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库克政治报告将新罕布什尔州参议院席位竞选列为摇摆不定，苏努努抨击帕帕斯8年在基建问题上无所作为
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽 福克斯新闻
2026年9月17日上午10:42 EDT发布 | 2026年9月17日上午10:49 EDT更新
苏努努在关键摇摆州的关键参议院角逐中瞄准帕帕斯
前参议员约翰·E·苏努努是新罕布什尔州2026年共和党参议院候选人，他于2026年9月14日在新罕布什尔州康科德接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，将矛头指向民主党对手、众议员克里斯·帕帕斯。
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康科德，新罕布什尔州——一名共和党人正争取拿下民主党占优的参议院席位，在这个关键战场州扭转战局，他却调转了民主党常用的反现任论调。
前参议员约翰·E·苏努努这位共和党参议院候选人，在离开国会山18年后正谋求重返政坛，他指责民主党对手、众议员克里斯·帕帕斯“在华盛顿待了8年，却从未为新罕布什尔州带来任何成果”。
苏努努与帕帕斯将在中期选举中对决，争夺即将退休的长期任职民主党参议员珍妮·沙欣留下的席位。这场竞选是大约12场将决定共和党是否能掌控参议院的关键角逐之一。
“他在国会几乎毫无作为，政绩更是寥寥无几，”苏努努在本周接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家采访时说道，他抨击这位任职四届的国会议员帕帕斯。
【这12场中期选举将决定共和党是否掌控参议院】
2026年9月8日，新罕布什尔州曼彻斯特，前新罕布什尔州参议员约翰·E·苏努努在共和党参议院提名胜选庆祝活动上。（杰西卡·桑金/福克斯新闻）
苏努努接受采访之际，顶级无党派竞选评级机构库克政治报告即将将新罕布什尔州这场竞选的评级从“倾向民主党”调整为“摇摆不定”。本月早些时候，另一家顶尖无党派评级机构《内部选举》也将该席位评级改为“摇摆不定”。
在华盛顿执政党本就面临传统政治逆风的选举周期中，这对共和党而言是罕见的利好。共和党还面临着由持续通胀、因伊朗冲突持续导致的燃油价格飙升，以及总统唐纳德·特朗普低迷的支持率共同推高的极其艰难的政治环境。
那苏努努的制胜秘诀是什么？
部分原因在于他的姓氏，这在新罕布什尔州就是一个政治品牌。苏努努的父亲约翰·E·苏努努曾担任6年州长，之后前往华盛顿担任时任总统乔治·H·W·布什的白宫办公厅主任。他的弟弟克里斯·苏努努也曾担任8年州长，随后暂时退出政坛。
但同时助推苏努努的，还有他的竞选策略：在又一个反现任选举周期中，将帕帕斯抨击为无所作为的国会议员，这恰好反转了民主党一贯的竞选套路。
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2026年9月5日，新罕布什尔州多佛，新罕布什尔州民主党众议员、参议院候选人克里斯·帕帕斯与邻州马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦一同出席竞选活动。（杰西卡·桑金/福克斯新闻）
“他在交通委员会任职8年，而新罕布什尔州在新英格兰地区的公路资助排名垫底。这损害了新罕布什尔州的利益。他的低效正在破坏本州，因为我们无法从华盛顿获得所需的支持，”苏努努声称。
尽管并非在所有指标和类别中都垫底，但根据联邦和州级数据，新罕布什尔州获得的公路、高速公路和桥梁联邦资助总额及人均水平均为全美各州中最低的几州之一。
帕帕斯今年早些时候提出了《公路公平份额法案》，该法案要求每个州至少获得0.5%的联邦援助公路配方资金，以此增加新罕布什尔州的基础设施和交通项目联邦资助。
今年6月，帕帕斯与全民主党国会代表团其他成员一同争取到了900万美元的联邦资金，用于新罕布什尔州的项目。
“克里斯·帕帕斯牵头推动了多项举措，为350万退伍军人扩大医保福利，为新罕布什尔州各城镇带来高速互联网，为在职父母减轻经济负担，并争取到数百万美元用于改善和修复道路、桥梁和公共建筑，”帕帕斯的竞选经理雷切尔·彼得里告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她列举了这位国会议员的一系列筹资政绩。
彼得里表示：“克里斯被评为最具成效和两党合作精神的议员之一，他的政绩与约翰·苏努努的记录形成鲜明对比：苏努努曾投票支持削减医保，牵头推动社会保障私有化，还支持唐纳德·特朗普的关税政策以及与伊朗的冲突。”
苏努努的反现任论调略显讽刺，因为他本人曾在众议院任职6年、参议院任职一届，2008年选举中在与时任前州长珍妮·沙欣的重赛中失利。
回顾自己在国会山的岁月，苏努努吹嘘自己的政绩“在民主党总统、共和党总统任内，在民主党国会、共和党国会中都起草并通过了法案”。
但他也强调：“过去16年我一直在私营部门工作。这是一件好事，我曾为科技公司和小企业工作，管理沃特维尔谷滑雪场——苏努努家族自2010年起就持有该度假村的控股权——还在大学任教。我认为华盛顿正缺少这样的视角。”
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帕帕斯在最近一次福克斯新闻数字频道采访中强调，新罕布什尔州“是一个务实的选民群体，他们希望生活变得更好，希望问题得到解决，而我可以证明自己一直在为这些问题努力”。
“这包括扩大医疗保健服务渠道，在新罕布什尔州建设更多经济适用房，以及确保我们能够对抗无视 Granite 州民众日常关切的本届政府，”他补充道。
但并非只有苏努努将帕帕斯抨击为无所作为的现任议员。就连上周初选中帕帕斯的左翼长期对手也对其发起了攻击。
首次参选的科学家卡里什玛·曼祖尔在最近一次福克斯新闻数字频道采访中指责道：“帕帕斯想要的只是保住他那份舒适的工作，前往华盛顿，参加各种派对和晚宴，只做最基本的分内之事。”
最终帕帕斯以两倍于对手的优势在初选中击败曼祖尔，而苏努努则以压倒性优势击败前参议员斯科特·布朗，赢得共和党提名。
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随着大选竞选进入冲刺阶段，共和党支持的外部团体正纷纷向该州投入数百万美元，瞄准帕帕斯。而帕帕斯则利用本周库克政治报告的竞选评级发出警告。
“‘让美国再次伟大’超级政治行动委员会每周都向新罕布什尔州投入数百万美元，试图拿下这个席位。这场竞选正式成为摇摆不定的席位，”他在社交媒体上警告道。
帕帕斯最近告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，苏努努“得到了外州特殊利益集团和秘密资金的支持。他们在电视广告上的花费是我们的3倍”。
