Grain, N. H.- EXCLUSIVE- Scott Brown is on the shift. The original senator from neighboring Massachusetts and 2014 Democratic Senate candidate in New Hampshire, who afterwards served four times as U. S. adviser to New Zealand in President-elect Trump’s first leadership, is seriously considering a 2026 work to return to Congress. In what would possibly be a dynamic and expensive Senate battle in a important swing state, Brown might decide to run away and launch a campaign in the months to come. The 65-year-old Brown, who is the lead singer and guitarist of the stone band Scott Brown and the Ambassadors and who recently competed in nine duathlons this year, is also considering running for president. He typically plays 40 to 50 concerts annually as a result. TIM SCOTT has been meeting with a number of Republican and conservative teams in New Hampshire in recent weeks to develop the GOP SENATE MAJORITY IN THE 2026 MIDTERMS. Brown, in a regional exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, said he’s doing his “due devotion, meeting with anybody and everybody. But you’ll be seeing me a bit around, whether it’s parades, triathlons, my stone group, conference and getting out and really learning”.DEMOCRATS’ HOUSE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR REVEALS PLAN TO WIN BACK MAJORITY IN 2026And Brown is taking aim at New Hampshire’s all-Democrat congressional delegation. ” The thing that really ticks me off is how they’ve basically covered up for]President ] Joe Biden for the last four years, what they’ve done or not done on the border, what they’ve done and not done in inflation, and they’re just completely out of touch with what we want here in New Hampshire. And the more I think about it, I think we can do better”, Brown argued. In 2010, Brown made headlines when the then-state senator from blue-state Massachusetts won a special election to succeed the late, long-standing Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy. After being defeated by now-Sen. Elizabeth Warren for re-election in 2012, Brown eventually relocated to New Hampshire, where his family’s roots date back to the colonial era. He launched a Senate campaign a few months later, but he surprisingly succumbed Shaheen in the 2014 election. After hosting nearly all of the Republican presidential candidates in the 2016 cycle at speaking events he termed” No BS backyard BBQs,” Brown eventually endorsed Trump in the weeks leading up to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. After Trump was elected president, he nominated Brown as U. S. ambassador to New Zealand, where the former senator served for four years. Brown supported his wife Gail, a former television news anchor and reporter, when she ran for Congress in 2022. He made a second appearance in New Hampshire at the end of the first Trump administration. Additionally, the Browns continued to be politically active by hosting numerous Republican presidential candidates and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at their” Backyard BBQs” during the 2024 presidential cycle. Asked in May 2023 if he’d consider another Senate run, Brown told Fox News Digital” of course “.Now, as Brown considers another Senate run, time isn’t working against him. Brown jumped in late in the 2014 campaign, just seven months before Election Day. BROWN HOSTS 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES This time around, he emphasized,” I have a long runway. He repeatedly faced carpetbagger accusations during his first Senate run, which came months after he changed his residency to New Hampshire. I didn’t have that obviously the first time. I’m going to do what I’ve been doing for almost a decade now, going around, meeting with people who are involved in the process. A progressive group in New Hampshire last week criticized Brown. The man from Massachusetts is” crushing for another chance at power,” according to a release from Amplify NH, and Brown claims he is unconcerned. ” We’ve had a house here for over three decades, and we’ve been fully engaged full-time here for over a decade. So now I think that’s old news “.And he argued that New Hampshire’s congressional delegation “votes 100 % with Massachusetts”. While Shaheen cruised to re-election in 2020, winning by roughly 16 points, and Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan won re-election in 2022 by nearly nine points, Senate Republicans are eyeing New Hampshire in 2026 as they aim to expand their incoming 53-47 majority in the chamber. New Hampshire, along with Georgia and Michigan, will likely be heavily targeted by Senate Republicans. Trump lost New Hampshire last month, but he cut his deficit to just three points in a confrontation with Vice President Kamala Harris, which was lower from a seven-point loss to President Biden in the Granite State in 2020. VANCE TO LIKELY BE 2028 GOP PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER, BUT RNC CHAIR ALSO LIKES PARTY’S ‘BENCH’And the GOP kept an open gubernatorial seat in party hands– former Sen. Kelly Ayotte succeeded longtime Gov. Chris Sununu– while growing their majority in the state House and Senate in New Hampshire. 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 has yet to announce if she’ll seek another term in the Senate. That choice is likely to be made very soon in the new year. Shaheen, a former three-term governor from New Hampshire, will succeed her as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, making her the first woman to hold one of the top two positions on the influential panel. Next month, Shaheen will turn 78. When asked if age would play a role in a potential Shaheen-Brown rematch, Brown said he liked Shaheen and appreciated her support during his confirmation as New Zealand ambassador, but that “it’s definitely 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. New Hampshire-based Paul Steinhauser is a political reporter.
Former Trump adviser anticipates Senate return, probably securing important bounce state campaign rematches.
