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Scott Brown, pick a party
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Former senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) was so busy picking a new state that he forgot to pick a party.
Whoever filled out Browns formal statement of organization for his campaign exploratory committee left blank the small gray box asking for the candidates party affiliation.
The Brown committee received a letter from the Federal Election Commission on Friday with a gentle reminder that Brown needed to select a party. As of Monday morning, his file on the FEC Web site did not have him listed as a Republican.
Browns campaign said it was an administrative oversight that will be fixed when they drop exploratory from the committee name on Thursday. On Browns statement of candidacy form he is listed as a Republican.
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Former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown has filed to run for the Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Only on the form, he was supposed to say which party's nomination he wants and he left that field blank. The Federal Election Commission sent him a polite letter gently inquiring which party he belongs to. He is going to have to admit it is the Republican Party, even though, by and large, New Hampshire is a blue state and Shaheen is quite popular.
It is not unprecedented for a person to serve as senator from more than one state. James Shields certainly holds the record though. He first represented Illinois in the Senate starting in 1849, even though he had not been a citizen for the nine years prior to his election (which the Constitution requires). This detail led to the Senate to refuse to seat him, creating a vacancy and a special election. This time around he had been a citizen for 9 years and he won the special election. After losing reelection, he moved to Minnesota and was one of the state's first senators. Later he moved to Missouri and won election to the Senate there. None of this is going to help Brown though. He is going to be labeled a carpetbagger from today until the election and it will probably be enough to defeat him since residents of New Hampshire definitely have a clear identity of themselves and do not think of New Hampshire as North Massachusetts. At least three polls taken this year give Shaheen a double-digit lead over Brown. Although Shaheen was born in Missouri, she has lived in New Hampshire for 41 years, so she is pretty much immune to being called a carpetbagger. Also, before she was senator, she was elected governor of New Hampshire three times, so she has deep roots in the state.
But before Brown even gets to face Shaheen, he first has to win a very contested Republican primary where he will face former senator Bob Smith and tea party favorite Karen Testerman.
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