Former ambassador and former senator Scott Brown launched his marketing campaign for senate within the swing state of New Hampshire on Wednesday.“I’m operating for the USA senate to revive frequent sense, preserve our border safe, and combat for our New Hampshire values,” Brown, a Republican, mentioned in a marketing campaign video announcement, posted on X. Brown, a former senator from neighbouring Massachusetts, is the primary main Republican to leap into the 2026 battle, getting into the race to interchange retiring longtime Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen. However this isn’t his first try. He was 2014 senate GOP nominee in New Hampshire, shedding to Shaheen in an in depth contest.The race is predicted to be aggressive and one with excessive stakes. Senate Republicans are eyeing to flip the decade-long congressional delegation from the New England state from blue to purple, alongside concentrating on Georgia and Michigan to broaden their 53-478 majority within the chamber.Brown, who served as ambassador to New Zealand within the first Trump administration, praised the President, who misplaced the battleground state to former vice-president Kamala Harris with a slim margin final November, in his launch video, saying that Trump “is preventing daily to proper the ship. He sealed the border, he stood as much as China, and he restored our standing on the earth.”His announcement follows former New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu’s earlier resolution to not launch a senate marketing campaign, regardless of President Trump publicly expressing his need for the favored average to enter the race.In his marketing campaign launch video, Brown took purpose at former President Joe Biden and New Hampshire consultant Chris Pappas, who, as of now, appears to be the uncontested frontrunner for the Democratic nomination within the Senate race. Pointing to what he charged was “the hovering inflation, open borders, rising crime and extreme-left insurance policies” of the Biden administration, Brown argued, “Chris Pappas has stood with Joe Biden each step of the best way, from opening the border to driving up the price of all the things. It’s time for a change.” He added, “Chris Pappas needs a greater title,” he mentioned. “I need a greater America.”Pappas’ marketing campaign was fast to fireplace again.“Whereas Scott Brown seems for yet one more alternative to do Wall Avenue’s bidding and blindly assist President Trump and his agenda, I’ll at all times put New Hampshire first,” the four-term congressman mentioned in an announcement to Fox Information.The New Hampshire Democratic occasion additionally took a shot at Brown, “Scott Brown is a Trump loyalist operating for senate to do the bidding of Wall Avenue and massive firms and assist Trump’s reckless agenda of chaotic tariffs, gutting Social Safety, Medicare, and Medicaid, and pushing an excessive abortion agenda. New Hampshire voters rejected Brown as soon as earlier than, and they’re going to reject him once more,” longtime state occasion chair Ray Buckley argued in an announcement.Whereas Brown stands out as the first main Republican within the race he isn’t the one Republican eyeing nomination. Businessman and lawyer Phil Taub, well known for his veterans-focused charity, ‘Swim with a Mission’, is weighing a possible senate run. Different attainable contenders embody state senator Dan Innis and businessman Walter McFarlane.Brown has been laying the groundwork for one more senate run for a number of months, together with becoming a member of GOP senators at their weekly lunch in March and sustaining connections with the Republican senate marketing campaign group.
