This should be a strong election cycle for the MassGOP, with Republicans in the White House and running Congress and the clueless Democratic Party floundering badly.

But the state party appears to be heading into another election year with few strong challengers on the state political stage and little chance of breaking the Democratic stranglehold on Massachusetts.

The party, once bankrupt and on the verge of irrelevance in the Bay State, was supposed to be reinvented with new blood at the top and a purging of the old poison like former party chair Jim Lyons.

But where is the major change? So far the party has not lived up to its much-hyped billing.

GOP party leaders, including chair Amy Carnevale, spend most of their time sending out sniping press releases that are largely ignored by the media.

There’s no there there when it comes to the MassGOP, just the usual rhetoric. Nothing to inspire independent voters to move to the Republican Party.

Does anyone take the Republican Party more seriously than they did a year ago? Does the Democratic Party fear it?  The party should be thriving with Donald Trump in the White House.

Instead, it’s on the sidelines, throwing spitballs via press release, playing small potatoes politics.

The party desperately needs more bold intiatives. Bring Attorney General Pam Bondi here for a visit, where she can see first hand the migrant crisis. Or invite other surrogates of the new administration.

There’s probably little hope President Trump will come to the Bay State, but the party should parlay its connections to Trump and take a page from Trump’s playbook and highlight issues he is focused on.

Right now, the MassGOP is strictly reactive and focused entirely on Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

What’s the point in even sniping at Wu, who doesn’t have a Republican opponent in her re-election race?

If Amy Carnevale is getting paid by the press release, the party will be bankrupt again soon.

If the MassGOP is trying to recruit credible new blood to run statewide, there’s no evidence yet that has happened.

The party has two alleged “superstars,” state Sen. Kelly Dooner, whose other claim to fame was being a member of the Taunton City Council, and state Sen. Peter Durant, who is reportedly thinking of running for governor in 2026. Ever heard of them?

Dooner did turn her Senate seat Republican for the first time in decades. She is known for sending out reams of public records requests, especially when it comes to state spending on migrants and migrant hotels. And she called for an audit of the state’s EBT card system.

Durant is not exactly a political juggernaut. The Spencer Republican won his special election by 56 votes to represent the Worcester and Hampshire county district. Now he is floating his name for the governor’s race to challenge Healey.

Where are the Bill Welds? The Scott Browns? The Paul Celluccis?

The lack of a deep bench has been a perennial problem for Republicans, but it’s even more notable this year with a big state election coming up.