New Hampshire Senate Race Draws Outside Money

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April 23, 2014

Protesters rally across the street from the hotel where former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is scheduled to appear, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Portsmouth, N.H. Brown is expected to announce his plans to seek a U.S. Senate seat from New Hampshire, Thursday. (AP)

In 2012, when then Senator Scott Brown squared off against Elizabeth Warren, he labeled his Democratic opponent "an outsider," someone who wanted to nationalize what was a state contest. Now Brown is challenging Senator Jean Shaheen in New Hampshire, and again, he's trying to nationalize the race by linking Shaheen to president Obama — and the Affordable Care Act.

And he's getting a lot of help from outside political money, which is flooding the race.

Guest

John Carroll, Mass Communications professor at Boston University; blogger atCampaignOutsider.com

This segment aired on April 23, 2014.