新罕布什尔参议员选战进入最后冲刺 帕帕斯有望成首位公开同性恋身份参议员
新罕布什尔州罗金厄姆县塞勒姆市消息，新罕布什尔州联邦参议员选战已进入11月3日选举日前的最后冲刺，民主党候选人克里斯·帕帕斯与共和党候选人约翰·苏努努的竞争成为全美关注的焦点之一。据《今日美国》10月25日报道，帕帕斯若当选，将成为美国历史上首位公开同性恋身份的联邦参议员；他在2018年已成为该州首位公开同性恋身份的联邦众议员。
两人在10月中旬塞勒姆的一场候选人论坛上同台，性取向议题仅被提及一次，苏努努在开场白中提到自己2004年任联邦参议员时曾投票反对禁止同性婚姻。帕帕斯的丈夫范恩·本特利经常陪同他参加竞选活动。帕帕斯曾被卢加中心评为2023年最跨党派的国会议员之一，他表示自己参选不是为了创造历史，而是为了服务选民。
New Hampshire Senate Race Enters Final Sprint; Pappas Could Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire — New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race has entered its final sprint before Election Day on November 3, and the contest between Democratic candidate Chris Pappas and Republican candidate John Sununu has become one of the most closely watched races in the country. According to USA TODAY on October 25, if Pappas wins, he will become the first openly gay man in American history to serve as a U.S. senator; in 2018 he already became New Hampshire's first openly gay member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The two appeared together at a candidate forum in Salem in mid-October, where the issue of sexual orientation came up only once, when Sununu noted in his opening statement that as a U.S. senator in 2004 he had voted against banning same-sex marriage. Pappas's husband, Vann Bentley, often accompanies him at campaign events. Pappas was named by the Lugar Center one of the most bipartisan members of Congress in 2023, and he says he is running not to make history, but to serve his constituents.
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图片来源：联邦众议员帕帕斯（右）与联邦参议员迈克尔·本内特同场出席活动。图片：United State Senate - the Office of Michael Bennet，Public domain，取自维基共享资源。
