My memory is hazy on that. Can you tell me the details? How did that get upended?
This was when Pataki declined to run for a 4th term in 2006. Weld offered himself up for Governor (in late 2005), with the party establishment salivating over him (nevermind he had eviscerated the MA GOP on his watch a decade before), since Spitzer looked unstoppable. I believe it was Party Chairman Ed Cox who was his big supporter, but Weld was upended at the GOP State Convention, losing 40-60% to Ex-House Minority Leader John Faso. Weld vowed to stay in to the September primary, but when it appeared he couldn’t change the results, dropped out.