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State Attorney General Maura Healey is raking in fundraising dollars and showing no signs of slowing down as her campaign continues to size up her chances for a gubernatorial run.
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The primary election is still more than a year away, but it appears as though Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is in control of her own fate at this point. Healey is proving to be a fundraising machine as she ponders a bid for the Democrat gubernatorial nomination. Benjamin Downing, Scott Donohue, and Orlando Silva have declared their intent to seek the Democrat nomination. Danielle Allen and Scott Khourie have formed exploratory committees. State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz says she is considering a run for governor. There are a host of others considered to be potential candidates fo...
Republicans, Democrats out-fundraise ‘anemic’ Charlie Baker in race for governor Erin Tiernan © Provided by Boston Herald Chelsea, MA - 4/1/2021: Governor Charlie Baker addresses the media during a press conference at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center vaccine clinic at La Colaborativa in Chelsea, MA on April 01, 2021. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic POOL PHOTO With the books closed on fundraising in the first quarter of 2021, Gov. Charlie Baker continues to lag behind Republican and Democratic contenders — raking in what one politi...
Benjamin Downing, the former state senator, raised $100,000 in his first week since launching his campaign for governor last Monday.
STATEHOUSE ROUNDUP: Riding shotgun Recap and analysis of the week in state government Kids, grandkids, neighbors. Strangers online. Suddenly everyone this week was craving a little quality time with the older and wiser among us, looking to get out of the house and go for a drive ... maybe to Gillette Stadium, or the Eastfield Mall. The sudden popularity of the so-called Silent Generation had to do with Gov. Charlie Baker's new policy on vaccinating the 75-and-older cohort. Beginning Thursday, Baker said that anyone who accompanied an eligible senior citizen to a state-run vaccination site cou...