Politics & Government
Charlie Baker Will Run for Governor Again
Baker publicly announced this week that he would be making another gubernatorial run in 2014.
North Shore Republican Charles Baker has officially announced he plans to run again for governor of Massachusetts.
The Swampscott resident officially made the announcement on a video on his website.
In 2010, Baker ran an unsuccessful bid for governor in a three-way race with sitting Gov. Deval Patrick and Tim Cahill. Baker finished with 42 percent of the vote, compared to 48.4 percent for Patrick and 8 percent for Cahill.Attorney General Martha Coakley told reporters on Monday at the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual Labor Day breakfast that she would decide on a gubernatorial run by the end of month, according to the Boston Herald.
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U.S. Representative Michael Capuano, also in attendance at Monday’s Labor Day Breakfast, said he, too, is mulling a run for the seat, and will make his decision “soon,” according to the Herald.
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