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Trump win echoes for days on Beacon Hill

Trump win echoes for days on Beacon Hill

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. M

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. M…

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