Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006
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The Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2006 is on November 7, 2006 and winners will serve from January 4, 2007 until January 6, 2011. Every four years, Massachusetts holds elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, as part of the general statewide election.
| Note: All candidates and parties are listed in alphabetical order. |
Governor
One-term Republican governor Mitt Romney is not seeking re-election and will leave office when his term ends in January 2007. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement, with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly in the lead.[Polls show Romney gaining on Reilly, Reilly leading Healey] Boston Globe November 17, 2005 Romney has endorsed Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey to succeed him in the 2006 gubernatorial election. As of March 2006, Republican Christy Mihos has left his party to run as an Independent, and the Green-Rainbow Party have nominated a slate of candidates for statewide office. It is unclear whether the Libertarian Party will be running candidates state-wide in this election, though they may run a candidate for U.S. Senate against Ted Kennedy. State law requires that candidates for state-wide office be registered in their party (or unenrolled for independent candidates) by March 7.WBZ-CBS4 News hosted a debate between Democratic candidates Chris Gabrieli, Deval Patrick, and Tom Reilly on April 21 and it aired at 8:30 AM on April 23 and can be viewed online at [cbs4boston.com]. On April 25, Kerry Healey called for a series of four debates involving all four candidates between the September primaries and November general election, and this proposition has been seconded by Deval Patrick.[Healey challenges fellow gubernatorial hopefuls to four debates] Boston Globe April 25, 2006 A second Democratic candidate debate, moderated by Sy Becker from WWLP TV 22, was held at Agawam Middle School on April 27 and can be heard on [MassLive.com].[Agawam Candidates' Forum Tonight!] MassLive: The Fray April 2006
At the Democratic Convention on June 3, each candidate to be on the primary ballot in September needed to receive support from 15% of the delegates, and there was some question as to whether Chris Gabrieli could succeed after entering the race so late. Deval Patrick received the convention's endorsement with 57.98% of the vote, Tom Reilly made it with 26.66%, and Chris Gabrieli just made it with 15.36%.[Patrick garners most votes; Reilly touts success at convention] Boston Globe June 3, 2006[All candidates make it..] Boston Globe June 3, 2006
Announced candidates
Democrats
- Chris Gabrieli - Businessman, 2002 nominee for Lieutenant Governor. Officially announced candidacy April 6th, 2006. [Gabrieli readies run for governor] Boston Globe March 22, 2006
- Deval Patrick - Ex-Assistant United States Attorney General for Civil Rights & Ex-Corporate Legal Executive
- Thomas Reilly - Attorney General & Ex-Middlesex County District Attorney
Green-Rainbow
- Grace Ross - Long-time Green-Rainbow Party activist and former party Co-Chair, she has been heavily involved in the [March to Abolish Poverty] campaign and is the first openly gay woman to run for governor.[Green-Rainbow Party Press Release on Nominations] March 7, 2006
Republicans
- Kerry Healey - incumbent Lieutenant Governor, elected in 2002 on ticket with Mitt Romney; has a backround as a criminologist, former Massachusetts Republican Party chairwoman.
Unenrolled (major candidates)
- Christy Mihos - Owner of Christy's Convenience Stores on Cape Cod, and former member of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board[Mihos to run as independent] Boston Globe March 1, 2006
Lieutenant Governor
As the incumbent Lieutenant Governor is running for Governor, the position is open. In Massachusetts, the Lieutenant Governor candidates are nominated separately from the Gubernatorial candidates. Then the nominated pairs from each party run together as a team.
