Scott Brown, former Senator from Massachusetts and U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, is seriously considering a 2026 run for Congress. This potential candidacy could lead to a rematch with Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen in a competitive New Hampshire Senate race.
RYE, N.H. - EXCLUSIVE - Scott Brown is on the move. The former senator from neighboring Massachusetts and 2014 Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire , who later served four years as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand in President-elect Trump's first administration, is seriously considering a 2026 run to return to Congress. If Brown moves ahead and launches a campaign in the months ahead, it would potentially set up a high-profile rematch with Democratic Sen.
Returning to New Hampshire at the end of the first Trump administration, Brown supported his wife Gail, a former television news reporter and anchor, as she ran for Congress in 2022. And the Browns also stayed politically active in other ways, once again hosting many of the Republican presidential candidates, as well as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at their 'Backyard BBQs' during the 2024 presidential cycle.
This time around, he emphasized, 'I have a long runway. I didn't have that obviously the first time, and I'm going to do what I have been doing for almost a decade now, going around, meeting with people participating in the process.' During his first Senate run, which came months after he changed his residency to New Hampshire, he repeatedly faced carpetbagger accusations. Last week, a progressive group in New Hampshire took aim at Brown.
And the GOP kept an open gubernatorial seat in party hands – former Sen. Kelly Ayotte succeeded longtime Gov. Chris Sununu – while expanding their majorities in the New Hampshire state House and Senate. Asked if he'd like Trump to join him on the Granite State campaign trail if he decides to run, Brown said 'if he's got the time, of course.' And pointing to Trump, Brown said 'not only did he help obviously, nationally, he helped here in New Hampshire.
Shaheen also turns 78 next month. Asked if age would be a factor in a potential Shaheen-Brown rematch, Brown said he likes Shaheen and really appreciated her support during his confirmation as ambassador to New Zealand, but added that 'that's certainly up to her.' 'I'm 65. I can't believe it. I feel like I'm 40. My wife says I act like I'm like 12, he added.
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