Amy Carnevale knew when she took the helm of the Massachusetts Republican Party in February that she faced a big job. But even she didn’t realize the scope of the mess she inherited.
The hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, the four lawsuits, the tangle of campaign finance probes, the record of electoral failure, and the reputation for dysfunction — those were on her radar. But the week after her election as the new party chair, the state GOP was slapped with another six-figure bill, yet another debt the party is disputing. Then came two new lawsuits. And now, in the wake of repeated omissions and errors on campaign finance reports under prior leadership, she’s expecting an audit from the Federal Elections Commission, alongside a similar probe from state regulators.
Bring back Jim Lyons.
Massachusetts Republicans have lost a governor and lieutenant governor, as well as every race they’ve run for statewide office and Congress, not to mention a slate of legislative seats, hundreds of thousands of dollars from the party’s campaign account, and about 30,000 registered voters.
Bring back Jim Lyons.