Deval Patrick

Patrick Rowe had been early, early on.

He had been in the Deval Patrick world, you know.

So, yeah, he's and again, you know, this is a Democratic primary, but they are definitely determined to kind of take on this old guard role.

And then I can get to also, JD, and I wanted to mention this in a different context, but the two Republicans running for governor, which most of the Massachusetts media always seems to be the least interested in covering, Which I think is kind of stinks, you know, but both of those guys, short sleeve, who worked for Baker as a former Marine and this Minogue, Mike Minogue, I didn't know that much about the guy, but he's a combat veteran.

It's insane.

And it's you know, it's it's interesting because I, you know, I remember having a conversation with Deval Patrick, who is a good friend of mine and a mentor.

And he was the governor.

Yeah.

And he was he was the second.

Number one was Doug Wilder.

Number two was Deval Patrick.

And I'm the third.

At least three other Massachusetts elections saw Democratic primaries drawn along generational lines, with incumbents as old as 77 facing primary foes as young as 27.

Chief among them was the battle between Representative Stephen Lynch, 71, and Patrick Roth, a 39-year-old attorney who served as an aide to former Governor Deval Patrick.

Here are the key takeaways from Tuesday's election.

Moulton repeatedly tried to make the Bay State primary contest about the party's aging leadership, which has created a deluge of Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z contenders running in Democratic primaries this year.

And he wasn't the only longtime Massachusetts Democrat to turn back a younger challenger.

71-year-old Congressman Stephen Lynch won renomination over 39-year-old attorney Patrick Roth, a former aide to former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

A Utah judge ruled the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk will stand trial with prosecutors allowed to seek the death penalty.

District Judge Tony Graff says there is enough evidence to quote, support a reasonable belief that 23 year old Tyler Robinson shot and killed Kirk.

And he wasn't the only longtime Massachusetts Democrat to turn back a younger challenger.

71-year-old Congressman Stephen Lynch won renomination over 39-year-old attorney Patrick Roth, a former aide to former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

A Utah judge ruled the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk will stand trial with prosecutors allowed to seek the death penalty.

District Judge Tony Graff says there is enough evidence to quote, support a reasonable belief that 23 year old Tyler Robinson shot and killed Kirk.

in other ways too we've seen this in democrat party seeing this with um uh like mitt romney Taking up Jane Swift in the Christine Myhill's polling, secret polling that showed that it was going to be Jane and, you know, she started putting money in and Jane decided she had to get out.

You know, Deval Patrick took two years campaigning, took out a long-time establishment Democrat from Middlesex, which was Tom Riley.

So, you know, you've seen this, you know, behavior before in both parties where you have some folks that have been around a long time.

We can question the level of effort and things like that, but you have these brand new folks comes straight into the party and with no prior commitment, nor supporting other folks, nor actively