BOSTON — On a shoestring budget, and with the endorsement of the 45th president, Republican Geoff Diehl sailed to a primary victory Tuesday and on to a November contest with Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey to be governor of Massachusetts.
Diehl joined supporters in Weymouth for a victory party and to celebrate the win over his opponent, self-funded Wrentham businessman Chris Doughty, despite the fact the wealthy manufacturing executive dropped $2.4 million of his own fortune on the race.
Diehl’s campaign managed to win with less than $17,000 in the bank at the end and against an ongoing onslaught of television ads and the recent endorsement of his opponent by conservative radio legend and Herald columnist Howie Carr.
