Geoff Diehl

There was Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci back in the early 90s. Then Cellucci and Jane Swift, Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey, and more recently Charlie Baker and Karyn Polito. Unlike the Democrats, Republican candidates for governor have built a tradition of teaming up early with running mates and then successfully selling themselves to voters as a ticket. And while…

It didn’t take long for the news to travel after Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito decided not to seek reelection. Outside the Massachusetts State House, the reaction was swift. “I am surprised. I am very surprised,” Emily Spicer Hankle said. “I think he has done a lot that is good for Massachusetts, and I think there...

Calling his decision not to seek a third term complicated and difficult, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday said he will be focused on the significant work that still needs to be done to guide Massachusetts out of the coronavirus pandemic. “And not focusing on, let’s call it, the discourse — and that’s probably an insult to the word discourse —…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced Wednesday morning that they won’t seek reelection in 2022. The long-awaited decision, which comes despite Baker’s consistently high approval rating, opens up the race for governor “After several months of discussion with our families, we have decided not to seek re-election in 2022,” they announced jointly via email. “This was…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he expects to announce a decision on whether he will seek reelection in 2022 “soon,” and if he does decide to run, it’s a “reasonable assumption” that it will be as a Republican. A poll last month showed that sticking with his party might not be Baker’s best path, as potential Republican challenger Geoff...

It’s becoming the question in Massachusetts political circles: Will Gov. Charlie Baker run for reelection? Political observers think Baker is showing signs of going for it. But perhaps the more intriguing question is, will he run as a Republican or an independent candidate? A poll last month showed sticking with his party may not be the best path for...

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Geoff Diehl for governor of Massachusetts, as well as candidates in New Hampshire.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker didn’t seem too troubled Wednesday by the news that former President Donald Trump had endorsed his potential opponent in the 2022 governor’s race. Trump weighed in on the race Tuesday, saying he was endorsing Republican candidate Geoff Diehl, a co-chair of his 2016 campaign. Diehl announced his candidacy on July 4, and several Democrats have also…

Former President Donald Trump has weighed in on the Massachusetts Republican race for governor in 2022, backing a co-chair of his 2016 campaign. Geoff Diehl has been running to replace Gov. Charlie Baker, another Republican, who Trump called a Republican in name only while endorsing Diehl in the primary Tuesday. “Baker is definitely not an American First or Make America…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is in no rush to announce his plans for a third term. UMass Dartmouth’s Shannon Jenkins is not surprised. “For him, it makes no sense to commit early,” Jenkins said. “His popularity ratings are quite high.” Jenkins says the two-term incumbent would enter the race as the clear front-runner. “So that’s why the big names...

Former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the co-chair of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in Massachusetts, announced his campaign to replace Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on the Fourth of July.

Republican Geoff Diehl announced his campaign to replace Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on the Fourth of July. Diehl, a former state representative who co-chaired former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign in Massachusetts, made the announcement at a “‘Freedom Festival,’ hosted by the Western MA GOP Patriots,” according to a press release from his team. Diehl criticized state and federal regulations…

As the nation’s Democratic leaders rally around a common goal — pursuing an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump — Massachusetts Republicans are divided. Republican consultant Holly Robichaud says the Democrats push for impeachment will backfire much like she believes their overzealous efforts backfired on the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and the Robert Mueller report.

Now that the Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party has announced she is stepping down from her position, potential leaders are emerging. Kirsten Hughes, a Quincy city councilor, announced in an email Nov. 16 she would not be seeking a fourth term this January. Since her announcement, it remains to be seen which direction the party will go.

Massachusetts Republican Party Leader Kirsten Hughes is stepping down making way for other GOP members to fill the void.

Warren, a Democrat, held off Republican challenger Geoff Diehl.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, among her party’s harshest critics of President Donald Trump, has won re-election in Massachusetts. Warren on Tuesday defeated Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the Massachusetts co-chair of Trump’s 2016 campaign, and independent Shiva Ayaddurai.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren defeated two challengers Tuesday in an election that will also decide a slew of congressional races, a gubernatorial contest and whether Massachusetts should keep legal protections for transgender people.