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Charlie Baker To Announce 2nd Run For Mass. Governor

by Catherine Thompson

09.04.13 | 5:23 am

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, Republican Charlie Baker concedes defeat in the Massachusetts governors race as his sons AJ, left, and Charlie, right, watch at a nightclub in Boston.

Charlie Baker, the Massachusetts Republican who lost the 2010 governor’s race to incumbent Deval Patrick (D), plans to announce Wednesday that he will be making a second gubernatorial run.

Top Massachusetts Republican leaders briefed on Baker’s decision told the Boston Globe the former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care plans to release a video at 10 a.m. ET launching his campaign and then speak to reporters on Thursday.

Baker emerges as the Republican Party’s only well-known candidate within the state after former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) announced last month he would not seek the governor’s office.

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Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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