Maura Healey
Maura Healey is the 73rd Governor of Massachusetts. In 2022, she became the first woman elected Governor in state history and the first openly lesbian Governor elected in the country. Governor Healey is a strong leader who brings people together to deliver results. She cares deeply about the people of Massachusetts, understands what they are going through and is standing up to make their lives better. She is working every day for the people, not insiders or special interests.
Commitments honored; results delivered. Governor Healey is focused on lowering the cost of housing, energy and health care, improving the state’s education and transportation systems, and strengthening Massachusetts’ leadership in the innovation economy and creating jobs.
Governor Healey cut taxes for the first time in 20 years, putting money back in the pockets of workers, small businesses, seniors and families. That includes establishingthe most generous universal child tax credit in the country.
To fix the high cost of housing, Governor Healey has made it easier and more affordable to build housing faster. She eliminated broker’s fees for renters, increased downpayment support for first time homebuyers, and has spurred the construction of 100,000 new homes since taking office.
Governor Healey is lowering energy bills by opposing utility rate hikes, bringing more energy into the state, taking hundreds of millions of dollars off people’s winter energy bills, and filing Energy Affordability legislation to save billions of dollars in the long term. She is supporting American-made, clean energy sources like offshore wind and solar that create jobs, lower costs and move us toward energy independence.
Governor Healey lowered health care costs by capping co-pays and deductibles for the first time in state history, eliminating prior authorizations from insurance companies, and protecting affordable health insurance for hundreds of thousands of families when President Trump tried to cut it. She signed a maternal health bill to improve care for pregnant women, mothers and babies and made prenatal vitamins and breast cancer screenings free.
Under Governor Healey’s leadership, Massachusetts schools are now ranked best in the nation. She’s doubled K-12 education funding, expanded early college and seats at vocational schools, improved early literacy and one-on-one tutoring, prioritized mental health care for young people, and is taking on social media companies that endanger our children. She’s also made community college free for all residents, increased financial aid at four-year public colleges, and promoted apprenticeship training.
Governor Healey got the MBTA working again. The T has delivered by removing slow zones, increasing speeds and getting new cars on the tracks. The South Coast now has commuter rail service for the first time in 65 years. Governor Healey also secured billions in federal transportation funding to rebuild the Cape Cod Bridges and develop West-East Rail service. She proposed and delivered a historic $8 billion investment to upgrade roads, bridges and public transportation across the state.
Governor Healey is standing up for our veterans by transforming the state’s Veterans Homes into world class facilities and expanding benefits for veterans and their families under her historic HERO Act.
To protect access to reproductive health care, including abortion, Governor Healey signed the strongest Shield Law in the country to protect patients and providers. Shestockpiled mifepristone, signed Executive Orders confirming protections for medication abortion and emergency abortion care, and made over the counter contraception free.
Governor Healey is making Massachusetts a global leader in the innovation economy, creating jobs and driving breakthroughs in cutting edge industries like life sciences, biotech, quantum computing, robotics, defense tech and climatetech. Governor Healey is investing in science and research to retain and attract world-class talent, create jobs and continue delivering lifesaving breakthroughs right here in Massachusetts. She is making Massachusetts a hub for foreign investment and oversaw the strongest GDP growth in the country last year.
Governor Healey previously served two terms as Massachusetts Attorney General, first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. In her role as the People’s Lawyer, she took on the tough issues affecting Massachusetts residents, including the opioid epidemic, climate change, health care costs, and student loan debt. Earlier in her career, Healey was a litigation partner at an international law firm.
Maura Healey was born at Bethesda Naval Hospital and grew up the oldest of five siblings in an old New England farmhouse. Her mother was a nurse, and her stepfather was a high school teacher and coach. Healey attended Harvard College, where she captained the basketball team, and then spent two years as the starting point guard on a professional basketball team in Europe.
Governor Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate live in Arlington, Massachusetts with their family.
