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Cosmopolitan backs Shaheen over former centerfold Scott Brown

Cosmopolitan magazine said its former centerfold, New Hampshire senatorial candidate Scott Brown, has "one hell of a stimulus package."

By Frances Burns
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), L, Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) leave a press conference following a failed vote in the Senate on military sexual assault, on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Cosmopolitan magazine has endorsed Shaheen over its former centerfold, former Sen. Scott Brown, D-Mass. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), L, Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) leave a press conference following a failed vote in the Senate on military sexual assault, on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Cosmopolitan magazine has endorsed Shaheen over its former centerfold, former Sen. Scott Brown, D-Mass. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Cosmopolitan magazine has backed U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., over its former "America's Sexiest Man," former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass.

Brown was a Cosmo centerfold in 1982 when he was 22. Brown was photographed apparently nude with a hand and arm placed to keep the photo R- rather than X-rated.

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"A fierce advocate for women's rights, New Hampshire's first female governor and first female senator is running to hold on to her Senate seat," the Cosmo endorsement read. "And while we wish we could support the man who once posed nude in our pages, his policy positions just aren't as solid as his abs were in the '80s."

The magazine said it was picking "brains over brawn."

Cosmo also ran an item suggesting some campaign slogans for Brown. They included "Scott Brown: A Name You Can Trust, Abs You Can Believe In" and "Vote for Brown. He Has One Hell of a Stimulus Package."

The magazine invited readers to submit their own suggestions.

Brown became the first Republican in decades elected to the Senate from Massachusetts when he won a special election in early 2010 to succeed the late Edward Kennedy. But he lost to Elizabeth Warren in 2012 and decided to move to New Hampshire and challenge Shaheen.

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