Candidate · November 3, 2026
Maura Healey
On the ballot for Governor · Massachusetts
- issues with public statements
- 9
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Massachusetts1, |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| Status | Incumbent |
| Also on the ballot |
|
§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Maura Healey grew up in New Hampshire, graduated from Harvard College, where she captained the basketball team, and played professional basketball in Europe for two years.5 After graduating from Northeastern University School of Law and working at the law firm WilmerHale, she joined the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.5 She was elected attorney general in 2014 and served two terms.5 She was elected governor in 2022 with Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll.6
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll are running for reelection because there is more to do to make life more affordable, create opportunities for everyone and stand up to what it calls the damage President Trump is doing.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitemaurahealey.com6,
7 - Facebookfacebook.com/MauraHealeyMA6
- X (Twitter)x.com/maura_healey6
- Instagraminstagram.com/maura_healey6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@maurahealey586/videos6
- Threadsthreads.com/@maura_healey6
- TikToktiktok.com/@maurahealeyma6
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website says she stockpiled the abortion drug mifepristone and signed a shield law protecting patients and health care providers from legal threats from outside the state.8
- Withdraw the FDA's approval of the pill
- Allow it only in person, with no prescriptions by telehealth or mail
- Keep current FDA rules, which allow prescriptions by telehealth and mail
- Allow it by telehealth and mail, with state laws that block other states' legal action against doctors who send it (shield laws)
Her campaign website says she signed executive orders affirming that emergency abortion care is protected under state law and that Massachusetts would not enforce a national abortion ban if one were enacted.8
Her campaign website says she made over-the-counter contraception free.8
Education
Her campaign website says she made community college free for everyone.9
- No free tuition program
- Free tuition at community colleges
- Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Her campaign website says she doubled state funding for schools and made school meals free.9
- Increase state funding for public schools
- Hold funding near current levels
- Reduce state school funding or slow its growth
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says she cut taxes for the first time in more than 20 years, with savings for families, seniors and small businesses.9
Housing
Family and Social Policy
Health Care
Her campaign website says that when federal officials moved to limit vaccine access, she had the state's public health commissioner issue a vaccine prescription for everyone in the state and made sure insurers would cover the vaccines.11
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance reports and filers search — Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.12