Nov 23, 2009 1:26 pm US/Eastern Mass.
GLEN JOHNSON, AP Political Writer
BOSTON (AP) ― Gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker followed a Massachusetts Republican tradition on Monday by selecting a veteran state legislator to be his running mate in next year's election.
Baker, the former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care president, tapped Sen. Richard Tisei as his ally for a primary against fellow Republican Christy Mihos. The winner faces the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Deval Patrick, and state Treasurer Timothy Cahill, who is running as an independent, in the November 2010 general election.
"Throughout his career in public service, Richard has built a solid voting record as a fiscal conservative and a reformer of state government," Baker said in a statement issued as he appeared with Tisei.
Tisei, a longtime legislator from Wakefield but largely unknown outside the state's anemic GOP circles, labeled Baker "the right person at the right time to get us out of this mess."
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