Most popular GOP governor won’t vote for Trump

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker — a Republican — said he will not be voting for Donald Trump.

“I said I wasn’t going to vote for Donald Trump yesterday and I didn’t, and I don’t plan to vote for him in November,” Baker told reporters at a North Andover Elementary School on Wednesday, according to The Boston Globe.

Baker stopped short of declaring who he would vote for in November, or endorsing another candidate. Baker had endorsed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie days before the New Hampshire primary, but Christie has since dropped out and endorsed Trump.

Despite Trump winning seven of the 11 states up for grabs on Super Tuesday, Baker said he is “not willing to concede” that the Republican presidential contest is over.

So who will he vote for?

“I’m not much of a fan of Hillary Clinton, let’s put it that way,” Baker said when asked if he would vote for Democratic presidential front-runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Trump won 49.3 percent of the vote in Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, earning 22 of the state’s delegates. John Kasich came in a distant second with 18 percent of the vote.

Baker was dubbed “the most popular governor in America” after a comprehensive November survey of 75,000 voters in all 50 states found nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of Massachusetts voters approve of the job he is doing. He was elected in 2014.

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