On April 23, 2006, a "virtual debate" between Democrats Sam Kelley, Tim Murray, and Andrea Silbert was released on [SaintKermit.com], hosted by Jim Henderson and 2002 Green-Rainbow Lieutenant Governor candidate Tony Lorenzen. The Greater Lowell Area Democrats, the Lowell Democratic City Committee, and BlogLeft held a debate between all four candidates on May 21 at the [Lowell Telecommunications Corporation], was broadcast on public access TV and is [available online]. Four days later on May 25, Dr Sam Kelley dropped out of the race and joined the Deval Patrick campaign as a volunteer advisor on health careissues.["Sam Kelley out of Lt. Gov. race] Political Intelligence May 25, 2006
At the Democratic convention on June 3, Worcester Mayor Tim Murray was endorsed by a voice vote after receiving 49% on the first ballot. Deb Goldberg and Andrea Silbert both qualified for the ballot with 22% and 29% respectively. Christy Mihos announced on June 8 that John Sullivan would join him as his running mate.[Mihos picks John Sullivan] Political Intelligence June 8, 2006
Candidates
Democrats
- Deborah Goldberg - Former chairwoman of the Brookline Board of Selectmen and granddaughter of the founder of Stop & Shop.
- Tim Murray - Mayor of Worcester
- Andrea Silbert - Businesswoman, co-founder and former CEO of the [Center for Women & Enterprise], a non-profit entrepreneurial training center.
- Chris Gabrieli - Businessman, 2002 nominee for Lieutenant Governor. Declined Tom Reilly's offer to be running mate and is now running for Governor (see above).
- Sam Kelley - Child psychologist and former legislative aide to Congressman Jim McDermott
- Marie P. St. Fleur - State representative. Picked by Reilly to be his running mate, but dropped out the next day.[St. Fleur's official page on Mass.gov]
Green-Rainbow
- Wendy Van Horne - Former Co-chair of the Green-Rainbow Party and a nurse. At 22, she is not only the youngest person to run for Lieutenant Governor in recent history, but also the first Asian-American nominee for statewide office.
Republicans
- Reed V. Hillman - a former state representative and colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, he was chosen by Kerry Healey to be her running mate in early March 2006.
Unenrolled (major candidates)
- John J. Sullivan - Town moderator of Winchester, former selectman, and chair of the Winchester Co-operative Bank. A former Democrat, he disenrolled in March and is now Christy Mihos's running mate.
Opinion polls
General election
| Source | Date | MoE | Democratic | Republican | Unenrolled | Green-Rainbow | Und/Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Rasmussen] | June 27, 2006 | ±4.5% | Gabrieli - 42% | Healey - 24% | Mihos - 15% | 19% | |
| Patrick - 43% | Healey - 23% | Mihos - 15% | 19% | ||||
| Reilly - 39% | Healey - 27% | Mihos - 17% | 17% | ||||
| [State House News] | June 28 - 30, 2006 | ±5.0% | Gabrieli - 38.6% | Healey - 30.3% | Mihos - 9.2% | Ross - 3.1% | 18.7% |
| Patrick - 40.1% | Healey - 30.5% | Mihos - 9.3% | Ross - 1.7% | 18.4% | |||
| Reilly - 36.3% | Healey - 31.3% | Mihos - 12.6% | Ross - 3.2% | 17.8% | |||
| [Suffolk University] | June 22 - 26, 2006 | ±4.0% | Reilly - 40% | Healey - 27% | Mihos - 10% | Ross - 2% | 22% |
| Patrick - 38% | Healey - 25% | Mihos - 10% | Ross - 1% | 26% | |||
| Gabrieli - 42% | Healey - 23% | Mihos - 7% | Ross - 1% | 27% | |||
