POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico
Good and bad news for MASS DEMS — CHANDLER backs GONZALEZ — WARREN, MARKEY call for action on Puerto Rico 06/01/2018 07:17 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS. Welcome to June (!) THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR MASS. DEMS — On the eve of the state party convention in Worcester, a new poll out this morning has good news and bad news for Massachusetts Democrats. The good news? The state's most popular Democrat, Sen. Elizabeth Warren , continues to hold a huge lead in match-ups against her three Republican challengers, Beth Lindstrom , state Rep. Geoff Diehl , and John Kingston — she's up by 35 points against each of them. Independent candidate Shiva Ayyadurai , in each matchup, also captures 8 percent support. Warren also has a respectable 53 percent favorability rating. But the WBUR/MassINC poll ...