Scott Brown

Stated in his 2011 VoteSmart Political Courage Test that the abortion decision 'should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor' — explicitly rejecting a life-from-conception personhood standard.

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Stated in his 2011 VoteSmart Political Courage Test: 'I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. States should be free to make their own laws in this area, so long as they reflect the people's will.'

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In his 2026 New Hampshire Senate campaign, Brown has identified the national debt and federal deficit as his top issues, stating directly: 'The debt and deficit are my top issues. I support a balanced budget, like we have in our states and we have in our homes.' He also supports a presidential line-item veto as a spending-control mechanism and, in a WKBK Radio interview, called the $40 trillion national debt 'unacceptable,' warning that 'if we don't start paying down our national debt, we're going to be in trouble' — positions that align with the rubric's anti-deficit/balanced-budget standard.

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In his June 2025 Union Leader op-ed launching his New Hampshire Senate campaign, Brown pledged to fight for 'permanent policy reforms, including tough asylum rules, national E-Verify, and a merit-based immigration system that puts American workers and families first.' National E-Verify — mandatory employer verification of work authorization for all new hires — is the rubric's border_immigration[3] standard, and Brown's explicit endorsement of it as a legislative priority places him in direct alignment with that requirement.

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Following the Sandy Hook shooting in December 2012, Brown became the first Republican U.S. Senator to publicly endorse a federal assault weapons ban, as reported contemporaneously by NBC News and The Washington Post. While he later stated that AWBs are 'best left to the states,' he consistently supported Massachusetts' state-level assault weapons ban throughout his Senate tenure and 2014 New Hampshire Senate campaign, and opposed nationwide concealed-carry reciprocity legislation. His 2026 campaign has produced no clear reversal of these positions, placing him in opposition to the rubric's defense of unrestricted semi-automatic rifle ownership.

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