Republican lieutenant governor nominee's OUI charge leaves party ticket in limbo

What do police say happened on Saturday night, Ginn?

They say Oliver hit five parked cars, and he was arrested for drunken, uh, driving.

He spent, uh, some time in jail, and then the New Bedford Light reported that he walked out in a, in a T-shirt and, uh, with no ride.

And if people don't remember, it was very cold [laughs] on Saturday night.

Who is Sean Oliver?

He's a New Bedford city councilor.

He was actually tapped to be the lieutenant governor b- by Brian Shortsleeve, who lost the primary for governor.

So what ended up happening was a shotgun marriage between Sean Oliver and Mike Minogue, who's the Republican nominee for governor, and they haven't really campaigned all that much together.

You know, there was some bad blood from the primary.

They took some shots at each other, um-

Because Oliver was somebody else's running mate, basically.

Exactly.

Yeah, and that, that's, that's what it boiled down to.

So he, he's had this rise from essentially New Bedford city councilor to candidate for lieutenant governor.

And then Mike Minogue basically ended the shotgun marriage yesterday.

Mike Minogue went into damage control, essentially, which he had to do.

Uh, this is roughly two weeks out from election day, and there's little room for error, especially if you're running for a, as a, as a Republican in Massachusetts.

So what did he say?

Essentially, Minogue is telling Oliver, "You know, you're off the ticket.

If we win, then I want you to resign in January."

So what happens to this lieutenant governor's race now? I mean, we're two weeks away.

Early voting has started.

Obvi-

The ballots are already printed.

Yeah, right.