2026年10月11日 美国东部时间上午11:19 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿——
正在新罕布什尔州竞选联邦参议员的民主党众议员克里斯·帕帕斯周日表示，随着选举日临近，在这个“花岗岩之州”（新罕布什尔州别称）的选战正“激烈进行”，他表示“我们不会掉以轻心”。
“我对选战最终结果抱有期待，但我们必须在接下来的23天里全力以赴，”帕帕斯在《玛格丽特·布伦南与媒体面对面》节目中说道。
帕帕斯自2019年起在众议院代表新罕布什尔州，此次对手是前共和党参议员约翰·苏努努，这场竞选可能会决定哪个政党掌控参议院。尽管民主党参议员珍妮·沙欣宣布不再寻求连任后，共和党一直视 flipping 该席位为潜在机会，但哥伦比亚广播公司新闻将新罕布什尔州评级为“倾向民主党”。
但帕帕斯表示，鉴于新罕布什尔州整体属于摇摆州，且该州没有提前投票选项，他的竞选团队不会掉以轻心。他说，当前的重点是“如何争取那些无党派的摇摆选民，如何动员基础选民，如何在接下来的23天里接触共和党人，以赢得这场激烈的选战”。
帕帕斯指出，2016年新罕布什尔州参议院竞选的胜负差距仅为1000多票，并承认对手家族在该州政坛占据主导地位。
“我对手的政治背景在新罕布什尔州非常有名，他曾担任过美国参议员，”帕帕斯说，“但这不是回到过去那些带着失败理念的失败政客的时代，而是着眼于未来。”
苏努努是前州长约翰·H·苏努努之子、前州长克里斯·苏努努的兄弟，曾在众议院和参议院代表新罕布什尔州，直到2008年竞选连任输给沙欣。他曾多次与特朗普总统划清界限，如今正竞选重返参议院，而当前美国与伊朗的不得人心的战争以及高油价对选情造成影响。
但帕帕斯将苏努努的竞选与特朗普的整体议程绑定，并将这场竞争定位为争夺参议院多数席位的更大规模斗争。
“事实是，唐纳德·特朗普曾说过‘把我算在选票里’，”帕帕斯说，“他通过约翰·苏努努这样的候选人参与选举，这些人将维持他在参议院的多数席位，这会让我们更难追究本届政府的责任，解决华盛顿的腐败文化，并为新罕布什尔州的家庭争取降低生活成本。”
被问及如果民主党赢得参众两院控制权，其优先事项是什么时，帕帕斯表示“我们必须像聚焦激光一样聚焦于民众当下面临的经济挑战”。
“我们必须为工人和中产阶级取得一些胜利，”他说，“我们可以通过推进我们通过的住房法案取得成功，投资我们所需的经济适用房存量，努力结束这场战争并降低能源价格，恢复对医疗保健的削减——这些削减正导致数千名新罕布什尔州民众失去医疗保险，让人们更难获得所需的医疗服务。”
在移民执法方面，帕帕斯强调需要改革，而其他民主党人呼吁彻底解散移民及海关执法局。
“我们必须务实——唐纳德·特朗普将在未来两年担任总统。我们必须找到一切可能的杠杆点，遏制我们从移民及海关执法局看到的令人发指的滥用职权行为，”帕帕斯说，“我们必须确保我们打击的是那些违法的最恶劣罪犯，同时尊重正当程序权利，确保移民成为我们扩展的美国家庭的一部分。新罕布什尔州民众支持这一立场。”
Democrat Chris Pappas says “we’re taking nothing for granted” amid “tough race” in New Hampshire
2026-10-11 11:19 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington —
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who’s running to represent New Hampshire in the Senate, said on Sunday that “we’re taking nothing for granted” as Election Day approaches, amid a “tough race” in the Granite State.
“I’m hopeful about where we’re going to end up at the end of this thing, but we’ve got to put in the work over the next 23 days,” Pappas said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Pappas, who’s represented New Hampshire in the House since 2019, is facing off against former GOP Sen. John Sununu in a race that could be key to determining which party controls the Senate. And although Republicans have been eyeing a possible opportunity to flip the seat, after Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced she wouldn’t seek reelection, CBS News rates New Hampshire as leaning Democrat.
But Pappas said given New Hampshire’s status as a purple state generally and the state’s lack of early voting options, his campaign is taking nothing for granted. The focus now is on “how we get to those independent, swing voters, how we energize the base, how we reach out to Republicans over the next 23 days to win a tough race,” he said.
Pappas noted that the 2016 Senate race in New Hampshire came down to just over 1,000 votes, and acknowledged how his opponent’s family has been dominant in Granite State politics.
“I’m up against a candidate with a very famous political pedigree in New Hampshire. He’s been a U.S. senator before,” Pappas said. “But this isn’t about going back to the failed politicians with failed ideas from the past, it’s about looking ahead to the future.”
Sununu, the son of former Gov. John H. Sununu and brother of former Gov. Chris Sununu, represented New Hampshire in the House and Senate until he lost his reelection bid to Shaheen in 2008. And with a record of breaking with President Trump, he’s distanced himself from the president as he campaigns to return to the upper chamber amid an unpopular war with Iran and high gas prices.
But Pappas tied Sununu’s campaign to the president’s agenda more broadly, and positioned the contest as a larger fight for the Senate majority.
“The fact is, Donald Trump has said this, that ‘pretend I’m on the ballot,’” Pappas said. “He’s on the ballot through candidates like John Sununu, who will maintain his majority in the U.S. Senate, will make it harder for us to hold this administration to account to address the culture of corruption in Washington and fight to lower costs for New Hampshire families.”
Asked about Democrats’ priorities should they win control of the House and Senate, Pappas said “we have to focus like a laser on the economic challenges that people are living right now.”
“We have to put some wins on the board for workers and the middle class,” he said. “We can do that by building on the success of the housing bill that we passed to invest in the affordable housing stock that we need, to work to end this war and lower energy prices, to restore the cuts to healthcare that are kicking thousands of Granite Staters off of their health insurance and making it harder for people to access the care that they need.”
On immigration enforcement, Pappas has emphasized the need for reforms, while other Democrats have called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be disbanded entirely.
“We have to be realistic — Donald Trump’s going to be president for the next two years. We got to find every point of leverage we possibly can to rein in the disgusting abuses we have seen from ICE,” Pappas said. “We have to make sure that we are going after the worst of the worst criminals that are violating the law, while also respecting due process rights and making sure that immigrants are part of our extended American family. And people in New Hampshire support that.”
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