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2006 Tip Sheets
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR
Last updated: Feb. 5, 2007
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Deval Patrick (D) defeated Kerry Healey (R) and Christy Mihos (I) by 55% to 35% and 7%, respectively.
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Kerry Healey (R)
Healey, the lieutenant governor, was unopposed in the primary.
Manager: Tim O'Brien
Consultant: Stevens & Schriefer Group
Contact: 617-523-0844
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• Official Web site
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 Deval Patrick (D)
Patrick, a former assistant U.S. attorney general, was nominated with 50% in a three-way primary.
Manager: Not available
Consultant: AKP Message & Media
Contact: 617-367-2006
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Chuck Todd's Race Ranking: 3
“In the top five, the races are ordered according to how big the margin of victory will be. And it appears Patrick will have the third highest margin of victory in a race that will flip party control of the governor's office.
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Democrat Deval Patrick "won a landslide victory" Nov. 7 "over Republican Kerry Healey and two other candidates to become the first African-American elected governor of Massachusetts" (Boston Globe, 11/7/06). ..... Patrick emerged from the Democratic State Convention June 3 as "his party's endorsed gubernatorial candidate," while state Attorney General Tom Reilly and businessman Chris Gabrieli also qualified for the ballot (AP, 6/3/06). ..... Gabrielli entered the race April 6 (Boston Globe, 4/7/06). ..... Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said he'd welcome outgoing White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card into the race (AP, 3/31/06). ..... Attorney General Reilly pulled in $300,000 at a belated birthday fundraiser March 28 that pushed his funding over $4 million (Boston Herald, 3/30/06). ..... Reilly claimed the endorsement of 15 Massachusetts mayors March 28 (Boston Globe, 3/29/06). ..... Healey wants to "set up an independent review board" to evaluate the state's judges every seven years (Boston Herald, 3/14/06). ..... Gabrieli filed papers to change the designation of his campaign from one "geared toward" lieutenant governor to one for governor (AP, 3/11/06). ..... Officially joining Healey's ticket, former state police chief Reed Hillman said he had "regret" over his decision as chief to remove four pregnant state troopers from their jobs (Boston Herald, 3/10/06). ..... Christy Mihos plans to formally enter the gubernatorial race as an independent (AP, 3/1/06). ..... "Many" Democrats and "political experts agree that" Patrick's caucus victory "shows the power of his grass-roots campaign, and that gives him momentum to continue building support and filling his war chest" (Lowell Sun, 2/24/06). ..... Healey "officially launched her bid for governor (Boston Globe, 2/9/06). ..... Patrick "scored a sweeping victory" at the Democratic caucuses "that will give" him "close to a 2-to-1 advantage" among committed delegates going into the June convention (Boston Globe, 2/5/06). ..... Reilly's "running mate, state Rep. Marie St. Fleur withdrew from the campaign (Boston Globe, 2/2/06).
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2006 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Deval Patrick (D)
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1,230,065
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56%
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Kerry Healey (R)
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779,807
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35%
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Christy Mihos (I)
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161,012
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7%
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2006 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Deval Patrick (D)
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452,229
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Chris Gabrieli (D)
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248,301
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Thomas F. Reily (D)
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211,031
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2002 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Mitt Romney (R)
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1,091,988
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50%
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Shannon O'Brien (D)
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985,981
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45%
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Jill Stein (Green)
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76,530
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4%
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Other
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38,379
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2%
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2002 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Mitt Romney (R)
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unopposed
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1998 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Paul Cellucci (R)
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967,160
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51%
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Scott Harshbarger (D)
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901,843
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47%
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Other
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34,333
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2%
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