Read a little further, and you'll hear all about how much the Democrats are panicking. They're frightened over the energy our Republican candidates are generating all across the state, as evidenced by the sheer volume of signatures they've managed to collect from enthusiastic voters.
Per Secretary of State William Galvin, who took to comparing Republicans like you and me to COVID-19 wastewater samples:
"There's a rising tide of potential infection out there. They [Massachusetts voters] are open to these people [Republicans]."
Galvin is right about one thing: there is a "rising tide," and it's a red wave determined to flush entrenched Democrats like him right out of office.