Why even a losing presidential bid would help Scott Brown

The former Massachusetts senator is hoping his call for a big-tent GOP will catch on

Scott Brown
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Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts spent the weekend in Iowa, a critical early presidential primary prize, and confirmed to reporters that he is considering launching a bid for the White House in 2016. "I'm going to be coming out more often to try to determine whether there's an interest in my brand of leadership and Republicanism," Brown told The Des Moines Register.

Brown became a GOP hero in 2010 when he beat Democratic opponent Martha Coakley to take the late Ted Kennedy's seat — a rare Republican victory in the deep-blue state. But he lost his 2012 re-election to Elizabeth Warren.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.