Trump’s former ambassador eyes Senate return This could host key swing state campaign contests.

Rye New Hampshire – special – Scott Brown has moved.

A former senator from neighboring Massachusetts and New Hampshire’s 2014 Republican Senate nominee, who later served as U.S. ambassador. Based in New Zealand for four years in President Trump’s first administration. is seriously considering running in 2026 to return to Congress.

If Brown steps forward and launches a campaign in the coming months, It could also set up a high-profile race with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in what is likely to be a highly competitive and expensive Senate clash in a key swing state.

Brown, 65, competed in nine triathlons this year. And performing on average around 40-50 gigs a year as lead singer and guitarist with rock band Scott Brown and the Diplomats, he’s doing more than just thinking about running. to return to the Senate

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Former senator and former ambassador Scott Brown, who is considering a run for the New Hampshire Senate in 2026, has competed in nine triathlons in 2024. (Scott Brown)

In recent weeks he has been meeting with Republicans and conservative groups in New Hampshire.

Brown, in a national exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, said he was “Check status Meet anyone and everyone So you will see me often. Whether it’s a parade, a triathlon, my rock band. meeting and meeting Go out and truly learn.”

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And Brown is taking aim at New Hampshire’s entire Democratic congressional delegation.

“What really irritates me? is how they conceal (President) Joe Biden over the last four years What they did or did not do at the border What they did and didn’t do during inflation And they are completely out of touch with what we need in New Hampshire. And the more I think about it I think we can do better,” Brown argued.

Brown made headlines in 2010 when then-state senator of Massachusetts Won a special election to the U.S. Senate to fill out the remainder of the term of long-serving Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy.

Former Ambassador and former MP Scott Brown talks to Fox News Digital at his August 2023 ‘Backyard BBQ’ political event in Rye, New Hampshire. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)

After losing re-election in 2012 to current Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Brown moved to New Hampshire. which was the state in which he spent the first years of his childhood. And his family has colonial roots. He launched his Senate campaign several months later and narrowly lost to Shaheen in the 2014 elections.

After welcoming nearly all of the Republican presidential candidates in the 2016 cycle at what he called a speech, ‘No BS backyard barbecue’ Brown finally supported Trump in the weeks before New Hampshire’s first national primary. After Trump was elected president He nominated Brown to be U.S. ambassador. New Zealand Where former senators hold office for four years.

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Returning to New Hampshire at the end of the first Trump administration Brown supports his wife, Gail, a former television reporter and news anchor. As she is running for Congress in 2022.

And the Browns remain politically active in other ways. It once again hosted several Republican presidential candidates. Like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at their “backyard barbecue” during the 2024 presidential cycle.

Former ambassador and former Sen. Scott Brown (left) with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as DeSantis runs for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in Rye, New Hampshire on July 30, 2023. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)

Asked in May 2023 if he would consider running for Senate again, Brown told Fox News Digital, “Absolutely.”

Now, as Brown considers running for Senate again, Time was of no use to him.

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This time he emphasized that “I have a long runway. The first time, I definitely didn’t have that. And I’m going to do what I’ve been doing for almost a decade now: travel around, meet the people who are participating. in this process”

During his first run for Senate This happened several months after he changed his residence to New Hampshire. He has repeatedly faced accusations of being a carpet seller.

last week Progressive groups in New Hampshire took aim at Brown.

Amplify NH claims in a statement that “The gentleman from Massachusetts is seeking another opportunity to rise to power. By re-framing himself as a candidate for the New Hampshire Senate.”

Brown said he’s not worried.

“We have had a home here for over three decades. And we’ve been here full-time 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.”

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., spoke before President Joe Biden arrived to deliver a speech on lowering prescription drug costs. at NHTI Concord Community College on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 22/02/2024, in Concord, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (AP)

While Shaheen cruised to re-election in 2020, winning by about 16 points, and Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan won re-election in 2022 by nearly 9 points, the Senate Republicans are eyeing New Hampshire in 2026 as they aim to expand their 53-47 majority in the chamber. New Hampshire along with Georgia and Michigan It is likely to be heavily targeted by Senate Republicans.

Trump lost New Hampshire last month. But he narrowed the deficit to just 3 points in his showdown with Vice President Kamala Harris, down from his 7-point loss to President Biden in the Granite State in 2020.

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And the GOP kept the open gubernatorial seat in party hands — former Sen. Kelly Ayotte succeeded long-time governor Chris Sununu — while expanding New Hampshire’s majorities in the House and Senate.

When asked if he would like Trump to join the Granite State campaign if he decides to run, Brown replied, “Definitely, if he has the time.”

and pointed at Trump Brown said “Not only has he obviously helped on a national level. He also helps here in New Hampshire.”

Former Ambassador and former MP Scott Brown performs with his rock band Scott Brown and the Diplomats. (Scott Brown and the Diplomat)

Shaheen has not yet announced whether she will seek another term in the Senate. That decision is likely to come at the start of the new year.

But Shaheen, a former three-term governor of New Hampshire, is taking office next month as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She is the first woman to hold one of the two highest positions on the body of authority.

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Shaheen will also turn 78 next month.

When asked if age will be a factor in the Shaheen-Brown rivalry, Brown said he liked Shaheen and really appreciated her support during her confirmation as ambassador to New Zealand, but added: “That’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 12, he added.