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Healey to run for re-election as attorney general, not run for governor

By adamg on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 10:18am

The Globe reports.

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2018 elections
Maura Healey
attorney general


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By Saddlebrook7 on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 10:56am.

She can continue to build her resume and war chest as AG, then waltz into the corner office in 2020 when Charlie moves on to other things. Let Setti & Evan beat their heads against the wall this time around.

By Nancy on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 2:26pm.

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/independent_evan_falc...

Falchuk wrote that while he is becoming a Democrat, he is doing so with the belief that the Democratic Party needs to change, in particular by hearing the voices of working Americans.

By bulgingbuick on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 8:25am.

like Evan?... sigh.

By Waquiot on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 11:06am.

Her and Baker seem to get along well, and there is always the chance that they engage in a brutal campaign that ends with Baker getting reelected. She's got my AG support in 2018, and probably my support in 2022 (assuming she keeps on doing what she does and doesn't get tripped up by anything.)

By Ghost on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 11:58am.

She know she would get crushed by Charlie in this round.

By Steve Brady on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 1:15pm.

Let's not assume too much. This is from April of 2012:

Martha Coakley intends to seek third term

That was when her favorability rating was 62-23.

By lbb on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 2:31pm.

She's plenty intelligent, but who knows if she has any interest in the job? It's a different skill set and different mission. Anyway, Massachusetts politics is constipated with establishment Dems, timeservers and rich-boy dilettantes like Baker. It's going to need a good roto-rootering before anyone who doesn't fit the demographic could win.

By Saddlebrook7 on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 4:41pm.

From day one as AG she's gotten herself in the news every week, and has built a network of allies. She will be the front-runner against anyone except a popular incumbent. The real question is whether she wants to take on the chore of trying to cajole the House and Senate leadership, who believe that the Governor's input, especially to the budget, is merely advisory. I think she's got the chops, but we will see.

By anon on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 7:24pm.

What a shame! We need her, Marty Walsh, Elizabeth Warren or Mike Flaherty to run for Governor.

By bulgingbuick on Sat, 02/18/2017 - 9:46am.

Registry of whatever win.

By anon on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 9:03pm.

I wish John Connolly for Mayor would run again!