Lieutenant Governor
Jim Rappaport, the Republican nominee for United States Senate in 1990 and a political adversary of Jane Swift, was the first Republican to declare his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor. Swift named Patrick Guerriero, her deputy chief of staff (who was openly gay), as her running mate. Guerriero was the nation's first openly gay candidate for lieutenant governor. He was chosen by Swift after Suffolk County District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II, Registrar of Motor Vehicles Daniel Grabauskas, Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins, and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority member Christy Mihos declined to run with Swift.
Kerry Healey, former Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party was selected by Mitt Romney to be his running mate. Shortly after Romney's endorsement of Healey, Guerriero dropped out of the race and gave his support Healey. Rappaport remained in the race and lost to Healey in the Republican primary.
Former state representative Donna Cuomo was also briefly a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor. She announced her candidacy on April 2, 2002 and dropped out of the race the next day.
Read more about this topic: Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election, 2002, Republicans
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