ReportPappas Beats Anti-Schumer Challenger in NH Senate PrimaryAired September 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM UTCWritten September 9, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Chris Pappas won New Hampshire's Democratic Senate primary by about 30 points.0:04The open seat is a marquee battleground for control of the Senate, and the0:07anti-Schumer challenge he beat is one of the party's loudest internal fights.0:12The question now will that progressive energy turn out for him in November.0:15Pappas, a four-term congressman who gave up his House seat, carried the mainstream0:20coalition with roughly 62 to 64 percent.0:23Manzer, a medical scientist from Exeter, consolidated the progressive base at about0:27a third.0:28The margin stands at 27 to 31 points.0:30And one count put the raw gap near 31,000 votes.0:40That was her verdict on Senate Democrats' vote to end the November 2025 shutdown0:45without health care concessions.0:46She demanded Schumer's resignation, grouped him with Pappas as Democrats enabling0:51genocide, and cast party leadership as controlled opposition serving the same donor0:56class as Republicans.0:57Manzer refused corporate PAC and APAC money and ran on Medicare for all.1:01A higher minimum wage, and ending U.S.1:04military aid to Israel.1:05Pappas now faces Sununu in a general election analysts describe as a tight fall1:10matchup.1:10Manzur's anti-leadership message rallied a third of the primary electorate, but it1:15did not break through beyond the party's left flank.1:17Senator Gene Shaheen's retirement opened the seat, making it one of the cycle's1:21marquee battlegrounds.1:22Both parties are pouring resources into a race that could tip Senate control, and1:27the unresolved question from the primary, whether the left energy manzer rallied1:31turns out for Pappas in the fall, may decide the outcome.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