Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. BOSTON (AP) – Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will face off against Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl as she battles for a second term and gears up for what could be a possible run for president.
Diehl defeated two other GOP candidates in Tuesday’s Massachusetts primary for the chance to unseat Warren in November, beating back business executive John Kingston and Beth Lindstrom, a Cabinet official under Republican Gov. Mitt Romney.
Diehl told supporters Tuesday that he was proud to be the GOP nominee and will work hard to represent Massachusetts in the Senate.
“It all comes down to this,” Diehl said. “While Warren has spent the last six years building a national political profile for herself, I’ve been fighting for you.”
Warren ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and said she will fight her heart out to win re-election.