For Your Consideration - Chris Pappas for NH-1

CSfC Members are considering supporting Chris Pappas (NH-01) for Congress - here's a bit of background.



Update: CSfC members voted to support Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas is currently an elected member of New Hampshire’s Executive Council - similar to Massachusetts' Governor's Council. He is running for US House of Representatives, to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. Pappas would be the first openly gay representative from New Hampshire.


Born and raised in Manchester, Chris Pappas is a small business owner. After graduating from Harvard in 2002, Chris returned to New Hampshire to help run his family’s business, the Puritan Backroom Restaurant. He began his public service as a State Representative in 2002, serving two terms, and was subsequently elected to two terms as the Treasurer of Hillsborough County. Since 2013, Pappas has represented District 4 on the New Hampshire Executive Council.


Pappas was endorsed by three Democrats in the New Hampshire congressional delegation - Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Rep. Annie Kuster.


Pappas record on the issues:

• Expanded Medicaid to 50,000 people in NH
• Promoted modernizing transportation infrastructure
• Cast critical votes to keep Planned Parenthood centers funded to provide health services for women and families
• Secured millions of dollars in funding for substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery programs
• Supports increasing the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation
• Supports a system of paid family leave
• Supports developing New Hampshire's renewable energy portfolio and fighting climate change
• Supports citizenship for Dreamers who know no other country than the United States
• Supports comprehensive immigration reform that allows people to come out of the shadows and find a pathway to citizenship
• Embraces New Hampshire’s refugee communities and support funding for language skills and job training programs
• Wants to end Citizens United

Press/links:


https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/politics/new-hampshire-primary-election/index.html


https://www.chrispappas.org/


https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/11/kelly-pappas-win-democratic-primaries-new-hampshire/54leYZSxV0CMXzqvdgvIVM/story.html