Geoff Diehl, Trump pick, trails self funded Chris Doughty in cash, leads in polls

The race to see which Republican will square off against Attorney General Maura Healey in the November general election isn’t a contest of fundraising, but if it were Geoff Diehl would be losing the race by miles.

The party nominee, Diehl’s campaign filings show his campaign’s cash on hand to start the month came in just shy of $15,000.

His opponent, Wrentham businessman Chris Doughty, held close to $883,000.

According to Diehl’s campaign manager, Amanda Orlando, the opposing team is trying to buy their way into office.

“It’s apparent that Chris Doughty’s plan is to try to buy the Governor’s Office with a mixture of his own money and money from out-of-state donors,” she said.