2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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The 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Republican incumbent Jane Swift chose not to seek a full term in office. In the open race, Republican businessman Mitt Romney defeated Democratic state treasurer Shannon O'Brien with a plurality of the vote. Primary elections were held on September 17. Romney, who was broadly popular within his party, had cleared the field early after forcing Swift to retire. O'Brien won the Democratic nomination with a third of the vote, defeating former U.S. labor secretary Robert Reich, Massachusetts Senate president Tom Birmingham, and former state senator Warren Tolman. Reich's campaign attracted support from progressives and leftists, but he was sharply opposed by the national party establishment for his past criticisms of former president Bill Clinton. Clinton endorsed former national Democratic Party chair Steve Grossman, who ran a well-funded campaign but suffered...

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