Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas and his husband, Vann, live in Manchester and enjoy running, competitive board games and spending time with their extended family.¹ Before Congress, he helped run his family's Puritan Backroom restaurant, continuing a business rooted in his Greek immigrant family's history.¹²

He graduated from Manchester Central High School and earned his Harvard degree in 2002.² He served in New Hampshire's House from 2003 to 2007, then as Hillsborough County treasurer from 2007 to 2011.² Three terms on the Executive Council followed, before he entered Congress in 2019 representing the 1st District.²

In the House, Pappas supported the 2025 HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently placed substances meeting its fentanyl related definition in Schedule I.³⁴ In 2026, he and Representative Maggie Goodlander introduced the Turn the Tide Act.⁵ That proposal would increase addiction treatment funding, require insurance coverage of naloxone without copayments and reduce insurance barriers to medication based treatment.⁵

His Senate agenda calls for restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, helping communities build more housing and supporting tax relief for new homebuyers.⁶ He also seeks an expanded child tax credit and measures to reimburse small businesses for tariffs.⁶ He faces Republican John Sununu on November 3 for the seat opening with Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen's retirement.⁷