A _Massachusetts_ Republican. GOP officeholders are rare in Bay State though Ed Brooke served a couple terms in US Senate and when Dukakis left office there were 4 GOP govs in a row:
Weld, Cellucci, Swift (acting) and Romney none of whom were hardcore conservatives. Romney chose to not run for second term but prob would have lost to Patrick anyway but who knows
Big government, union workers, Kennedy-worshipping, big teachers’ unions and hacks; with the voters in MA it’s a miracle any Republican can get elected
Weld wsa the worst. He was pro-gay, pro-gay marriage, anti-family from day one. We was also an alocholic who served up drinks with the staff during daytime hours. He also failed to add any Republicans to the state legislature, but that seemed to be the problem with all the Republican governors.