Over the weekend, Massachusetts Republicans narrowed the field of candidates looking for the party's gubernatorial nomination, and to challenge Governor Maura Healey.
Receiving 70 percent of the convention's delegate vote Saturday was former biotech CEO Mike Minogue, earning him the party's endorsement during the MassGOP's convention in Worcester.
However, he will be joined on the Republican primary ballot on Sept. 1 by Baker administration alum Brian Shortsleeve, who narrowly received enough votes.
They will duke it out to represent the party in November against Governor Healey, a Democrat.
Speaking to convention attendees, Minogue emphasized job creation.
"I will grow jobs by retaining and recruiting entrepreneurs and businesses," he said. "I'm the only candidate, and CEO, that has actually built a company [and] sweated the details, so I will cut red tape. I know how it works."
Mike Kennealy, a former housing secretary under Governor Charlie Baker, came one percentage point short of making the September ballot. He officially suspended his campaign on Sunday.
Shortsleeve, meanwhile, says he's looking forward to a spirited primary in September.
WCVB-TV, the Boston-area ABC-affiliated television station, contributed to this report.
