MASSACHUSETTS, A PLACE long associated with spirited political contests, is sleepwalking its way through the state’s first open race for governor in eight years. “It’s August and we pretty much know who’s going to be governor. I feel bad even saying it,” said Evan Horowitz of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University. […]
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For GOP candidates, no news apparently good news
IT SEEMS LIKE an odd strategy for a party that claims only 9 percent of the state’s registered voters and is a decided underdog in polling match-ups looking ahead to the November election. A week after the two Republican candidates for governor, Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty, shunned a WBUR forum on climate change, their […]
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Chris Doughty: ‘I almost feel like a governor already’
CHRIS DOUGHTY has no experience in politics. But he believes leading the state is similar to leading a large business. “There’s not one part of the governor’s life that I’m not familiar with, that I feel uncomfortable doing,” Doughty said. “In fact, I feel like I was sort of designed for this job. It just […]
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GOP gov hopeful Doughty taps former rep as unofficial running mate
CAN A LARGELY unknown gubernatorial candidate, who is the underdog in a primary race in a cratering political party, get a little oomph by announcing that a largely unknown former state rep will be his unofficial running mate? That sort of framing doesn’t suggest an auspicious impact. On the other hand, it’s hard to say […]