New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) needled her former rival Scott Brown over his standing as a former Massachusetts senator on Wednesday as he weighs a bid to interchange her within the Senate.
“You didn’t hear me say [this]: Whenever you write the tales, please write that he colours his hair, and I don’t. I don’t know, he’s making noises,” Shaheen advised Semafor in an interview.
“He’s not from New Hampshire. He hasn’t completed something in New Hampshire besides faux like he’s bringing candidates into the state. You ask him, his huge accomplishment is he coaches a girls’s basketball group, and it’s in Massachusetts,” she continued.
Shaheen’s feedback come after she introduced Wednesday that she won’t search reelection in 2026. The senator is seen as an establishment within the state, having served within the Senate since 2009 and as governor from 1997 to 2003.
Republicans have been hoping to recruit Brown, who unsuccessfully ran in opposition to Shaheen for the seat in 2014, to run once more.
The previous Massachusetts senator, who unsuccessfully challenged Shaheen for her Senate seat in 2014, advised The Hill that he’s eager about operating once more.
Brown mentioned in a put up on the social platform X that it’s time to have somebody within the state’s delegation that helps President Trump.
“I respect [Shaheen’s] service to our state and for her assist and vote for me as NH’s Ambassador to NZ and Samoa. Now it’s time for New Hampshire to have somebody within the delegation who fights for our priorities and stands with, not in opposition to, the Trump agenda,” Brown mentioned within the put up.
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has additionally been a goal of Republican recruiting efforts and has mentioned he’s not all in favour of operating for Senate. Nonetheless, he advised The Washington Instances this week he hasn’t “dominated it out fully.”
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