Voters To Decide Races For Governor And Senate In Massachusetts On Tuesday
JohnCarl McGrady •
Massachusetts voters will decide a number of statewide races for elected office on Tuesday, including a gubernatorial race between Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Mike Minogue. In general, the races are not expected to be close, according to polling, as Massachusetts leans strongly to the left and the winners of the Democratic primaries are expected to cruise to victory tomorrow.
Healey, the incumbent and a member of the Democratic Party, is facing Minogue, a Republican and former biomedical executive in the gubernatorial election. Healey, the first woman elected governor of Massachusetts in 2022, has led every poll of the race by a wide margin, typically more than 20 points. Progressive independent Andrea James is also on the ballot. She is pulling a single-digit percentage of the vote.
In the Senate race, long-time incumbent Ed Markey, who held off a robust challenge from former Congressional representative Seth Moulton in the Democratic primary, holds an equally wide advantage over long-shot Republican challenger John Deaton. Markey, a progressive, ultimately defeated the more conservative Moulton by over 30 points. Deaton, an attorney and Marine veteran, is not the only challenge on the ballot. He is joined by independent Shiva Ayyadurai and socialist Joe Tache. For either of those candidates, 5 percent would be considered a strong result.
Other races on the ballot include the attorney general race between Democrat Andrea Joy Campbell and Republican Michael Walsh, the treasurer race between Democrat Deborah Goldberg and Republican Elizabeth Dionne, and the Auditor race between Democrat Diana DiZoglio and Republican Al Ozonoff.
Bill Keating, Nantucket’s Democratic representative to the House of Representatives, is also facing a Republican challenger in fisherman Tyler Macallister.
Nantucket’s representatives to the Massachusetts legislature, Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Thomas Moakley, are not facing challengers. Neither is district attorney Robert Gallibois.