Pro-Trump Candidate Wins Massachusetts Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Jeff Diehl, a pro-Trump and pro-life Republican, won the Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial primary on Sept. 6.

Diehl, a former state representative, defeated Chris Doughty, a businessman who supports abortion and has indicated that he does not align with Trump.

With 36 percent of the vote reported at 10:26 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ called the race for Diehl, who drew more than 55 percent of the vote.

Diehl will face Democrat Attorney General Maura Healey in November. Healey easily won her primary with 85 percent of the vote as of 10:28 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Ahead of the election, Diehl touted the support of the state Republican Party. At the May party convention, he received 71 percent of the delegate votes.

Diehl also received the support of popular Boston conservative talk radio host and Washington Times columnist Jeff Kuhner along with The Boston Broadside, a small but politically-connected conservative newspaper, which has gone to bat for the candidate.

Diehl and Doughty ran heated campaigns.

Doughty put $2 million of his own money into the race. He said that Diehl would not be able to defeat Healey in Massachusetts, a blue state. He scored an endorsement from the Boston Globe, which argued that he is the one to beat Healey.

Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, has governed Massachusetts since 2015 and is term-limited.

Diehl told The Epoch Times that he believes there is an opening to defeat Healey due to her far-left policies.

“She believes in her own personal ideology and that it is way more important than serving a balanced agenda that serves the entire state and its population,” Diehl told The Epoch Times.

Healey has said that pregnancy support centers are dangerous and has called for more drag queen events for schools.

“I am honored to receive the Democratic