Senate Republican Majority Leader Jeb Bradley on Wednesday became the latest in a long line of “establishment Republicans” to endorsed Scott Brown for U.S. Senate, describing him on WGIR radio as a “ Live Free or Die type of guy” with strong New Hampshire ties.
“I think that we need to bring voices like Scott Brown to Washington to protect taxpayers, to try to grow our economy and to solve our nation’s problems,” said the Wolfeboro Republican and former First District congressman.
Bradley’s unscripted endorsement on the radio interview came a day after U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, former Executive Councilor and Manchester Mayor Ray Wieczorek, and two former GOP governors endorsed Brown at a highly scripted event in Nashua.
Brown doesn’t allude to his primary opponents on the stump, and has been talking like he is already running against incumbent Jeanne Shaheen.
He declined an opportunity to debate Jim Rubens, Bob Smith and Karen Testerman at a Merrimack Town Hall event on June 18, and may not share the same stage in a face-to-face debate with his rivals until the September session mentioned above.
It’s a far cry from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2010, when Kelly Ayotte, Bill Binnie, Ovide Lamontagne and Jim Bender seemed to debate almost every week.
Brown has accepted an invitation for a primary June 20 candidate forum on WMUR’s CloseUp, according to Communications Director Elizabeth Guyton.
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