Maura Healey claims historic victory to become Mass. governor

Posted on AllSides November 8th, 2022
From The Center
Jesse Costa/WBUR

Maura Healey scored a decisive and historic victory Tuesday night, becoming the state's first elected female and first openly gay governor as well as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.

The Massachusetts attorney general overwhelmed her Republican opponent, former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, and put the governorship firmly back in Democratic hands after Republican Gov. Charlie Baker declined to run for a third term.

The race was called by The Associated Press almost immediately after the polls closed.

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll will join Healey on Beacon Hill as lieutenant governor. Together, they are the...

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