Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) appears to have violated a city’s policies barring the use of government employees and equipment for political activity in his campaign announcement for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat.
The fourth-term congressman’s Senate campaign launch video, published last week, features firefighters and firemen from the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, a move that is at odds with the city’s stated policies on political activities.
The early stumble for Pappas comes in a race that national Republicans are expected to pour millions of dollars into for a chance to expand their Senate majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is retiring from the seat at the conclusion of her third term, a blow to Democrats that could create an opening for
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