|First runner-up in 2008, business experience, Republican governor of a Democratic state, prodigious fundraiser and tireless campaigner, polling at 40% in the key early primary state of [[New Hampshire]], credited for helping [[Scott Brown]] win an upset victory for the seat held by [[Ted Kennedy]] | |First runner-up in 2008, business experience, Republican governor of a Democratic state, prodigious fundraiser and tireless campaigner, polling at 40% in the key early primary state of [[New Hampshire]], credited for helping [[Scott Brown]] win an upset victory for the seat held by [[Ted Kennedy]] |