Trump-endorsed Diehl ready to extend GOP winning streak in Massachusetts governor’s race

Five of the past six governors of Massachusetts have been Republicans, and the party believes it has a shot at keeping the seat with Geoff Diehl, a Trump-backed candidate determined to stop Democrat Maura Healey from becoming the state’s most far-left governor ever.

Mr. Trump is viscerally unpopular among a deep-blue swath of residents in Massachusetts, but a Trumpian streak cutting through the state electorate could help propel Mr. Diehl to victory in November. Mr. Trump picked up more than 1 million votes in the state’s 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, and he remains popular there today. 

The former president’s endorsement of Mr. Diehl likely helped the former state representative easily clinch the party’s nomination this month over the Republican establishment’s candidate, Chris Doughty. 

“Certainly, President Trump has had a solid following, of which I am one of them,” Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons told The Washington Times.