Ward 3 City Councilor Shawn Oliver has been selected as Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve’s running mate.

Shortsleeve said during remarks at a campaign kick-off event for Oliver that he wanted a partner who would join him “in this fight to make Massachusetts affordable for working people.”

He said, “I knew I was not looking for someone who simply checked a political box or had a famous last name or someone who had been part of the political establishment.”

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