Rep.Chris Pappas on Tuesday won the Democratic Senate nomination in swing state New Hampshire, in a key race that is a must-hold for the Democrats in the midterm elections.Pappas defeated socialist rival and first-time candidate Karishma Manzur, the Associated Press reports, in the showdown to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen.
Jeanne Shaheen, the first woman in the nation's history elected governor and senator.Republicans haven't won a Senate election in New Hampshire in 16 years, but they view the open Democrat-held seat as a top flip opportunity in the fight to hold their slim majority in the midterms.The race between Pappas and Manzur was one of the final fights in a six-month primary season that saw the far-left score a slew of high-profile victories over centrists in what's been framed as a battle for the Democrats' ideological future.THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATEManzur, who saw a surge in support in recent weeks, took the fight to Pappas."All he 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," she charged in a Fox News Digital interview.The first-time candidate, scientist with a Ph.D.
in biochemistry, and nonprofit leader who is a member of a local Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) group, pushed for universal health care, raising the minimum wage to at least $20 per hour, abolishing ICE, and ending all military aid to Israel for what she argues is the Israeli government's "genocide" against the Palestinian people in their war against Hamas in Gaza.Manzur argued that Pappas, who has been supported over the years by the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, is a "genocide enabler.""Chris Pappas has had his turn and has not been able to serve this state honorably.He hasn't done a good job in serving his corporate donors, his AIPAC foreign-aligned lobbies," she claimed.DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION ...