Governor

Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Geoff Diehl will go head to head in November, both vying to be the next governor of Massachusetts.

After Tuesday’s primaries, Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Geoff Diehl are beginning their general election campaigns, both vying to be Massachusetts’ next governor. Taking questions from reporters on Wednesday, they had a chance to outline their platforms.

Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor over businessman Chris Doughty, who was considered the more moderate candidate in the race. The victory for Diehl sets up a general election contest against Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey, who would be the first openly gay person and the…

With less than one week until the Sept. 6 Massachusetts primary elections, it’s time for residents to decide who to vote for. The results will narrow the Democratic and Republican fields for the November general elections, settling, among other things, who will run the state after Gov. Charlie Baker. On the ballot this year, there are five major contested statewide…

In so many of his public appearances these days, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker faces questions about what he will do next when his second term ends in January and he hands the corner office to someone else. And as he once again lamented that focus on his future, Baker on Thursday indicated he has his eyes on “a bunch of…

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced Tuesday that he’s running for reelection. Scott said he is seeking a fourth, two-year term in November because there’s much more work to do. The governor said in a campaign email that he has worked to bring people together at a time when the country seems more polarized than ever. “We’ve proven that...

In his final address to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s government affairs forum, Gov. Charlie Baker announced tax cuts and talked about how the coronavirus pandemic will change the Massachusetts economy. Baker spoke at Westin Copley Place Tuesday morning about being on therapy-like calls with governors from states around the country during the height of the pandemic and...

New Hampshire State Sen. Tom Sherman, a Democrat, announced Monday that he is running for governor this year. Sherman, a doctor from Rye, is serving his second term in the Senate, and currently serves on the Health and Human Services and Transportation committees. He served in the House from 2012-2016. “I’m running for Governor because right now a lot...

The Democratic incumbent’s announcement sets up a possible contest against former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican.

Maine’s Democratic governor announced Tuesday she will seek a second term in office. The announcement from Janet Mills sets up a possible contest against former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican and a rival of Mills when she served as the attorney general. Mills became the first female governor in Maine history after she was elected in 2018. That was also…

It’s a question that’s dogged Charlie Baker for some time now — will he one day run for president? And it’s a question that more people have been wondering about since the Republican Massachusetts governor announced last year that he would not seek a third term. During an appearance on GBH News’ “Boston Public Radio” on Thursday, a caller...

Gov. Dan McKee, touting his history as a small business owner and his work in helping Rhode Island pull through and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, announced as expected Tuesday that he will seek a full four-year term as governor. “I am running to create good-paying jobs, and support small businesses, to grow our economy, and fight for hard-working people…

With seven months before voters go to the polls, Attorney General Maura Healey and former Rep. Geoff Diehl hold significant advantages with voters in their parties, and Healey, a Democrat, is the clear front-runner to succeed Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, though more than half the electorate has yet to choose a candidate, according to a new poll. Healey led the…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will give his final State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Political expert Sue O’Connell explains what we can expect in his speech.

The top staff investigator for the House Jan. 6 panel was fired from his position at the University of Virginia by the state’s new GOP attorney general.

Sources with direct knowledge have told NBC10 Boston political reporter Alison King that Democratic Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has decided to run for governor and an announcement is expected Thursday. Healey, 50, was first elected the state’s attorney general in 2014 after years working under former Attorney General Martha Coakley as chief of the office’s Civil Rights Division, its…

TikTok environmental activist “Trash Boy” is trying to pick up 500,000 pieces of trash. Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis has been known for picking up trash on the road for decades. What happens when you bring these two together for trash cleanup?

Next year’s lineup of candidates for governor of Massachusetts is still taking shape, and the current focus is on whether Attorney General Maura Healey and former Boston Mayor Martin Walsh will get in the race. During a visit to Springfield Monday to highlight federal infrastructure investments, a reporter asked Walsh about speculation that he may be weighing a run...

Attorney General Maura Healey has picked up her fundraising pace this month with at least one event last week and two more planned this week as her fall timeline for a decision on whether to run for Massachusetts governor in 2022 rapidly comes to a close. Healey, a two-term Democrat who political strategists view as a potential early front-runner for…

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as New Hampshire governor.