Massachusetts GOP Governor Hopeful Says DC Drama Isn’t His Fight
The governor’s race is unfolding amid an escalating standoff between Harvard University and the Trump administration.
Photographer: Mel Musto/BloombergBrian Shortsleeve is seeking to become the next Republican governor of Massachusetts, a state that’s facing acute economic pressure from the White House’s cuts to federal funding for universities and scientific research. He doesn’t want to dwell on that.
“I’m running for governor. I’m not running for president,” Shortsleeve, a venture capital executive and the former chief administrator of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority under previous Republican Governor Charlie Baker, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Boston office.