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TexasTowelie

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Mon Feb 26, 2018, 03:15 AM Feb 2018

National Democrats may not invest in Baker fight

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, standing with several other Democratic governors Saturday, was fired up about her party’s prospects for winning gubernatorial races around the country this November.

“We expect the Democrats to have one of the best years we’ve had in a long time,” said Raimondo, vice chairwoman of the national group focused on electing Democratic governors, the Democratic Governors Association.

But asked a few minutes later whether she thought Republican Governor Charlie Baker’s perch is ripe for taking and whether she’d like to see him defeated, Raimondo sang a different tune.

“Charlie, I think, is very popular and is doing a good job,” she said. “I’ve enjoyed working with him, and we have a good bipartisan, collaborative relationship.”

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/24/will-another-baker-gubernatorial-run-successful/UQ8q8L4KVxSgQSdxumnNUO/story.html

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