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EXCLUSIVE — Saying helium wants to assistance unafraid America's aboriginal and present results for New Hampshire families, erstwhile ambassador and erstwhile Sen. Scott Brown connected Wednesday launched a Republican Senate run in the cardinal New England plaything state.
"My beingness has been the American story, but I interest astir what America is going to look similar for my 4 grandchildren — and each of yours," Brown said successful a run video announcement, which was shared archetypal nationally with Fox News.
Brown is simply a erstwhile legislator from neighboring Massachusetts and the 2014 GOP Senate nominee successful New Hampshire who aboriginal served arsenic U.S. ambassador to New Zealand successful President Donald Trump's archetypal administration. He becomes the archetypal large Republican to leap into the 2026 conflict to win retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
It's expected to beryllium a competitory and costly contention for a spot the GOP is moving to flip from bluish to red. New Hampshire, on with Georgia and Michigan, are the 3 apical targets for Senate Republicans arsenic they purpose to grow their 53-47 bulk successful the chamber.
Former Sen. Scott Brown speaking astatine the Carroll County GOP Lincoln Day luncheon April 12, 2025, successful North Conway, N.H. (Scott Brown campaign )
While Republicans bask full power of New Hampshire's authorities government, the Granite State, for astir a decade, has had an all-Democratic legislature delegation.
And Brown took purpose astatine them successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital, arguing that "they're conscionable truly retired of interaction with the values of New Hampshire. … I deliberation we tin bash better.
"I'm looking to assistance prevention America and assistance support our New Hampshire advantage," Brown added, referring to the state's economical and societal characteristics, which person agelong made it charismatic for businesses and residents.
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In his run motorboat video, Brown criticized erstwhile President Joe Biden and Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, who astatine this aboriginal day appears to person cleared the tract successful the contention for the Democratic Party Senate nomination.
Pointing to what helium charged was "the soaring inflation, unfastened borders, rising transgression and extreme-left policies" of the Biden administration, Brown argued, "Chris Pappas has stood with Joe Biden each measurement of the way, from opening the borderline to driving up the outgo of everything. It’s clip for a change."
Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire announces his bid to win retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a chap Democrat, April 3, 2025, successful Manchester, N.H. ( AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Brown has made a fistful of trips to the nation's superior to conscionable with GOP leaders and officials, including National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott of South Carolina.
And Brown told Fox News he's been dealing with the Trump governmental team.
"I enactment him. I would emotion his support," Brown said of his erstwhile boss, whom helium noted helium voted for successful the 2016, 2020 and 2024 statesmanlike elections.
In his announcement video, helium added that "President Trump is warring each time to close the ship."
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Pointing to the subject onslaught the president launched connected Iran's atomic sites implicit the play weekend, Brown said Trump's determination was "brilliant, and helium should beryllium commended."
And helium criticized Pappas for saying successful a statement, "I americium monitoring the concern successful Iran closely."
"There’s thing to monitor. The president did the close thing," Brown argued.
On the eve of Brown's run launch, the New Hampshire Democratic Party pilloried Brown arsenic a "Trump loyalist" and charged that helium "has a decade-long, utmost grounds connected abortion."
Former Sen. Scott Brown is interviewed by Fox News Digital Dec. 24, 2024, successful Rye, N.H. (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)
While Brown is the archetypal large Republican successful the race, helium whitethorn not person the GOP superior tract to himself.
Republican businessman and lawyer Phil Taub, champion known for his Swim with a Mission foundation supporting veterans, is considering a run. Among the others mulling a bid are authorities Sen. Dan Innis and businessman Walter McFarlane.
Brown made headlines successful 2010 arsenic a authorities legislator successful bluish authorities Massachusetts erstwhile helium won a peculiar U.S. Senate predetermination to service the remainder of the word of the precocious longtime Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy.
After losing re-election successful 2012 to Elizabeth Warren, Brown yet moved to New Hampshire, the authorities wherever helium had spent the archetypal years of his puerility and wherever his household had roots dating backmost to the assemblage era. He launched a Senate run months aboriginal and narrowly mislaid to Shaheen successful the 2014 election.
After hosting astir each the Republican statesmanlike candidates successful the 2016 rhythm astatine speaking events helium called "No BS backyard BBQs," Brown yet endorsed Trump successful the weeks up of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. After Trump was elected president, helium nominated Brown arsenic U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, wherever the erstwhile legislator served for 4 years.
Returning to New Hampshire astatine the extremity of the archetypal Trump administration, Brown supported his woman Gail, a erstwhile tv quality newsman and anchor, arsenic she ran for Congress successful 2022.
And the Browns besides stayed politically progressive successful different ways, erstwhile again hosting galore of the Republican statesmanlike candidates astatine their "Backyard BBQs" during the 2024 statesmanlike cycle.
Former ambassador and erstwhile Sen. Scott Brown, left, is joined by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during DeSantis' 2024 GOP statesmanlike information successful Rye, N.H., July 30, 2023 (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)
Asked successful May 2023 if he'd see different Senate run, Brown told Fox News Digital, "Of course."
Brown jumped successful precocious successful the 2014 campaign, conscionable 7 months earlier Election Day.
This clip around, the 65-year-old Brown, who competed successful 9 triathlons past twelvemonth and who, connected average, performs astir 40–50 gigs a twelvemonth arsenic pb vocalist and guitarist with the stone set Scott Brown and the Diplomats, is giving himself plentifulness of governmental runway.
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Brown has been crisscrossing New Hampshire since precocious past year, gathering with Republican and blimpish groups.
"It's antithetic than erstwhile I ran before,," Brown told Fox News. "I've present had the accidental to spell to places that, rather frankly, I didn't person clip to bash [in his 2014 campaign]. I've been gathering with people, gathering with everybody."
Paul Steinhauser is simply a authorities newsman based successful the plaything authorities of New Hampshire. He covers the run way from seashore to coast."
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