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Questions about Chris Pappas

U.S. Representative for New Hampshire’s 1st District · Democrat · from roll-call votes in the 119th Congress

How often does Chris Pappas vote with his party?

Chris Pappas voted with Democrats on 90% of party-line votes in the 119th Congress (House median 98%), as of Nov 1, 2026.

Party-line votes
Party-line votes cast468
With Democrats420 (90%)
Against Democrats48
House median98%
House Democrats, median98%

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Who breaks with party most · Updated Nov 1, 2026

How bipartisan is Chris Pappas?

Chris Pappas voted the same way as Republicans on 19% of shared contested votes in the 119th Congress (House median 12%), 29th most of 430 House members, as of Nov 1, 2026.

Bipartisanship
Contested votes cast524
Same vote as Republicans19%
House median12%
Rank in the chamber29th of 430

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Updated Nov 1, 2026

Which members vote most like Chris Pappas?

Maggie Goodlander voted the same way as Chris Pappas most often: 99% of 520 shared contested votes in the 119th Congress (median for two House members of the same party 95%), as of Nov 1, 2026.

Median for two House members of the same party: 95%; of different parties: 11%.

Members who vote most alike
MemberSame voteShared votes
DMaggie Goodlander99%520
DEric Sorensen96%523
DDerek Tran96%523
DJosh Riley95%517
DJimmy Panetta95%524
RBrian K. Fitzpatrick Closest of the Republicans39%518

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Updated Nov 1, 2026

How much of Chris Pappas’s PAC money came from PACs whose organizations lobbied on bills he voted on?

Of the 83 PACs that gave to Chris Pappas in 2025–26 and have a lobbying organization behind them, 62 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills that came to a vote with him in the chamber or that he cosponsored or sponsored (75%; House median 58%); together they gave $358K of the $1.2M in PAC money he received (31%; House median 41%), as of Nov 2, 2026.

Largest PACs this cycle: Norpac, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, A New Direction PAC. What each gave is part of Pro.

PACs whose organizations lobbied
PACs that gave in 2025–26211
With a lobbying organization behind them83
Of those, their organizations lobbied on these bills62 (75%)
House median58%
Their gifts, together$358K of $1.2M

Source: FEC PAC gifts · Senate LDA lobbying filings · Bill by bill on the profile · How we measure · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Who is running against Chris Pappas in 2026?

Chris Pappas is not running for re-election to New Hampshire’s 1st District: he is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, facing John E. Sununu (Republican), checked against an official list on Oct 24, 2026.

On the ballot for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire
CandidatePartyRaised
Chris PappasDemocratic Democratic$23.7M
John E. Sununu NomineeRepublican Republican$5.7M

Source: Official ballot list (dover.nh.gov) · The full race · Updated Oct 24, 2026