Scott Brown Seeks New Hampshire Senate Seat, Trailing by 40 Points in GOP Primary
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 31
Scott Brown Seeks New Hampshire Senate Seat, Trailing by 40 Points in GOP Primary
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 31
Summary
Scott Brown is mounting a new Senate bid in New Hampshire after Jeanne Shaheen’s retirement opened the seat, returning to electoral politics more than a decade after his last Senate race there.
40 points down in primary polling, Brown is pressing ahead despite weak backing from the Republican establishment, which has instead favored former senator John E. Sununu.
Brown’s campaign leans on the profile he built with his upset 2010 Massachusetts Senate win, a victory that briefly made him a national Republican star.
The race also revives a record of losses Brown has not shaken off: he lost reelection in Massachusetts in 2012 and was defeated in New Hampshire by Shaheen in 2014.