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2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Turnout56.23% Increase 0.94 [1]
  Deval Patrick official photo (cropped).jpg Kerry Healey official Lieutenant Governor portrait (3x4a).jpg Christy Mihos, 2006 (3x4).jpeg
Nominee Deval Patrick Kerry Healey Christy Mihos
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Running mate Tim Murray Reed V. Hillman John J. Sullivan
Popular vote 1,234,984 784,342 154,628
Percentage 55.0% 35.0% 6.9%

2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Patrick:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Mitt Romney
Republican

Elected Governor

Deval Patrick
Democratic

The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. The incumbent Republican governor, Mitt Romney, chose not to seek a second term. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement, with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly, who was then the Democratic frontrunner, in the lead.[2]

The election was won by the Democratic former United States Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick, who became the second African-American governor in the United States since Reconstruction and the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. This was the last time until 2022 that the Democratic nominee won a majority.

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Republican Party (United States)

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. Like them, the Republican Party is a big tent of competing and often opposing ideologies. Presently, the Republican Party contains prominent conservative, centrist, populist, and right-libertarian factions.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019. He previously served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election, losing to Barack Obama.

Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s, with both parties being big tents of competing and often opposing viewpoints. Modern American liberalism — a variant of social liberalism — is the party's majority ideology. The party also has notable centrist, social democratic, and left-libertarian factions.

Thomas Reilly

Thomas Reilly

Thomas Francis Reilly is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents.

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick

Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush.

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Massachusetts. Republican former state representative Geoff Diehl, Democratic state attorney general Maura Healey, and Libertarian Kevin Reed sought to succeed incumbent Republican governor Charlie Baker, who did not seek re-election after two terms. The race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and the only race in which the incumbent was retiring despite being eligible for re-election.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Endorsements

Campaign

The Democratic State Caucuses were held in February in all cities and towns to elect delegates to the state convention. The Patrick campaign organized their supporters, many of whom had never been involved in such party processes before, to win twice as many pledged delegates as the Reilly campaign. (Chris Gabrieli did not join the race until a month later, which played a major role in his difficulty in getting on the ballot.)

At the Democratic Convention on June 3 in Worcester, each candidate needed to receive support from 15% of the delegates to be on the primary ballot in September. There was some question as to whether Gabrieli could succeed after entering the race so late. Patrick received the convention's endorsement with 57.98% of the vote, Reilly made it with 26.66%, and Gabrieli narrowly achieved ballot access with 15.36% of the delegates' votes.[4][5]

The campaign was highlighted by numerous debates. The first two debates took place in late April. WBZ-CBS4 News hosted a debate between Democratic candidates Chris Gabrieli, Deval Patrick, and Tom Reilly on April 21 and it aired at 8:30 AM on April 23.[6] A second Democratic candidate debate, moderated by Sy Becker from WWLP TV 22, was held at Agawam Middle School on April 27.[7]

The "Campaign to Stop Killer Coke", a group dedicated to holding Coca-Cola accountable for violence in its Colombian bottling plant in the mid-1990s, began to attack Patrick and his candidacy. Patrick had resigned from the company and said he'd done so after his attempts to get them to carry out an independent investigation were ignored and undermined.[8] Five Massachusetts unions filed a complaint against the group with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance,[9] in an effort to require the group to disclose its donors. On August 11, it was reported that Reilly's campaign had been behind the efforts.[10]

The final two televised debates played a key role in the primary campaign, as they took place during the two weeks between Labor Day and Primary Day when the public and the media hold their greatest focus on the election. The first of the two was carried about by the media consortium (which includes the Boston Globe, NECN, and WBUR, among others) and moderated by former New Hampshire governor Jeanne Shaheen, while the second and final debate was held by WBZ-TV and moderated by their political analyst, Jon Keller.

