{"id":1072405,"date":"2021-12-01T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072405"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:28:37","slug":"massachusetts-republican-gov-charlie-baker-will-not-seek-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-republican-gov-charlie-baker-will-not-seek-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Republican Gov Charlie Baker Will Not Seek Third Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-republican-gov-charlie-baker-will-not-seek-third-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"43.10635359116\">\n<p>Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that he would not seek a third term in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Baker, a moderate Republican, made his announcement in a letter along with Republican Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who also said that she would not run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an extremely difficult decision for us,\u201d the pair wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2021\/12\/01\/full-text-gov-charlie-baker-lt-gov-karyn-polito-letter-on-not-seeking-re-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>, which was obtained by the Boston Herald. \u201cWe love the work, and we especially respect and admire the people of this wonderful Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServing as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts has been the most challenging&nbsp; and fulfilling jobs we\u2019ve ever had,\u201d the two wrote. \u201cWe will forever be grateful to the people of this state&nbsp; for giving us this great honor.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/10\/massachusetts-governor-charlie-baker-calls-trumps-claims-voter-fraud-wildly-inappropriate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Calls Trump\u2019s Claims Of Voter Fraud \u2018Wildly Inappropriate\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7329705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7329705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker speaks at a FEMA Mass Vaccination Site in March. (Erin Clark-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Baker first ran in 2010 but narrowly lost to former Gov. Deval Patrick. Baker ran again in 2014, and he won reelection by over 30 points in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>While Baker was popular despite Massachusetts\u2019 liberal bend \u2014 he had a 56% approval in a recent UMass Amherst <a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/stateofthestatetoplines-1637252877.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> \u00ad\u2014 he may have struggled to win a Republican primary next year. That same survey <a href=\"https:\/\/polsci.umass.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/StateofStateBakerCrosstabs_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showed<\/a> him with just 41% approval among Massachusetts Republicans, with nearly half describing him as a \u201cliberal.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/04\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-calls-some-fellow-republicans-efforts-to-overturn-election-results-an-affront-to-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Calls Some Fellow Republicans\u2019 Efforts To Overturn Election Results \u2018An Affront To Democracy\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But without Baker or Polito, Republicans could struggle to hold the governorship in a state that voted for President Joe Biden by 33 points in 2020. Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-charlie-baker-massachusetts-elections-e5148f198e3311106786e81cefc4568d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> former Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl in October, but Diehl lost by 24 points when he challenged Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her seat in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Republican Gov. 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