Biography
Maura Healey is the incumbent Governor of Massachusetts, seeking a second term with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll. She was elected in 2022 after serving as Attorney General from 2015 to 2023. As governor she signed a 2024 law revising the state's firearm statutes, the 2024 Affordable Homes Act, and in August 2026 a bill removing restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of gestation.[1][2][3][4]
Healey earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1992 and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1998.[1][5] Her earlier career included private practice at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr and work as a prosecutor with the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.[5]
She joined the Massachusetts Attorney General's office in 2007, where she led the Civil Rights Division and its challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and later headed the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau and the Business and Labor Bureau.[1]
Healey was elected Massachusetts Attorney General in 2014 and re-elected in 2018, serving from January 2015 to January 2023. She was elected governor in 2022 and has held the office since January 5, 2023.[1][5]
- 1.Maura Healey · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 2.Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 · Massachusetts General Court · 2024-07-25 Official record
- 3.Signing expanded abortion law, Gov. Healey cites stories of 'anguish and heartache' · WBUR / State House News Service · 2026-08-11 News report
- 4.Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024 (Affordable Homes Act) · Massachusetts General Court · 2024-08-06 Official record
- 5.Maura Healey · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.