Ex-Hub reporter makes news
Gail Huff Brown running for rep in NH
Gail Huff Brown has announced, “I’m in.”
The former TV news reporter and wife to onetime senator and ambassador Scott Brown said early Tuesday she is running for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District.
“I am a conservative mother, military spouse, and new grandmother who cares deeply about our country — and I worry about the direction we are headed, and the country we are leaving behind for our children and grandchildren,” said Huff Brown, 59.
She joins five other Republicans looking to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, who has hinted he may run for Granite State governor.
Gail Huff Brown lives in Rye, N.H., with her husband. She is the mother Ayla Brown of Weymouth and Dr. Arianna Brown Hendry, of Portsmouth, N.H., and grandmother to 6-month-old Cece of Portsmouth.
She worked for WCVBTV, Channel 5, for years as an on-air reporter.
Scott Brown most recently served as former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to New Zealand.
The Democrats didn’t hesitate to comment, criticizing the GOP field for being from out of town.
“Huff Brown’s entrance into this primary campaign underscores this GOP primary field is a collection of out-of-state, out-of-touch, and out of their mind candidates,” said James Singer of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
He added in an email to the Herald that the Republicans will now be “fighting each other and for Donald Trump’s affection.”