A Massachusetts Republican who has drawn financial support from the cryptocurrency industry will face Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November after winning the Bay State’s GOP primary Tuesday.
John Deaton, a Marine Corps veteran and attorney who moved to Massachusetts earlier this year, edged out two fellow Republicans: Quincy City Council President Ian Cain and engineer Robert Antonellis. Deaton had 60 percent of the vote at 8:42 p.m., when The Associated Press called the race.
Deaton focused his campaign on his biography. He was born into poverty outside of Detroit and became the first member of his family to graduate high school. He teaches at Roger Williams University School of Law and led a pro bono effort to stop the sale of children’s cosmetics that contain asbestos.
