{"id":131729,"date":"2025-06-25T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131729"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:19:38","slug":"scott-brown-launches-campaign-for-senate-in-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131729","title":{"rendered":"Scott Brown launches campaign for Senate in New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is running for Senate in New Hampshire for a second time, he announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running for the United States Senate to restore common sense, keep our border secure, and fight for our New Hampshire values,\u201d Brown, a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenScottBrown\/status\/1937828116317208668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on social media<\/a> Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/scott-brown-new-hampshire-us-senate-2026\/65175908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMUR first reported Brown\u2019s plans to enter the race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who served as Ambassador to New Zealand during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, praised the president \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2024-election\/results\/new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who narrowly lost the state<\/a>to former Vice President Kamala Harris last year \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenScottBrown\/status\/1937828116317208668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in his launch video<\/a>, saying that Trump \u201cis fighting every day to right the ship. He sealed the border, he stood up to China, and he restored our standing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His announcement Wednesday makes Brown the highest profile Republican to enter the race to replace Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who decided to forgo a reelection bid in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s announcement comes after former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/04\/08\/sununu-new-hampshire-senate-seat-00278230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided against his own Senate bid<\/a> earlier this year, even after Trump told reporters he hoped the popular moderate governor would run.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas launched his campaign shortly after Shaheen went public with her retirement plans. Pappas&#8217; campaign was quick to criticize Brown following his announcement, accusing him of looking \u201cfor yet another opportunity to do Wall Street\u2019s bidding and blindly support President Trump,\u201d in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, meanwhile, took a shot at Pappas in his launch video: \u201cChris Pappas wants a better title,\u201d he said. \u201cI want a better America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/25\/scott-brown-new-hampshire-senate-2026-midterms-00422703\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is running for Senate in New Hampshire for a second time, he announced Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m running for the United States Senate to restore&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131729"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}