I don't know what happened to Steve Pierce (the former GOP Minority Leader who ran against Weld). I know he worked for the Weld Administration for a time and then just dropped off the radar. I know at one time that Andy Card coveted the Governorship, but isn't he a social liberal ? I just have to say it isn't particularly enticing for any regular Republican to want to run and serve as Governor. Up until recently, I was under the mistaken impression that Christy Mihos was a Conservative, until I saw his positions on the issues, which were as odious as any hard-left 'Rat. It's just a sad embarrassment all the way around.
Yes, that was it, Steve Pierce. He served in the Weld Administration and (I believe) quit in 1991 when he ran in the special election to replace the deceased liberal Republican Congressman Silvio Conti in the 1st CD (western Mass.). That special election was probably Weld's sole attempt at trying to get a socially conservative Republican elected; Weld scheduled the vote for June, when summer vacation had already begun at the Five Colleges around Northampton, and Democrat John Olver beat Pierce by only 50%-48%. Pierce didn't try for the seat again in 1992 or 1994 (he would have had a good chance in the latter year), and I have no clue what he's been up to for the past 15 years or so.