Republican Scott Brown launches New Hampshire Senate run
Former Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown is making one other run for Senate in New Hampshire.
Brown ran unsuccessfully for Senate in New Hampshire in 2014, after representing Massachusetts within the Senate from 2010 to 2013. After his failed New Hampshire run, Brown served as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa throughout Trump’s first time period.
Brown touted his background in his launch video, additionally saying, “Like a number of you, I’m fearful about the place the nation is headed.”
“New Hampshire is an incredible place to reside, work and lift a household,” Brown stated. “We’ve been blessed by two nice governors: Chris Sununu and Kelly Ayotte. However in Washington, we haven’t been represented by the best individuals.”
Brown then took direct purpose at Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who’s working for Senate to exchange retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
“For 4 years, Chris Pappas has stood by Joe Biden as he opened the border, drove up the price of the whole lot and made life simply merely unaffordable,” Brown stated.
Brown additionally praised Trump, saying, “He sealed the border, he stood as much as China, and he restored our standing on this planet,” displaying a picture of Trump within the Scenario Room taken as Trump licensed strikes towards Iran.
Pappas responded to Brown’s announcement, saying in a press release that Brown “stands with company particular pursuits, helps efforts to strip away well being care protection from tens of hundreds of Granite Staters, and backs President Trump’s reckless tariffs that New Hampshire small companies are talking out towards each single day.”
“Whereas Scott Brown seems for one more alternative to do Wall Avenue’s bidding and blindly help President Trump and his agenda, I’ll at all times put New Hampshire first,” Pappas added.
The open seat race may very well be aggressive subsequent yr. Former Vice President Kamala Harris gained the state by 3 proportion factors in 2024.