2016 MA Trump Co-Chair Geoff Diehl Endorses Leda Arakelian

Whitman, MA – Geoff Diehl, 2016 Massachusetts Trump Campaign Co-Chair, former State Representative from the 7th Plymouth District, and the 2018 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate against Elizabeth Warren, announced his slate of candidates for the Massachusetts Republican State Committee and has endorsed Leda Arakelian of Hopkinton, running for Republican State Committee in the Second Middlesex & Norfolk Senatorial District. The election is Tuesday, March 3rd.

Diehl also led the successful ballot initiative to repeal automatic gas tax hikes in 2014 and is supporting candidates for the MA Republican State Committee that will stand against corruption, believe in fiscal conservatism, and will fight for Republican candidates including President Trump.

“When I ran against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the MassGOP leadership at that time, provided no support and focused solely on what was an easy re-election of the Governor. Resources must be distributed up and down future tickets to elect more Republicans and create balance in the state legislature.” said Diehl.

“I am proud to be running on the same ballot as President Donald Trump. I am committed to growing the GOP and recruiting strong candidates,” said Arakelian. “The State House is tilting more and more to the extreme left. We cannot become a sanctuary state for illegals, so I will be working hard to defeat Democrat incumbents with fresh face Republicans.”

As the next member of the Republican State Committee, Arakelian is committed to recruiting and training candidates, growing the GOP’s grassroots movement, working to get the GOP message out across the district, and helping to re-elect President Donald Trump.

“Massachusetts is not a lost cause. We can rebuild. I am willing to put in the long hours and hard work to make it happen,” said Arakelian.

Republican State Committee members are elected every four years on the Republican Presidential Primary. There is one man and one woman elected from every senatorial district to the 80 member committee. Their jobs are to promote and grow the GOP locally and recruit top-notch Republican candidates within the district.

The Second Middlesex & Norfolk district includes the towns of: Framingham, Medway, Holliston, Hopkinton, Ashland, Franklin precincts 5,6,8, and Natick precincts 1-5,8.
President Trump will face former Governor Bill Weld on the Republican Primary ballot on March 3rd.

Leda Arakelian is a married mother of three children, with a BA degree in American Studies and Language Arts, and has lived in Hopkinton over 25 years. She currently works as the Clinical Accounts Manager at Visiting Rehab and Nursing in Mansfield, MA.

The Arakelian’s are a long serving military family. While Arakelian’s husband has served in the military on several deployments both overseas and within the US, she has been very active in her community in a variety of organizations. Arakelian has been volunteering in the schools, both in the classroom and with leadership roles and fundraising. All three of her children were scouts and achieved ranks up to Eagle, Life, and Bronze. Arakelian has volunteered in many activities such as food drives, sending care packages to troops deployed overseas, assisting the elderly with yard cleanups, and volunteering to help in her children’s scouting organizations. Arakelian has also volunteered for fundraising activities for the Friends of the Hopkinton Seniors.

Arakelian has been an active member of the Hopkinton Republican Town Committee (HRTC) since 2003, where she volunteers to work on local candidate elections. She has also served as the HRTC Secretary in the past as well as the Membership Outreach Coordinator. Arakelian has been a very active volunteer on Scott Brown’s U.S. Senate campaigns, Marty Lamb’s Congressional campaign and State Representative campaign, the Stop Automatic Gas Tax Hikes (YES ON 1) ballot question campaign, Marty Lamb’s campaign for Republican State Committee, Geoff Diehl’s campaign for U.S. Senate, and Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign.

About Geoff Diehl - Geoff Diehl was elected to the Massachusetts House in 2010, serving on the Ways and Means committee, Housing Committee and the House Committee on Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs, and covering the towns of Abington, Whitman, and East Bridgewater. In 2011, Diehl was selected as "Emerging Leader" by the State Legislative Leadership Foundation. Geoff is married to KathyJo Boss, and they have two daughters, Kaylee and Emily, who all reside in Whitman. Geoff and KathyJo co-own Boss Academy of Performing Arts in Hanson, where she serves as Director. Geoff is Manager of Business Development at Transformative Healthcare in Quincy. Contact - Geoff Diehl - 781 252 0512 geoff@geoffdiehl.com.