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Geoff Diehl

Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl champions affordability and anti-mandates for Massachusetts

Adithya Iyer November 9, 2022
Geoff Diehl lost to Maura Healey behind his campaign of anti-mandates and freedom
Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll, governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect, at the MassDems Watch Party. ZIYU (JULIAN) ZHU/DFP STAFF

GALLERY: Official watch parties hosted speakers, politicians on election night

Daily Free Press Staff November 9, 2022
Supporters flocked to Democratic and Republican watch parties on Nov. 8.
Governor's debate

Final governor’s debate before election tackles taxes, housing, abortion, more

Yiling Qiu October 25, 2022
Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Geoff Diehl, candidates for Massachusetts governor, debated Oct. 20 on WCVB in partnership with The Boston Globe, WBUR and Univision with moderator Ed Harding. 
Immigration

Massachusetts voters to decide on undocumented immigrant driver’s license law

Braedon Blumfield October 21, 2022
Massachusetts voters will determine whether or not to repeal Question 4, granting driver's license eligibility to those without proof of immigration.
Governor's Race

Healey and Diehl face off in first televised debate in the race for governor

Matthew Eadie October 13, 2022
Mass gubernatorial candidates Maura Healey and Geoff Diehl debated on television on Oct. 12, covering issues such as climate change and affordable housing.
Voting stickers

Primaries set up Diehl to run against Healey in the race for governor

Casey Choung September 8, 2022
Massachusetts primary voting took place on rainy Sept. 6, with a roughly 21% voter turnout estimated by MassVote, similar to the turnout rate of the 2018 midterms.
Mass State House

Meet the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates

Emilia Wisniewski June 7, 2022
Outlined here are each candidate’s background, experience, and different approaches to many contested issues.
Governor Forum on environmental justice

Gubernatorial candidates discuss climate change, environmental justice at WBUR forum

Bella Ramirez April 28, 2022
Gubernatorial candidates Sonia Chang-Díaz and Maura Healey addressed climate change and environmental concerns at a WBUR forum.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in 2014. Baker announced last Wednesday he will not run for re-election for a third term in the November 2022 gubernatorial election. MIKE DESOCIO​​/ DFP FILE

Gov. Charlie Baker announces he will not run for re-election in 2022

Bella Ramirez December 8, 2021
Gov. Charlie Baker announced he will not run for a third term in the November 2022 election.
After winning a second term, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Massachusetts Democrats watch party Tuesday night. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Warren defeats Diehl in senate race

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2018
Massachusetts incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Warren secured her seat in the U.S. Senate, beating Republican opponent Geoff Diehl with 60.5 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times at around 2:45 a.m.
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ENDORSEMENT: Elizabeth Warren is a voice for the people of Massachusetts and deserves a second term in the Senate

Editors November 5, 2018

“Nevertheless, she persisted” — a rallying cry for the feminist movement, a slogan emblazoned on mugs and T-shirts everywhere and a phrase first inspired by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s protest against...

Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker in a debate against Democratic challenger Jay Gonzalez Oct. 17. The gubernatorial debate was one of a number of recent debates as voters gear up to head to the polls Nov. 6. COURTESY OF MEREDITH NIERMAN/ WGBH NEWS

Midterm debates spike civic engagement, do not change minds, sample finds

Audrey Martin October 25, 2018
With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, Massachusetts candidates are looking for any way to get their messages out to the public before Election Day on Nov. 6. Both gubernatorial candidates and senatorial candidates agreed to participate in three debates leading up to the election.
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