Polling

Source Date MoE Patrick Reilly Gabrieli Other Und.
Rasmussen Reports January 15–18, 2006 ±5% 30% 29% 11% 30%
State House News January 25–27, 2006 ±7.1% 18% 58% 4% 19%
Suffolk University February 2–4, 2006 ±4.9% 30% 39% 2% 29%
UMass Lowell February 16, 2006 ±5% 40% 40% 20%
Survey USA March 5–6, 2006 ±5% 37% 47% 17%
Boston Globe March 12, 2006 ±4.9% 22% 35% 4% 14% 25%
Merrimack College February 25–March 8, 2006 ±4.8% 21.8% 37.5% 40.7%
Suffolk University April 3, 2006 ±4.9% 21% 32% 11% 36%
Survey USA April 7–8, 2006 ±4.8% 36% 33% 19% 11%
Suffolk University May 3, 2006 ±4.9% 20% 35% 15% 29%
Survey USA May 1–3, 2006 ±4.9% 28% 32% 29% 10%
State House News May 3–5, 2006 ±6.8% 15% 37% 25% 5% 17%
June 3 – Patrick receives party endorsement at Democratic State Convention
Survey USA June 16–18, 2006 ±4.8% 36% 31% 23% 9%
Suffolk University June 22–26, 2006 ±4.0% 31% 25% 22% 21%
State House News June 28–30, 2006 ±7.0% 34.8% 19.3% 21.8% 1.6% 21.4%
Survey USA July 9–11, 2006 ±4.9% 37% 26% 27% 10%
Survey USA July 31–August 2, 2006 ±4.6% 35% 27% 30% 8%
Suffolk University August 17–21, 2006 ±5.2% 24% 20% 32% 24%
Survey USA August 19–21, 2006 ±4.8% 34% 30% 30% 6%
Boston Globe August 18–23, 2006 ±4.4% 30% 24% 27% 3% 15%
(including "leaners") 31% 27% 30% 4% 8%
State House News September 7–10, 2006 ±6.8% 35.6% 19.4% 25.6% 1.0% 16.2%
Survey USA September 9–11, 2006 ±4.1% 45% 21% 29% 4%
Boston Globe September 12–15, 2006 ±4.4% 46% 18% 25% 4% 6%
Suffolk University September 15–17, 2006 ±4.0% 37% 21% 29% 11%
Survey USA September 15–17, 2006 ±3.8% 46% 22% 29% 3%

Results

On September 19, Patrick won the Democratic primary with 50% of the vote, ahead of Gabrieli (27%) and Reilly (23%).[11]

Municipal results of the Democratic primary for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006
Municipal results of the Democratic primary for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006
Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2006[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deval Patrick 452,229 49.57%
Democratic Chris Gabrieli 248,301 27.22%
Democratic Tom Reilly 211,031 23.13%
Write-in All others 787 0.08%
Write-in Blanks 14,054 1.51%
Total votes 926,402 100%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Withdrew
Declined

Campaign

On April 23, 2006, a "virtual debate" between Murray, Silbert, and Sam Kelley was released on SaintKermit.com.[14]

On May 21, all four candidates debated in Lowell.[15] Four days later, on May 25, Kelley dropped out of the race and joined the Deval Patrick campaign as a volunteer advisor on health care issues.[16]

At the Democratic convention in Worcester on June 3, Worcester Mayor Tim Murray was endorsed by a voice vote after receiving 49% on the first ballot. Andrea Silbert and Deb Goldberg both qualified for the ballot with 29% and 22% respectively.

Endorsements

Polling

Source Date MoE Goldberg Murray Silbert Undecided
Suffolk University June 22–26, 2006 ±4.0% 10% 6% 5% 79%
Suffolk University August 19–21, 2006 ±5.2% 6% 11% 5% 77%
State House News September 7–10, 2006 ±6.8% 18.3% 15.2% 10.0% 53.4%
Boston Globe September 12–15, 2006 ±4.4% 26% 20% 18% 27%
Suffolk University September 15–17, 2006 ±4.0% 35% 22% 21% 31%

Results

Tim Murray won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor on September 19 with 43% of the vote.[17]

Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2006[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Murray 351,009 42.60%
Democratic Deborah Goldberg 279,771 33.95%
Democratic Andrea Silbert 191,638 23.26%
Write-in All others 1,591 0.19%
Write-in Blanks 102,393 11.00%
Total votes 926,402 100%

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Chris Gabrieli

Chris Gabrieli

Chris Gabrieli is an American education policy and innovation leader. He currently serves as CEO of the non-profit Empower Schools, Chairman of the Board of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and part-time Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick

Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

United States Assistant Attorney General

United States Assistant Attorney General

Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general.

