Geoff Diehl, a pro-Trump Republican, hopes to ride red wave into Mass. governor’s office

Republican Geoff Diehl has charted an unlikely path to the governor's office in Massachusetts.

The former state representative is running as a pro-Trump candidate in a state so blue that residents voted against the former president by a 2-1 margin. Twice.

Diehl's last attempt to win statewide office did not go much better. In 2018, he challenged Sen. Elizabeth Warren and lost by a wide margin. But Diehl pledged not to give up his quest for higher office.

After the race was called, Diehl told supporters: “I am a firm believer that when God shuts a door,...