Chris Pappas shares Senate victory spotlight with husband Vann

The first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate pauses his New Hampshire victory speech for a thank-you, an embrace and a joke.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,391 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (2,338).

Chris Pappas thanks husband during historic New Hampshire Senate victory speech

Vann gets such a loud reception that Chris Pappas briefly questions which of them should have been the candidate.

"All right, the wrong person was on the ballot, apparently," Pappas jokes after his husband steps forward for a hug and a kiss on the cheek. CBS Boston's short election-night clip captures the exchange, turning a formal victory speech into a public thank-you to the person beside him.

Pappas defeated Republican former senator John Sununu in New Hampshire, winning the seat Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen is leaving. Having represented the state in the House since 2019, he is set to become the first openly gay man to serve in the Senate.

The clip drew roughly 53,000 views in its first day, more than twenty times the usual first-day audience for CBS Boston's Shorts.

At the podium, Pappas makes clear that his gratitude isn't dependent on the election result: "Tonight, win, lose, or draw, I'm the luckiest guy because I'm married to a man that I love." He closes the excerpt by saying, "It's nice to know that love and truth prevailed tonight."

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The numbers

The victory-speech excerpt reached an unusually large first-day audience for a CBS Boston Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,338

this video

53,391

subscribers

377,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

427,793,713

views per day

316,292

typical day: 241,529

the video

views

56,312

likes

1,193

comments

90

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

422,000

FOX 13 Seattle

404,000

WSB-TV

395,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

391,000

CP24

383,000

CBS Boston

377,000

As of November 5, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.