MA Dem Primary: Who will try and defeat Baker?

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I get MA has a long trend of electing moderate Republican governors, but in this age of polarization, how is Warren going to get +60% while Baker gets to 50%+1?

Polarization still isn't that strong on the gubernatorial level in most states. Also a lot of people will vote for any incumbent Senator who isn't being seriously challenged. Warren might be an exception to this because she's high-profile and polarizing, but I wouldn't be shocked if she breaks 65%.

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Setti Warren, with a running mate like Daniel F. Conley, Marty Walsh, or Juliette Kayyem, could probably get up to 44-46% if he does very well and it's a Democratic wave.

Only thing about Warren is that he might remind people of the disappointing Patrick administration. Also Newton might be the MA equivalent of the "coastal elite". To me expecting anybody from Newton to know how to deal with income inequality is a joke.

Setti Warren has no connection to Deval Patrick.

Setti Warren has no connection to the administration but he reminds everybody of Patrick in the way that they are somewhat similar with regards to policy and he's a Patrick 2.0. Somebody from Newtown or the surrounding areas whether it's Wellesley or other towns running on income inequality is a joke.

Honestly, this just comes across as racism.

Agreed. Honestly the current politician who reminds me the most of Patrick is Phil Murphy, who is white.

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Bizarrely, there is speculation that State Rep Paul Mark (D) might run for either this or Lieutenant Governor.

http://www.recorder.com/Mark-for-gov-12134709

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Bizarrely, there is speculation that State Rep Paul Mark (D) might run for either this or Lieutenant Governor.

http://www.recorder.com/Mark-for-gov-12134709

Nice. I'd support him for purely sectarian reasons, and I imagine that he might have a shot at winning the primary.

I would almost certainly vote for him (I've met him a few times and I helped out his campaign in 2010) but this just seems like a weird move since it would be kind of a longshot.