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Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
What this job does The governor runs the state government, proposes the budget, signs or vetoes bills and nominates judges. The lieutenant governor steps in when the governor is away and leads the Governor's Council. In Massachusetts the two are elected together as one ticket. A term is four years. source: ballotpedia.org
Running mates: Maura Healey with Kimberley Driscoll; Mike Minogue with Shawn Oliver; Andrea James with Kittredge.
Maura Healey Democratic Governor Mike Minogue Republican Former medical device executive (Abiomed president and CEO 2004-2022) Andrea James Independent Founder and executive director, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls Candidates in the order the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division lists them ↗ . Your ballot may list them in a different order.
Massachusetts general election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Your official sample ballot is the final word on what you will see. Look yours up on the VoteInMA.com (your registration, polling place and sample ballot) ↗ .
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