Chris Pappas Centers Working Families, Cost of Living, and Fair Immigration Policy in Final Senate Push
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In a televised interview, New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate Chris Pappas laid out a campaign focused on winning independent voters, taking on the policies driving up everyday costs, and advancing housing, health care, and immigration reforms that put working people ahead of corporate and enforcement excess.
Congressman Chris Pappas, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire, told host Margaret Brennan that his campaign’s final weeks will aim to reach independent swing voters, energize the Democratic base, and appeal to Republican voters ahead of the election. He pointed to the 2016 Senate race in the state, which was decided by just over a thousand votes, and stressed the urgency of confronting rising living costs, saying the administration’s policies have made heating oil, diesel fuel and housing increasingly unaffordable for ordinary families.
"Donald Trump has said ‘pretend I’m on the ballot.’ He’s on the ballot through candidates like John Sununu, who will maintain his majority in the U.S. Senate and make it harder for us to hold this administration to account," Pappas said, accusing his opponent of lining up with the president’s agenda and the interests behind it.
Pappas said Democrats would focus on economic relief rather than impeachment, emphasizing accountability, tangible gains, and immediate help for workers and the middle class. He highlighted a recent housing bill aimed at expanding affordable housing, a plan to end the war and lower energy prices, and efforts to restore health-care subsidies that were cut, noting that 17,000 New Hampshire residents have lost insurance coverage.
"We want New Hampshire families to be able to get a healthcare premium that makes sense for them and to protect Medicaid funding for rural hospitals and health centers," he explained.
On immigration, Pappas advocated redirecting $75 billion in ICE funding to local law-enforcement agencies, adding oversight measures such as de-escalation training and body cameras. He argued this approach balances enforcement against serious criminals with due-process rights and a path to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants, instead of pouring more money into a system many critics say is abusive and overreaching.
"We need accountability, we need to take back the extra money that was given in that slush fund last year, and we need ICE officers to conduct themselves like our trusted local law-enforcement does," he said.
Pappas concluded by expressing optimism that his proposals could win bipartisan support and deliver real results for New Hampshire families.