Bill Weld goes full Dean Martin, endorses Anthony Amore with a song

© Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald/TNS BOSTON, MA – October 19: Gov. Weld sings his own version of “That’s Amore” to Republican candidate for Auditor Anthony Amore is joined by Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker and former Gov. Bill Weld at a campaign event in front of the state house on October 19, 2022 in , BOSTON, MA.

Former Gov. Bill Weld’s endorsement of Republican state auditor hopeful Anthony Amore’s campaign was, quite literally, music to the candidate’s ears.

“When the state’s in the black and you want your money back, that’s Amore,” Weld sang a la Dean Martin. “If you need someone in place, who will stop all the waste, that’s Amore. If you hire a smart guy, he’ll make a bigger pie, that’s Amore.”

Massachusetts’ 68th governor is, from a purely objective point of view, a so-so singer; despite this Amore welcomed the offered overtures of support and said old-school conservative Weld is a long time hero of his.

Weld’s signing endorsement Wednesday in front of the Massachusetts State House, while amusing enough to draw rounds of laughter from Amore supporters and the gathered press, is serious business.

It comes following Gov. Charlie Baker’s endorsement of the auditor candidate — Baker was on hand for Weld’s serenade — and former Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate Weld’s nod makes the third Bay State governor to back Amore, if you include former acting Gov. Jane Swift’s years long tenure in the corner office as qualification.

The endorsement is also, perhaps, Amore’s only hope at this point.

Recent polling just out of Suffolk University and the Boston Globe show Amore, an investigator who claims 30 years experience conducting audits and inspections, is behind Democratic state Sen. Diana DiZoglio by 15 points.

DiZoglio and Amore have met for a single televised debate, taped last Thursday but aired over the weekend, during which Amore accused the Methuen senator of not having the experience required for the job.

DiZoglio took offense at Amore’s accusation, saying her 10 years on Beacon Hill included both enough relevant work experience and plenty of examples of men downplaying those qualifications.

“Mr Amore, I am used to men like you, up on Beacon Hill, trying to dismiss and discredit the work of women working up on Beacon Hill who absolutely have the experience and capabilities to do our jobs,” she said during the debate.

DiZoglio, for her part, has been endorsed by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Maura Healey, U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch and Lori Trahan, and several major labor unions.

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