Thomas Reilly

Thomas Reilly

Thomas Francis Reilly is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents.

Bay State Banner

Bay State Banner

The Bay State Banner is a weekly newspaper primarily geared toward the readership interests of the African-American community in Boston, Massachusetts. Distributed free of charge, it was founded in 1965 by Melvin B. Miller, who remained the chief editor and publisher until March 2023. In 2015, the publication celebrated its 50th anniversary serving the region's minority-oriented neighborhoods.

Brookline TAB

Brookline TAB

The Brookline TAB is a local newspaper that primarily serves the town of Brookline, Massachusetts along with the surrounding area of Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1979 and is published weekly on Thursdays. The newspaper is owned by GateHouse Media and the circulation is estimated to be 15,500 copies. Its headquarters are located on 1 Speen St., Framingham, MA.

Cambridge Chronicle

Cambridge Chronicle

The Cambridge Chronicle is a weekly newspaper that serves Cambridge, Massachusetts. The newspaper was founded by Andrew Reid in May 1846 and is the oldest weekly newspaper in the United States. Owned by Gannett, it serves 18% of Cambridge's households.

Boston Herald

Boston Herald

The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts, and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher.

Cape Cod Times

Cape Cod Times

The Cape Cod Times is a broadsheet daily newspaper serving Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, which encompasses 15 towns on Cape Cod with a year-round population of about 230,000. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns several weekly newspapers in the county.

WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV. Both stations share studios on Soldiers Field Road in the Allston–Brighton section of Boston. WBZ-TV's transmitter is located on Cedar Street in Needham, Massachusetts, on a tower site that was formerly owned by CBS and is now owned by American Tower Corporation.

WWLP

WWLP

WWLP is a television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios at Broadcast Center in the Sandy Hill section of Chicopee at the northwest corner of the I-391/MA 116/Chicopee Street interchange, and its transmitter is located on Provin Mountain in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam.

Agawam, Massachusetts

Agawam, Massachusetts

Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield, Massachusetts. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area, the 2nd largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection, Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declined

Romney endorsed Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey to succeed him in the 2006 gubernatorial election. Healey was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Reed Hillman, former State Representative and Massachusetts State Police Colonel

As incumbent Kerry Healey ran for governor, the position of lieutenant governor was open. Reed Hillman was unopposed for the Republican nomination

General election

Candidates

  • Running mate: Wendy Van Horne, nurse (withdrew September 1)[21]
  • Running mate: Martina Robinson, disability rights activist[22]

Campaign

On April 25, Republican Kerry Healey called for four debates, each involving all four candidates, between the September primaries and November general election, and this proposition was seconded by Patrick.[23]

The general election campaign kicked off on primary day, September 19, after Tom Reilly and Chris Gabrieli conceded and Kerry Healey accepted her uncontested nomination. Deval Patrick followed with his acceptance speech, appearing with his new running mate Tim Murray and former opponent Chris Gabrieli.

The general election campaign was very heated and was referred to by Michael Dukakis as "the dirtiest gubernatorial campaign in my memory".[24] The Healey campaign released attack ads implying that Deval Patrick supports sexual assault or murder of police (culminating in the now infamous "parking lot rape" ad). Healey supporters also protested at the homes of Patrick and Patrick campaign manager John E. Walsh,[25] and documents leaked anonymously to media about Patrick's brother-in-law's criminal history.

After the final debate, WRKO talk radio host John DePetro came under scrutiny for referring to Grace Ross as a "fat lesbian". DePetro was suspended earlier in the year for calling Turnpike Authority chief Matt Amorello a "fag".[26]

Debates

The first televised debate of the general election was held by WFXT and the Boston Herald] on September 25 on WFXT. Moderated by Fox News' Chris Wallace on the day after his Bill Clinton interview.

The second debate was held in Springfield and broadcast on WGBH and NECN.