| [Zogby/WSJ] | June 21, 2006 | ±3.5% | Patrick - 55.7% | Healey - 33.7% | 10.6% | ||
| Reilly - 49.4% | Healey - 33.7% | 16.9% | |||||
| Gabrieli - 52.1% | Healey - 32.5% | 15.4% | |||||
| [Rasmussen] | May 15, 2006 | ±4.5% | Reilly - 38% | Healey - 26% | Mihos - 16% | 20% | |
| Patrick - 36% | Healey - 26% | Mihos - 16% | 22% | ||||
| Gabrieli - 37% | Healey - 25% | Mihos - 14% | 24% | ||||
| [Survey USA] | May 8, 2006 | ±4.4% | Reilly - 37% | Healey - 31% | Mihos - 18% | 14% | |
| Patrick - 34% | Healey - 32% | Mihos - 17% | 17% | ||||
| Gabrieli - 37% | Healey - 32% | Mihos - 16% | 15% | ||||
| [State House News] | May 5, 2006 | ±4.8% | Reilly - 38% | Healey - 30% | Mihos - 13% | 13% | |
| Patrick - 29% | Healey - 31% | Mihos - 15% | 17% | ||||
| Gabrieli - 37% | Healey - 31% | Mihos - 10% | 15% | ||||
| [Suffolk University] | May 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | Reilly - 33% | Healey - 26% | Mihos - 9% | Ross - 3% | 30% |
| Patrick - 26% | Healey - 28% | Mihos - 10% | Ross - 4% | 33% | |||
| Gabrieli - 31% | Healey - 25% | Mihos - 10% | Ross - 4% | 30% | |||
| [Rasmussen] | April 14, 2006 | ±4.5% | Reilly - 34% | Healey - 27% | Mihos - 21% | 18% | |
| Patrick - 34% | Healey - 27% | Mihos - 19% | 20% | ||||
| [Suffolk University] | April 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | Reilly - 35% | Healey - 27% | Mihos - 9% | Ross - 2% | 27% |
| Patrick - 29% | Healey - 24% | Mihos - 9% | Ross - 1% | 38% | |||
| Gabrieli - 26% | Healey - 29% | Mihos - 10% | Ross - 1% | 34% | |||
| Reilly - 36% | Card - 19% | Mihos - 11% | Ross - 2% | 34% | |||
| Patrick - 30% | Card - 20% | Mihos - 11% | Ross - 2% | 38% | |||
| Gabrieli - 25% | Card - 21% | Mihos - 11% | Ross - 2% | 42% | |||
| [Zogby/WSJ] | March 30, 2006 | ±3.5% | Patrick - 53% | Healey - 31.5% | |||
| Reilly - 48% | Healey - 33.1% | ||||||
| [State House News] | March 16-18, 2006 | ±4.8% | Reilly - 34% | Healey - 31% | Mihos -18% | 17% | |
| Patrick - 25% | Healey - 32% | Mihos - 18% | 25% | ||||
| Gabrieli - 21% | Healey - 36% | Mihos - 18% | 25% | ||||
| [Suffolk University] | March 18-March 20, 2006 | ±4.9% | Reilly - 34% | Healey - 25% | Mihos -15% | 27% | |
| Patrick - 29% | Healey - 26% | Mihos - 13% | 32% | ||||
| Gabrieli - 25% | Healey - 28% | Mihos - 18% | 29% | ||||
| [Rasmussen] | March 13, 2006 | ±4.5% | Reilly - 38% | Healey - 27% | Mihos -19% | 16% | |
| Patrick - 38% | Healey - 25% | Mihos - 17% | 20% | ||||
| [Merrimack College] | February 25, 2006 - March 8, 2006 | ±5.6% | Reilly - 39.2% | Healey - 21.2% | Mihos - 14.6% | 25.0% | |
| Patrick - 32.0% | Healey - 28.0% | Mihos - 13.0% | 27.0% | ||||
| ±4.8% | Reilly - 42.5% | Healey - 33.6% | 23.8% | ||||
| Patrick - 34.5% | Healey - 39.4% | 26.1% | |||||
| Reilly - 43.6% | Mihos - 24.7% | 31.7% | |||||
| Patrick - 37.5% | Mihos - 22.4% | 40.1% | |||||
| [Boston Globe] | March 3-9, 2006 | ±4.4% | Patrick - 36% | Healey - 29% | Mihos - 13% | ||
| Reilly - 40% | Healey - 26% | Mihos - 15% | |||||
| Gabrieli - 31% | Healey - 30% | Mihos - 13% | |||||
| Patrick - 44% | Healey - 38% | ||||||
| Reilly - 50% | Healey - 35% | ||||||
| Gabrieli - 39% | Healey - 37% | ||||||
| [Survey USA] | March 3-5, 2006 | Patrick - 30% | Healey - 35% | Mihos - 20% | 14% | ||
| Reilly - 36% | Healey - 31% | Mihos - 22% | 11% | ||||
| [UMass Lowell] | February 16, 2006 | Patrick - 34% | Healey - 34% | Mihos - 12% | |||
| Reilly - 36% | Healey - 30% | Mihos - 17% | |||||
