Massachusetts State Treasurer Steve Grossman (screen capture:YouTube/WWLP-22News)
WASHINGTON — Two Jewish candidates were defeated in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts governor.
Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney general, on Tuesday defeated Steve Grossman, the state treasurer, and Don Berwick, a former administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Coakley, who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2010, garnered 42 percent of the vote to Grossman’s 36% and Berwick’s 21%, the Boston Globe reported.
Grossman is a former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He also ran for governor in 2002, but withdrew when it became clear he would not win.
Don Berwick (screen capture:YouTube/WWLP-22News)
Dan Wolf, an airline executive and state senator who also is Jewish, withdrew earlier from the primary.
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Evan Falchuk, a health care executive, is running an independent campaign and remains in the race.
Charlie Baker, a health care executive and a former Cabinet member in Republican state administrations, handily defeated a Tea Party challenger in winning the Republican nod.
Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick is not running for reelection.
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