Attorney General Maura Healey’s marketing campaign for governor has firmly shifted its focus past the first that she now not has to win to the true race in November.
“I am grateful for the (Massachusetts Teachers Association’s) support and endorsement in this race,” she informed a gaggle of lecturers in Worcester Tuesday.
“I look forward to working with all of you, out and about, over the coming weeks and months to go win this campaign and to make sure we have a government in place that’s ready to serve and lead us forward,” she stated.
Healey was in central Massachusetts to obtain the endorsement of the trainer’s union and to push for the passage of the Fair Share Amendment poll query, which might tax earnings earned over $1 million at a price of 4% if permitted by voters in November.
Healey’s focus can flip to the autumn contest now that her main opponent, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, introduced she could be ending her lively marketing campaign to focus her efforts on down-ballot candidates. Chang-Diaz’s identify will stay on the poll regardless of the suspension of her marketing campaign.
Now the lawyer basic has solely both former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the MassGOP’s and former President Donald Trump’s choose for the job, or Wrentham-based millionaire businessman Chris Doughty to cope with.
If the polling is any indication, Healey has a shoe within the governor’s workplace door already. A current UMass Lowell survey confirmed Healey leads Diehl 61% to 30%, with 9% undecided or supporting one other candidate.
Doughty additionally polls at 30%, however Healey’s assist drops by three factors. Diehl presently leads Doughty in polling for the Republican occasion main race by a large margin.
Neither Republican has managed to seek out the electoral center floor Gov. Charlie Baker used to finally win his seat, or to do something to dent Healey’s lead, although Doughty lately introduced he would launch an advert marketing campaign focusing on the lawyer basic.
Both males will meet for a debate subsequent Wednesday moderated by Herald columnist and radio hall-of-fame broadcaster Howie Carr, the primary of two scheduled earlier than the September 6 main.
The debate will start at 6 p.m. and will likely be reside broadcast and livestreamed on Carr’s web site and Twitter feed. The occasion is being sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance.
“This will be a great opportunity for Republican primary voters from every corner of Massachusetts to listen to these two candidates answer the questions that Republican primary voters actually care about,” stated Paul Diego Craney, MassFiscal spokesman.
Healey is scheduled to look Sunday on the American Federation of Teachers’ annual convention in Boston and following appearances earlier within the week by first woman Jill Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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