Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown continued to tease a return to politics over the weekend, and he now says he’s doing the early legwork required earlier than deciding whether or not to hold up his guitar and search one other senate time period.
Brown, who served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa throughout President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, stated that he’s been eyeing New Hampshire’s completely Democratic delegation and questioning if he can higher symbolize the residents of his native Granite State.
“The factor that actually ticks me off is how they’ve principally coated up for Joe Biden for the final 4 years, what they’ve performed or not performed on the border, what they’ve performed and never performed in inflation, they usually’re simply fully out of contact with what we wish right here in New Hampshire. And the extra I give it some thought, I feel we will do higher,” Brown advised Fox Information.
In an interview he shared to his social media accounts over the weekend, Brown stated he’s begun performing the “due diligence” required earlier than he can formally launch a 2026 marketing campaign towards three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Brown beforehand served in each the Massachusetts Home and the State Senate, earlier than successful the seat vacated by former U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy upon his demise in 2009. He misplaced his bid to maintain his job to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2012.
Brown sought to symbolize the Granite State within the higher chamber of Congress in 2014, however misplaced that race to Shaheen, due partially to the “outsider” narrative surrounding his candidacy and becoming a member of the race late within the election cycle.
That’s “previous information” and gained’t be the case this time round, he stated.
Since leaving his diplomatic put up Brown has spent his time competing in regional triathlons, performing as guitarist and main man within the band Scott Brown and the Diplomats, and serving to with native campaigns. Whereas he represented the Bay State up to now, Brown was born in New Hampshire and at the moment resides in Rye. Individuals have gotten used to seeing him across the state over the past ten years, he stated.
“We’ve had a home right here for over three many years, and we’ve been absolutely engaged full time right here for over a decade,” he stated.
This cycle, he’s obtained loads of time to get a floor recreation working, he stated, and in latest weeks he’s been assembly with GOP operatives in New Hampshire. Granite State voters, he stated, ought to anticipate to see him out and about in coming months as he checks the political waters.
“You’ll be seeing me rather a lot round — whether or not it’s parades, triathlons, my rock band — you already know, assembly and getting out and actually studying,” he stated.