| Patrick - 40% | Healey - 38% | ||||||
| Reilly - 43% | Healey - 42% | ||||||
| [Suffolk University] | February 6, 2006 | Patrick - 39% | Healey - 32% | ||||
| Reilly - 47% | Healey - 32% | ||||||
| [State House News] | November 17 - 20, 2005 | Patrick - 44% | Healey - 32% | ||||
| Reilly - 56% | Healey - 25% |
Primaries
| Source | Date | MoE | Democrats for Governor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick | Reilly | Gabrieli | Other | Und. | |||
| [Survey USA] | July 9 - 11, 2006 | ±4.9% | 37% | 26% | 27% | 10% | |
| [State House News] | June 28 - 30, 2006 | ±7.0% | 34.8% | 19.3% | 21.8% | 1.6% | 21.4% |
| [Suffolk University] | June 22 - 26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 31% | 25% | 22% | 21% | |
| [Survey USA] | June 16 - 18, 2006 | ±4.8% | 36% | 31% | 23% | 9% | |
| [State House News] | May 3 - 5, 2006 | ±6.8% | 15% | 37% | 25% | 5% | 17% |
| [Survey USA] | May 1 - 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 28% | 32% | 29% | 10% | |
| [Suffolk University] | May 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 20% | 35% | 15% | 29% | |
| [Survey USA] | April 7 - 8, 2006 | ±4.8% | 36% | 33% | 19% | 11% | |
| [Suffolk University] | April 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 21% | 32% | 11% | 36% | |
| [Merrimack College] | February 25, 2006 - March 8, 2006 | ±4.8% | 21.8% | 37.5% | 40.7% | ||
| [Boston Globe] | March 12, 2006 | ±4.9% | 22% | 35% | 4% | 14% | 25% |
| [Survey USA] | March 5-6, 2006 | ±5% | 37% | 47% | 17% | ||
| [UMass Lowell] | February 16, 2006 | ±5% | 40% | 40% | 20% | ||
| [Suffolk University] | February 2-4, 2006 | ±4.9% | 30% | 39% | 2% | 29% | |
| [State House News] | January 25-27, 2006 | ±7.1% | 18% | 58% | 4% | 19% | |
| Source | Date | MoE | Democrats for Lt Governor | ||||
| Goldberg | Murray | Silbert | Undecided | ||||
| [Suffolk University] | June 22 - 26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 79% | |
See also
Other 2006 Massachusetts Elections
- Massachusetts general election, 2006
- Massachusetts United States Senate election, 2006
- Massachusetts Senate Election, 2006
Other 2006 US elections
- United States gubernatorial elections, 2006
- United States House elections, 2006
- United States Senate elections, 2006
References
External links
Campaign sites
For Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- [Kerry Healey for Governor & Reed Hillman for Lt. Governor]
- [Christy Mihos for Governor & John Sullivan for Lt. Governor]
- [Grace Ross for Governor & Wendy Van Horne for Lt. Governor]
For Governor
For Lieutenant Governor
- [Deborah Goldberg for Lieutenant Governor]
- [Tim Murray for Lieutenant Governor]
- [Andrea Silbert for Lieutenant Governor]
| Recent Massachusetts elections (with winners) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General | 2002, 2004, 2006 |
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| State | |||
| State Senate: | 2002, 2004, 2006 | ||
| State House: | 2002, 2004, 2006 | ||
| Governor: | 1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 | ||
| Council: | 2002, 2004, 2006 | ||
| Federal | : | Class 1: 1982 (Kennedy), 1988 (Kennedy), 1994 (Kennedy), 2000 (Kennedy), 2006 Class 2: 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 | |
| U.S. House: | 2002, 2004, 2006 | ||
| President : | 2000, 2004 | ||
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