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Chris Pappas’s win secures a key Senate seat for Democrats and marks a historic first for LGBTQ representation in the upper chamber.
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Democrat Chris Pappas wins New Hampshire Senate race to become first out gay senator
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Pappas focused campaign against Republican John Sununu on serving as a bulwark against Trump administrationUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesChris Pappas, the four-term Democratic congressman, has won New Hampshire’s US Senate race, protecting the open seat from a Republican flip in a closely fought contest against John Sununu, the former senator.Pappas, 46, is a centrist voice in the US House who has at times broken with his party on major legislation. He focused his Senate campaign on serving as a bulwark against the Trump administration, which is unpopular in the Granite State. Pappas will be the first openly gay man to serve in the US Senate. Continue reading...
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