Chris Pappas

DemocratDistrict D+2119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score84#14 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Chris Pappas’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-5456 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

452 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2901

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Republicans · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 979, H.R. 1190, H.R. 1329 and 6 more.
Medium
21st most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.233 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.160 toward the Republicans (rank 21 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+2)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. NH-1 has a partisan lean of D+2. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: NH-1 is D+2NH-1 has a partisan lean of D+2 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 7.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Minority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
- Subcommittee on Economic OpportunityRanking Member

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Pappas

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Their score of -0.233 is 0.16 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress13
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for Chris Pappas on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 5436End Transcript Withholding for Veterans ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	86 Topic-matched: Heritage Action, LCV Broke with party on 10% of 138 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov