Trump to Stay on Massachusetts Primary Ballot, State Supreme Court Judge Rules

The legal challenge came ’too soon,' the judge ruled.

Former President Donald Trump attends his trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Dec. 7, 2023. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump will stay on the primary election ballot in Massachusetts after a judge on the state’s Supreme Judicial Court denied a bid to disqualify the candidate on Monday.

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Frank Gaziano upheld the State Ballot Law Commission’s decision last week to dismiss the challenge on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction.