Post by Logan on Jul 4, 2016 4:03:31 GMT -6
Governor Charlie Baker is quietly assembling a reelection apparatus for 2018 — and using November’s legislative contests as a tuneup — even though no likely Democratic challenger looms on the horizon.
Party officials say this year’s multimillion-dollar election effort will be based on an expanding trove of voter information from social media. It will aim to inoculate down-ballot Republicans from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, in part by offering the election data and tools the party began assembling during Baker’s winning 2014 campaign.
Baker — the nation’s most popular governor, according to some polls — has not publicly acknowledged a reelection bid, but associates say it is all but a certainty. In a recent interview, he chalked up the midterm endeavor to a broader effort to reinvigorate the GOP.
“There’s no question that . . . the party has a much more robust apparatus . . . than I can ever remember the party having when there wasn’t a big statewide race,” he said.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/03/baker-team-gears-for/3u8L63z8DssBjxGkitNBAL/story.html
Party officials say this year’s multimillion-dollar election effort will be based on an expanding trove of voter information from social media. It will aim to inoculate down-ballot Republicans from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, in part by offering the election data and tools the party began assembling during Baker’s winning 2014 campaign.
Baker — the nation’s most popular governor, according to some polls — has not publicly acknowledged a reelection bid, but associates say it is all but a certainty. In a recent interview, he chalked up the midterm endeavor to a broader effort to reinvigorate the GOP.
“There’s no question that . . . the party has a much more robust apparatus . . . than I can ever remember the party having when there wasn’t a big statewide race,” he said.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/03/baker-team-gears-for/3u8L63z8DssBjxGkitNBAL/story.html