Shiva Ayyadurai Announces Campaign For Massachusetts Governor

BOSTON, MA — Shiva Ayyadurai, the controversial politican best known for claiming he invented email, is running for Massachusetts governor.

Ayyadurai, an MIT lecturer, is running on a platform of "Truth, Freedom, and Health." He made the announcement on a Facebook Live video last Thursday, after Gov. Charlie Baker announced he will not be seeking re-election.

Ayyadurai appears to be running as a third-party candidate. He alleges former president Donald Trump was manipulated to endorse Geoff Diehl, whom he called "an idiot" responsible for election fraud, for the Republican gubernatorial ticket.

"Massachusetts...is a center of the swamp, the global swamp," he said. "Massachusetts is a sewer that feeds the global swamp."

Ayyadurai said his campaign will be focused on uniting working people and called on supporters to educate themselves on the underlying foundations of his platform.

"The left and right, Republicans and Democrats, have colluded against working people," he said in his announcement video.

Ayyadurai has decried COVID-19 vaccination mandates and face masks, saying they divide people.

"Those in power, a small set of people, have us all fighting against each other," he said.

The Belmont resident ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020.