, NH · 603-733-5100
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.8M – $7.1M
- Liabilities
- $1.0M – $2.1M
- Net worth
- −$392k – $6.1M
- Since 2019
- +$271k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 31 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Chris Pappas's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Chris Pappas (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Pappassits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Problem Solvers Caucuscenter · 46 members
Committees
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructurecenter · 67 members
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 25 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Pappas's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Transcript: Rep. Chris Pappas on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026The following is the transcript of the interview with Democratic New Hampshire Senate candidate Rep. Chris Pappas that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 11, 2026.
CBS News · October 11, 2026- Democrat Chris Pappas says "we're taking nothing for granted" in N.H. race
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who's running to represent New Hampshire in the Senate, said that "we're taking nothing for granted" as Election Day approaches, amid a "tough race" in the Granite State.
CBS News · October 11, 2026 
GOP candidate flailing after Republicans hyped up their odds of blue-state upset: reportRepublicans once counted New Hampshire among their likeliest pickups. Their top recruit, John E. Sununu, is now trailing as the race for senator slips from their grasp, according to a Washington Sun report.When Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced her retirement, GO…
Raw Story · October 8, 2026
Chris Pappas leads New Hampshire Senate race, polls show Democratic edgeA Democratic lead in the New Hampshire Senate race could influence party strategies and voter engagement in upcoming elections nationwide. The post Chris Pappas leads New Hampshire Senate race, polls show Democratic edge appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Crypto Briefing · October 6, 2026
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