Endorsements

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[41] Lean D (flip) November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[42] Likely D (flip) November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[43] Likely D (flip) November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics[44] Likely D (flip) November 6, 2006

Polling

Poll Date MoE Patrick (D) Healey (R) Mihos (I) Ross (GR) Und/Other
State House News November 17–20, 2005 ±4.8% 44% 32% 24%
Suffolk University February 6, 2006 ±4.9% 39% 32% 29%
UMass Lowell February 16, 2006 ±5% 34% 34% 12% 20%
40% 38% 22%
Survey USA March 3–5, 2006 ±3.8% 30% 35% 20% 14%
Boston Globe March 3–9, 2006 ±4.4% 36% 29% 13% 22%
44% 38% 18%
Merrimack College February 25–March 8, 2006 ±5.6% 32.0% 28.0% 13.0% 27.0%
±4.8% 34.5% 39.4% 26.1%
Rasmussen March 13, 2006 ±4.5% 38% 25% 17% 20%
Suffolk University March 18–20, 2006 ±4.9% 29% 26% 13% 32%
State House News March 16–18, 2006 ±4.8% 25% 32% 18% 25%
Zogby/WSJ March 30, 2006 ±3.5% 53% 31.5%
Suffolk University April 3, 2006 ±4.9% 29% 24% 9% 1% 38%
Rasmussen April 14, 2006 ±4.5% 34% 27% 19% 20%
Suffolk University May 3, 2006 ±4.9% 26% 28% 10% 4% 33%
State House News May 5, 2006 ±4.8% 29% 31% 15% 17%
Survey USA May 8, 2006 ±4.4% 34% 32% 17% 17%
Rasmussen May 15, 2006 ±4.5% 36% 26% 16% 22%
June 3 – Patrick receives party endorsement at Democratic State Convention
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 2006 ±3.5% 55.7% 33.7% 10.6%
Suffolk University June 22–26, 2006 ±4.0% 38% 25% 10% 1% 26%
State House News June 28–30, 2006 ±5.0% 40.1% 30.5% 9.3% 1.7% 18.4%
Rasmussen June 27, 2006 ±4.5% 43% 23% 15% 19%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 2006 ±4.2% 57.4% 30.8% 11.8%
Rasmussen August 12, 2006 ±4.5% 39% 29% 14% 18%
Zogby/WSJ August 15–21, 2006 ±3.8% 49.6% 23.9% 26.5%
Suffolk University August 17–21, 2006 ±4.1% 38% 30% 10% 2% 20%
State House News September 7–10, 2006 ±4.7% 43% 30% 7% 1% 19%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 2006 ±3.9% 57.5% 33.0% 9.5%
September 19 – Primary election night; start of campaign
Survey USA September 19–21, 2006 ±3.9% 64% 25% 5% 1% 5%
Rasmussen September 20, 2006 ±4.5% 57% 24% 9% 10%
Merrimack College September 20–24, 2006 ±4.5% 54.2% 20.9% 5.3% 0.5% 19.1%
Zogby/WSJ September 25, 2006 ±3.9% 58.7% 27.3% 8.3% 5.7%
Boston Globe/WBZ September 26–29, 2006 ±4.3% 55% 30% 7% 1% 7%
Suffolk University October 2–4, 2006 ±4.5% 49% 28% 6% 1% 16%
Survey USA October 8–10, 2006 ±4% 52% 34% 9% 1% 4%
Suffolk University October 10–11, 2006 ±4.9% 46% 33% 7% 1% 12%
Zogby/WSJ October 10–16, 2006 ±3.6% 56% 33.6% 6.4% 4%
Suffolk University October 20–23, 2006 ±4.9% 53% 26% 9% 2% 11%
Survey USA October 21–23, 2006 ±4% 56% 31% 8% 2% 4%
UNH/Boston Globe October 22–25, 2006 ±4.1% 54% 29% 8% 2% 6%
Zogby/WSJ October 23–27, 2006 ±3.7% 58.1% 32.7% 4%
SurveyUSA/WBZ October 31–November 1, 2006 ±3.9% 55% 34% 6% 3%
State House News November 1–2, 2006 ±5% 50.9% 27.1% 8.0% 2.1% 6.7%
Suffolk University November 2–5, 2006 ±4.9% 53% 31% 6% 2% 9%

Results

Results by municipality
Results by municipality

Official results certified by the Massachusetts Secretary of State, as of December 6, 2006, with all 2,166 precincts reporting.[45]

