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Race: Massachusetts Governor
November 7, 2006
Deval Patrick Wins Massachusetts Gubernatorial
Race
 Democrat
Deval Patrick, former head of the Clinton administration's civil rights office,
edged out Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey to become the state's next governor.
Patrick's win makes him only the second black candidate ever elected chief executive
of a U.S. state.
-- Online NewsHour
October 6, 2006
Patrick's
Connection to Rape Case Surfaces as Top Campaign Issue
Deval Patrick, Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor,
apologized yesterday for failing to disclose his full involvement
with a convicted rapist's case for exoneration.
"We screwed up in terms of how we have handled doing the
homework before we answered questions about this issue,"
Patrick said at a campaign event.
-- Online NewsHour
September 20, 2006
Deval
Patrick Wins Democratic Primary
Deval Patrick won the Democratic primary
for governor Tuesday and will face Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey in a Nov.
7 election that will make history if either candidate wins. Patrick would
be the first black governor of Massachusetts and second in the nation, while Healey
would become the first woman in the state elected to the position.
--
Online NewsHour August
1, 2006
Three Democrats Compete to Challenge Republican
Nominee
After 15 years of Republican control, Massachusetts Democrats
have a strong chance of winning back the state's governorship. Incumbent Gov.
Mitt Romney, has decided not to seek re-election, fueling rumors that he plans
to run for president in 2008. Leading up to the Sept. 19 Democratic primary,
first-time candidate Deval Patrick is besting contenders, state Attorney General
Tom Reilly and venture capitalist Chris Gabrieli. Based on a Zogby and Wall Street
Journal poll from July 24 all three Democrats could defeat Republican candidate
Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey by at least 15 points, with a 4 point margin of error. This
shift in support from Republican governorship to Democratic appears to be a reaction
to Healey's close association to the current governor. While it looks like the
Democrats may regain the governorship, a recent ballot measure approved by state
legislation will offer an amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state's constitution.
This move, similar to elections in previous years from other states, is an effort
to bring out the conservative and Republican vote.
-- Online NewsHour | 
