Another house state loss for Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a giant win for former President Donald Trump.
Warren and Trump weren’t on the poll in Tuesday’s Massachusetts major however they spent heavy political capital making an attempt to get their candidates throughout the end line first — Warren for lawyer normal candidate Shannon Liss-Riordan and Trump for conservative GOP gubernatorial hopeful Geoff Diehl.
Liss-Riordan, a labor lawyer, misplaced to former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, who was supported by AG Maura Healey. Diehl bested rival Chris Doughty by a cushty margin.
For Warren, it was simply the most recent embarrassing defeat in Massachusetts, a state the place she completed a dismal third within the 2020 presidential election. Warren has misplaced her clout and her connection along with her house state voters. It was a puzzling and dangerous transfer for Warren to get within the race in any respect, as a result of she ended up opposing the one Black candidate. Warren was closely featured in Liss-Rordan’s TV advertisements.
It must be a sign for Warren that she may wish to skip the 2024 presidential race and keep away from one other catastrophe.
Warren as an alternative may wish to concentrate on her subsequent U.S. Senate re-election race as a result of she may very well be susceptible if a robust Democrat tries to problem her.
Campbell’s victory was additionally a stinging defeat for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who had strongly backed Liss-Riordan. It reveals that regardless of her reputation in Boston, Wu has little clout exterior town. It was in all probability karma for Campbell, who ran in opposition to Wu within the Boston mayoral race final yr and misplaced. This time Campbell got here out on prime.
And Healey spent a number of her political capital supporting Campbell, a method that might have backfired however ended up being a winner.
Diehl received regardless of having virtually no marketing campaign money and shedding the assist of Herald columnist and radio host Howie Carr. But he did have Trump, his not-so-secret weapon who held a tele-rally for Diehl on Monday evening and urged Bay State voters to reject the extra reasonable “RINO” Doughty.
Diehl’s victory cements Trump’s reputation amongst Massachusetts Republicans. This is now clearly the social gathering of Trump.
And it units up a titanic conflict between Trump and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey, who sued Trump practically 100 occasions and tried to hyperlink Diehl to the previous president through the marketing campaign. Trump has made hints that he’ll marketing campaign for Diehl in Massachusetts this fall, which might be entertaining to say the least.
It might be a grudge match like we’ve by no means seen earlier than. Diehl, who would be the heavy underdog, is broke however he’ll now get assist from the nationwide Republican social gathering.
Diehl’s operating mate, Leah Allen was additionally main within the lieutenant governor race over Doughty’s operating mate, Kate Campanale.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”