India, Oct. 28 -- A member of the Democratic Party, Chris Pappas is running for the US Senate in New Hampshire in the 2026 midterm elections. He will be competing against Republican candidate John Sununu, a former US senator, and Constitution Party candidate Edmond Laplante, after former Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen retired.

Pappas won the Democratic primary on September 8, defeating medical scientist Karishma Manzur. Since then, he has been vocal about issues like healthcare, affordability, LGBTQ+ rights, gun rights and much more.

Pappas began his political career in 2003 when he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives where he served till 2007. He later served as Hillsborough County treasurer from 2007 to 2011 a...