A Republican has kicked off a campaign for governor of Massachusetts in 2022, but probably not the one you’re thinking of. Former state representative and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl co-chaired President Trump’s 2016 Bay State campaign. So far, Governor Charlie Baker hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term. Diehl joins a field that includes three Democrats — Harvard professor Danielle Allen, former state Senator and Pittsfield native Ben Downing, and State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. We speak with Tim Vercellotti, director of the Western New England University Poll and professor of political science.
Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy will retire at the end of his eighth term. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley was at the...
With several other candidates in the field, Long Island Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin has been locking up support around the state from local committees...
We speak with Union College President David Harris about the college’s fall reopening plan during the COVID-19 era.