Candidate · November 3, 2026
Michael Roger Minogue
On the ballot for Governor · Massachusetts
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§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, |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§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.
Mike Minogue graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in engineering management and served as an Army infantry officer, including in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, receiving the Bronze Star.4 He worked at GE HealthCare and then served for nearly 19 years as chairman, president and CEO of Abiomed, a medical device company based in Danvers, Massachusetts.4 In 2012 he founded MedTechVets, a nonprofit that helps military veterans find careers in the medical device industry.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to be a new kind of governor because Massachusetts is working for some but not all, with families squeezed by rising costs under what it calls a one-party system.4,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteminogueforma.com5,
6 - Facebookfacebook.com/MikeMinogueforGovernor5
- Instagraminstagram.com/mikeminoguema5
- X (Twitter)x.com/mikeminoguema5
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/michael-minogue-b380521685
§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.
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he would cut taxes and spending by eliminating waste and fraud through audits, and use the state's 62F law to return surplus revenue to taxpayers.7
- Cut state spending and return the savings through tax cuts or rebates
- Hold spending near current levels
- Spend more on state services such as schools and health care
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he would cancel the state's Net Zero mandate, which it calls unfunded and unachievable.7
- Raise targets or move up deadlines, such as 100% clean power by 2040
- Keep current targets
- Delay, loosen or repeal the targets
His campaign website says he would invest in natural gas pipelines and evaluate new modular nuclear energy options to lower energy costs.7
Housing
His campaign website says he would end enforcement of the MBTA Communities Act and give legal support to cities and towns that do not accept its terms, and would give communities a larger share of state tax revenue if they drop building stretch codes and approve single-family home permits within 45 days.7
Education
His campaign website says he would opt Massachusetts into the federal scholarship tax credit to fund scholarships through scholarship-granting organizations, and expand charter, technical and vocational schools.7
Immigration
His campaign website says he would prioritize removing violent criminals and drug dealers and end the state's sanctuary policies, while recognizing the contributions of immigrants.7
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says he would eliminate cashless bail.7
- Require bail or jail before trial for more charges
- Keep current bail rules
- End or reduce cash bail, with judges deciding release based on risk
His campaign website says he would create mandatory jail time for anyone convicted of violence against law enforcement officers.7
- Reduce or end mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug crimes
- Keep current mandatory minimums
- Add or raise mandatory minimums, for example for selling fentanyl
His campaign website says he would fully fund and protect qualified immunity for law enforcement.7
- End qualified immunity for police officers
- Keep qualified immunity as courts apply it now
- Write qualified immunity into federal law
§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.8