Jared Sullivan Makes Senate Campaign Stop, Announces Candidacy
Jared Sullivan Makes Senate Campaign Stop, Announces Candidacy
Ellie Smith
She/Her
Staff Writer
9/28/25
“If all I have to do is get you to hate him more than you hate me—that’s a horrible incentive structure, ” Jared Sullivan, a Democratic State Representative and newly announced candidate for U.S. Senate, said to a room of students at a September 17th event hosted by the PSU Democrats. In a political climate fueled by division and distrust, Sullivan says isn’t offering more promises; he’s offering disruption.
Sullivan’s PSU stop was his first after officially announcing his candidacy. He filed the paperwork to run with the Federal Elections Commission the next day. He is running in a crowded field, with medical researcher Karishma Manzur and U.S. Representative Chris Pappas also vying for the Democratic nomination to replace Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat.
Since 2022, Sullivan has been a State Representative for Bethlehem, NH, where you may find him scooping sundaes at Super Secret Ice Cream. Sullivan has also worked as a real estate economist since 2008.
After witnessing the January 6th insurrection, he said he knew it was time to take a stand and start making real changes to America by being realistic and focusing on not just the Democratic Party — but every American citizen.
Sullivan wasn’t quiet about disturbing the political status quo. He criticized those “sitting back and playing it safe.” He condemned actions from the Trump administration, like immigrants getting detained without due process, and gerrymandering — the direct manipulation of electoral boundaries to favor one party over the other.
Sullivan’s often returned to the phrase “we need to wake up” in reference to the extreme polarization of the political parties. Sullivan said he tries to cool the temperature in Concord, striving to find a middle ground and working with his Republican colleagues in the House. He recounted finding common ground on transgender rights with a conservative colleague.
Sullivan said he is ultimately focused on what he described as attacks on the U.S constitution. “Without a good Constitution, your education funding, your health care, your LGBTQ rights, your religion, nothing matters,” he said.