作为回应，本周民主党支持的超级政治行动委员会开始投放广告，指责苏努努离开参议院后通过为游说公司工作牟利。
苏努努今年早些时候获得了特朗普的背书，自此民主党 repeatedly 将这位在新罕布什尔州支持率持续低迷的总统与苏努努绑定。
帕帕斯称苏努努是特朗普“精心挑选的候选人”。
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当被问及帕帕斯和民主党将他与特朗普绑定的全面攻势时，苏努努告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我甚至从未见过这位总统。”
但在将自己与帕帕斯对比时，苏努努补充道：“毫无疑问，我将成为本届政府中更高效的代言人。”
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Political insider turns anti-incumbent table on 8-year Dem in key Senate race: ‘Hasn’t delivered’
2026-09-17 10:42:25 EDT / Fox News
Cook Political Report shifts NH Senate race to toss up as Sununu blasts Pappas for 8 years of inaction on infrastructure
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published September 17, 2026 10:42am EDT | Updated September 17, 2026 10:49am EDT
Sununu takes aim at Pappas in crucial Senate battle in key swing state
Former Sen. John E. Sununu, the 2026 Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire, takes aim at Democratic rival Rep. Chris Pappas in a Fox News Digital interview in Concord, N.H. on Sept. 14, 2026.
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CONCORD, N.H. – A Republican running to flip a blue Senate seat in a crucial battleground state is flipping the script on the Democrats’ anti-incumbent argument.
Former Sen. John E. Sununu, the GOP Senate nominee who’s running to return to Capitol Hill after 18 years away, charges that his Democratic rival, Rep. Chris Pappas, has “been in Washington for 8 years and hasn’t delivered for New Hampshire.”
Sununu and Pappas are facing off in the midterm election in the battle to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in a race that’s one of roughly a dozen that will determine if Republicans hold their control of the Senate.
“He has attempted very little in Congress. He’s accomplished even less,” Sununu said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview this week, as he blasted Pappas, a four-term congressman.
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Former Sen. John E. Sununu of New Hampshire celebrates his Republican Senate nomination victory, in Manchester, N.H., on Sept. 8, 2026.(Jessica Sonkin/Fox News)
Sununu was interviewed ahead of a move by the Cook Political Report, a top nonpartisan campaign handicapper, to shift the race in New Hampshire from lean Democrat to toss-up. Earlier this month, another leading nonpartisan handicapper, Inside Elections, also changed their rating to a toss-up.
It was a rare move in favor of the Republicans amid a political cycle where the GOP is facing traditional political headwinds for the party in power in D.C.. Republicans are also confronting an extremely rough political climate fueled by persistent inflation, soaring fuel prices due to the ongoing war with Iran, and President Donald Trump’s underwater approval ratings.
So what’s Sununu’s secret sauce?
