Karishma Manzur
D · U.S. Senate, New Hampshire · Tier 4
Tier 4, “Critical / conditions aid”
Progressive challenger who lost the Sept 8, 2026 Democratic primary to Chris Pappas. Her campaign’s priorities page calls to “end U.S. complicity in the genocide of Palestinians” and pledges to “oppose sending U.S. weapons to any foreign entity that violates human rights under the federal Leahy Law and Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act,” alongside “strict oversight of military aid.” The Laconia Daily Sun reports that she said New Hampshire’s federal delegation is complicit in enabling a genocide in Gaza and that Pappas’s acceptance of AIPAC funds feeds his support for arming the Israeli government, and that she supports rejecting AIPAC’s political influence. Anti-war foreign policy; no embargo or end to military aid in her own words.
A 4, on a thin record. It rests on her campaign’s priorities page and one newspaper profile. The page calls to “end U.S. complicity in the genocide of Palestinians” and pledges that she will “oppose sending U.S. weapons to any foreign entity that violates human rights under the federal Leahy Law and Section 502B” — a commitment to withhold weapons by enforcing existing law, set beside the assault on Gaza “fueled by weapons largely supplied by the United States.” The Laconia Daily Sun reports she called New Hampshire’s delegation complicit in enabling a genocide in Gaza and tied Pappas’s AIPAC money to his support for arming the Israeli government. She proposes no embargo and no end to military aid: the page asks for “strict oversight of military aid,” so the pledge conditions weapons rather than refusing them.
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