2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Deval Patrick 1,234,984 55.03% Increase 10.6
Republican Kerry Healey 784,342 34.95% Decrease 14.2
Independent Christy Mihos 154,628 6.89% Increase 6.27
Green-Rainbow Grace Ross 43,193 1.92% Decrease 1.54
Write-in All others 2,632 0.12% Increase .06
Blank 24,056 1.07%
Total votes 2,243,835 55.63% Increase 0.40
Turnout 2,243,835
Majority 450,642 20.30%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing Increase 25.13

Results by county

2006 United States gubernatorial election in Massachusetts (by county) [46]
County Patrick - D % Patrick - D # Healey - R % Healey - R # Others % Others # Total #
Barnstable 45.3% 47,713 42.7% 44,986 12.1% 12,701 105,400
Berkshire 74.9% 35,035 20.0% 9,339 5.1% 2,374 46,748
Bristol 56.5% 95,623 33.8% 57,233 9.8% 16,523 169,379
Dukes 62.6% 4,817 27.8% 2,143 9.6% 739 7,699
Essex 50.4% 131,376 39.4% 102,584 10.2% 26,528 260,488
Franklin 70.1% 20,204 21.6% 6,212 8.3% 2,386 28,802
Hampden 54.7% 74,899 35.4% 48,511 9.9% 13,635 137,045
Hampshire 66.9% 38,025 25.0% 14,232 8.1% 4,582 56,839
Middlesex 55.7% 299,749 34.5% 185,738 9.8% 52,957 538,444
Nantucket 55.7% 2,244 34.8% 1,402 9.6% 386 4,032
Norfolk 51.6% 134,916 38.2% 99,995 10.2% 26,735 261,646
Plymouth 46.0% 84,296 40.9% 74,933 13.1% 23,978 183,207
Suffolk 69.6% 126,242 22.8% 41,316 7.6% 13,707 181,265
Worcester 53.2% 139,845 36.4% 95,718 10.4% 27,278 262,841

Patrick won a majority of the vote in 12 of the 14 counties, and a plurality in 2 (Barnstable and Plymouth).

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Kerry Healey

Kerry Healey

Kerry Murphy Healey is a former American politician who served as the 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 under Governor Mitt Romney. She is currently the inaugural president of the Milken Institute's Center for Advancing the American Dream in Washington, DC. Dr. Healey was previously the president of Babson College for six years. She served as a special advisor for Mitt Romney's Presidential Campaign in 2012.

Christy Mihos

Christy Mihos

Christy Peter Mihos was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He was an Independent candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2006. He ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, but did not receive enough votes at the Republican Convention to qualify for the primary ballot.

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Massachusetts Turnpike

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Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick

Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Tim Murray

Tim Murray

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Grace Ross

Grace Ross

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Green-Rainbow Party

Green-Rainbow Party

The Green-Rainbow Party (GRP) is the Massachusetts affiliate of the Green Party of the United States and a political designation in Massachusetts officially recognized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Up until 2020, it was an officially recognized political party in Massachusetts, losing that status as the result of vote tallies in the November 2020 election.

Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush.

John E. Walsh

John E. Walsh

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WFXT

WFXT

WFXT is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with the Fox network and owned by Cox Media Group. Its studios are located on Fox Drive in Dedham, and its transmitter is located on Cabot Street in Needham. WFXT is the largest Fox affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by the network, although it was previously owned by Fox on two occasions.

Boston Herald

Boston Herald

The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts, and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher.

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006".
  2. ^ Polls show Romney gaining on Reilly, Reilly leading Healey Boston Globe November 17, 2005
  3. ^ Gabrieli readies run for governor Boston Globe March 22, 2006
  4. ^ Patrick garners most votes; Reilly touts success at convention Boston Globe June 3, 2006
  5. ^ All candidates make it.. Boston Globe June 3, 2006
  6. ^ The April 23 debate can be viewed online at cbs4boston.com
  7. ^ Agawam Candidates' Forum Tonight! MassLive: The Fray April 2006. The April 27 debate and can be heard on MassLive.com
  8. ^ Patrick's path from courtroom to boardroom Boston Globe August 13, 2006
  9. ^ Pro-Patrick unions file OCPF complaint against Killer Coke Boston Phoenix August 9, 2006
  10. ^ For Reilly, things go better with Coke Boston Globe August 11, 2006, Holy sh*t!! Vennochi finds Reilly campaign's fingerprints all over Killer Coke Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Blue Mass Group August 11, 2006
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