Part of it is his last name, which is a political brand in New Hampshire. Sununu’s father, John E. Sununu, served six years as governor before heading to Washington, D.C., as then-President George H.W. Bush’s White House chief of staff. And one of his younger brothers, Chris Sununu, recently served eight years as governor before taking a break from politics.
But also boosting Sununu, his strategy to blast Pappas as a do-nothing member of Congress during another anti-incumbent election cycle, which is a turn of the tables on the Democrats’ playbook.
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Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, a U.S. Senate candidate, is joined by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of neighboring Massachusetts, at a campaign stop in Dover, N.H. on Sept. 5, 2026.(Jessica Sonkin/Fox News)
“He’s been on the Transportation Committee for eight years, and New Hampshire is dead last in highway funding in New England. That hurts New Hampshire. His ineffectiveness is doing damage to the state because we’re not getting the support we need from Washington,” Sununu claimed.
While it doesn’t rank dead last in every single metric or category, New Hampshire receives some of the lowest total and per-capita levels of federal funding for roads, highways and bridges of any state in the country, according to federal and state figures.
Pappas, earlier this year, introduced the Highway Fair Share Act, a bill to increase federal funding for infrastructure and transportation projects for New Hampshire by requiring that each state receive at least 0.5% of the total federal-aid highway formula funding.
Pappas and the rest of the all-Democratic congressional delegation in June highlighted $9 million in federal funding for New Hampshire projects.
“Chris Pappas has led efforts to expand healthcare benefits for 3.5 million veterans, bring high-speed internet to towns across New Hampshire, put more money back in the pockets of working parents, and secure millions of dollars to improve and repair roads, bridges, and buildings,” Pappas Campaign Manager Rachel Petri told Fox News Digital, as she shared a long list of funding accomplishments by the congressman.
Petri said, “Chris is rated among the most effective and bipartisan lawmakers and his record stands in stark contrast to John Sununu’s record of voting to cut Medicare, leading efforts to privatize Social Security, and backing Donald Trump’s tariffs and war with Iran.”
Sununu’s anti-incumbent argument is a bit ironic, considering he spent six years in the House and a term in the Senate before losing a rematch with then-former Gov. Shaheen in the 2008 election.
Looking back at his years on Capitol Hill, Sununu touted his record “of writing and passing legislation under Democrat presidents, Republican presidents, a Democrat Congress, Republican Congress.”
But he also emphasized, “I’ve been in the private sector for the last 16 years. That’s a good thing, working for tech firms and small businesses, the Waterville Valley ski area [the Sununu family has had a controlling interest in the resort since 2010], teaching college. It’s… a perspective that I think is missing from Washington.”
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Pappas, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, highlighted that New Hampshire is “a state of voters who are pragmatic, who want their lives to be better and want problems to be solved, and I can demonstrate the ways that I’ve been working on those issues.”
“It’s expanding access to health care, building more affordable housing in New Hampshire, and ensuring that we’re standing up to an administration that’s ignoring the day-to-day concerns of Granite Staters,” he added.
But Sununu wasn’t the only one taking aim at Pappas as a do-nothing incumbent. Even his long-shot socialist rival in last week’s primary took a shot.
First-time candidate and scientist Karishma Manzur, in a recent Fox News Digital interview, charged that “all [Pappas] wants to do is just get his little cushy job and go to D.C., go to all these parties and these restaurants and just do whatever the bare minimum is.”
Pappas ended up crushing Manzur in the primary by a two-to-one margin, and Sununu defeated former Sen. Scott Brown in a landslide to capture the GOP nomination.
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Democratic congressional candidate Karishma Manzur speaks to voters at a campaign stop in Dover, New Hampshire, on Sept. 3, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
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With the general election sprint underway, Republican-aligned outside groups are now pouring millions into the state to target Pappas. And Pappas is using this week’s Cook Political Report race rating to ring an alarm.
“MAGA super PACs are pouring millions of dollars a week into New Hampshire to try to flip this seat. And this race is officially a Toss Up,” he warned on social media.
And Pappas told Fox News Digital recently that Sununu is “backed up by out-of-state special interests and dark money in this campaign. They’re outspending us 3 to 1 on TV.”
Firing back, this week a Democrat-aligned super PAC started running ads charging that, after he left the Senate, Sununu cashed in by working for lobbying firms.
Sununu was endorsed earlier this year by Trump, and since then Democrats have repeatedly tied the president, whose approval ratings are well into negative territory in New Hampshire, to Sununu.
Pappas called Sununu Trump’s “hand-picked candidate.”
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Asked about the full-court press by Pappas and Democrats to anchor him to Trump, Sununu told Fox News Digital, “I’ve never even met the president.”
But contrasting himself with Pappas, Sununu added that “there’s no question I’ll be a much more effective voice with this administration.”
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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