BOSTON – Trying to parse Tuesday's election results had even the savviest political operators scratching their heads. Caveats were plentiful.
Donald Trump didn't just win the Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, he steamrolled the competition in a state where, by historical standards, the more moderate and conciliatory Ohio Gov. John Kasich should have done better than a distant second. And yet over 100,000 more voters filled out Republican ballots than did in 2008, when former Gov. Mitt Romney was in the race, and without a single high-profile Bay State Republican backing the former reality television star.
BOSTON – Donald Trump's decisive Republican primary victory shows Bay State voters are "disgusted with government," according to Speaker Robert DeLeo, the House of Representatives leader who said Friday it's unclear whether that distaste for Washington will trickle down to the state level.
The New York billionaire won Tuesday's primary with 49 percent of the vote, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich taking second with 18 percent. During an appearance on Boston Herald Radio, DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat, credited Trump's win to his status as a political "outsider."
