Chris Pappas (American politician)

Chris Pappas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 1st district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byCarol Shea-Porter
Member of the
New Hampshire Executive Council
from the 4th district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byRaymond Wieczorek
Succeeded byTed Gatsas
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Hillsborough County district
In office
December 4, 2002 – December 6, 2010
Personal details
Born
Christopher Charles Pappas

(1980-06-04) June 4, 1980 (age 43)
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Vann Bentley
(m. 2023)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
WebsiteHouse website

Christopher Charles Pappas (/ˈpæpəs/ PAPP-əss; born June 4, 1980) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019.[1] From 2013 to 2019, he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire Executive Council. The district includes Manchester, two towns in Hillsborough, six towns in Merrimack, eight towns in Rockingham, and two towns in Strafford County.[2][3]

A member of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Pappas was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 election to succeed Carol Shea-Porter.[4] He was elected on November 6, 2018, and is the first openly gay man to represent New Hampshire in Congress.[5]

  1. ^ Leader, PAUL FEELY New Hampshire Union (November 7, 2018). "Pappas takes historic 1st CD race". UnionLeader.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "District 4 | Councilor Chris C. Pappas". State of New Hampshire | Executive Council. 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Democrats Make Gains On Executive Council" Archived July 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. New Hampshire Public Radio, November 7, 2012.
  4. ^ Steinhauser, Paul (November 9, 2017). "Manchester Democrat Chris Pappas announces bid for Shea-Porter seat". Concord Monitor. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "LGBTQ Candidates Record Historic Midterm Wins In Rainbow Wave | HuffPost". Huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

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