Chris Pappas

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Chris Pappas won: U.S. Senate, New Hampshire.

Against John E. Sununu (R) · Cook rating: Lean D

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2026 midterms bring a wave of firsts to the U.S. Senate

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Set to be sworn in January 2027

Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms, and the Senate class arriving in January will look unlike any before it. It includes the first Muslim senator, the first Native American woman senator, the first openly gay man elected to the Senate and the Senate's first Paralympian.

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