Opinion | Is Elizabeth Dionne the future of the Mass. GOP?

The Boston Globe · Kara Bettis Carvalho · 2026-11-05 18:06 UTC

The unsuccessful state treasurer candidate emerged as a rare bright spot — and a possible model for rebuilding the party.

Elizabeth Dionne, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for state treasurer, went from virtually unknown to the state GOP’s best candidate in 2026. Yes, she lost in a landslide Tuesday, along with most of the Republican ticket. But given the buzz she was able to inspire in less than a year of campaigning, she may be one of the only Republicans who emerges from a harrowing night for the GOP with a future.

Dionne would be a “great congressional candidate, stellar treasurer candidate in four years,” Republican strategist Wendy Wakeman told me in an interview.

At the Republicans’ election night party in a Burlington hotel ballroom, Dionne said that while it was too soon to tell what her next steps would be, she planned to be involved in rebuilding a “a big-tent Republicanism” that embraces groups that don’t feel welcome.

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