Scott Brown announces bid for U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeanne Shaheen

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Source: Concord Monitor

Published: 06-25-2025 4:52 PM
Modified: 06-25-2025 4:59 PM


Republican Scott Brown will run for the U.S. Senate seat he lost to Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen 11 years ago. “We need people in the United States Senate who can get the job done, and I have a proven record of doing just that,” Brown said in a campaign video released Wednesday.

Shaheen, a former governor, announced she would not run for a fourth term in March, after serving in Washington since 2008. She endorsed U.S. Representative Chris Pappas to take her seat after he announced his bid in April.

“I got into this race because Granite Staters made it clear they want a Senator grounded in their values,” Pappas said in response to Brown’s entrance to the race. “They know where I stand – taking on special interests to lower prescription drug costs, pushing to find bipartisan solutions to stop predatory companies from scamming veterans and fighting to lower taxes for small businesses and families.”

Brown, 65, of Rye, served as a United States Senator for Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013 and was appointed by President Donald Trump to be the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa during his first administration. Brown was also a member of the National Guard for 32 years.

Read more: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Scott-Brown-Bid-for-Senate-62000652

[rpannier]

1. Ambassador in the first Trump Administration

That in itself should be disqualifying

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3. His election in the 2009 special election in MA to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy after he passed away

killed Democrats' actual 60-vote Senate majority at the time, which required us to engage in all kinds of even more insane compromise to finish up the ACA in 2010, at that point being forced to do that via reconciliation (the same process that we are watching going on with the GOP and the tax cuts for the billionaires).

He needs to be nowhere near any elected office.

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2. Likely their best option - making the seat competitive

But he should be beatable this cycle - and must be