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Massachusetts Governor

Tue, Nov 3 · Governor Maura Healey Democratic since Jan 2023

Maura HealeyDemocratic · IncumbentAge 55 · 4 years since first win

Maura Healey 55.5Michael Roger Minogue 33.0

Average of 5 polls, Sep 14 to Oct 18, from VoteHub · how it’s calculated

Newest poll

Also in the average: Andrea James 3.8Newest · University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov, field dates Oct 7 to Oct 18, released Oct 29, 850 likely votersPolls updated Oct 31, 4:06 a.m. ET, from VoteHub

Michael Roger MinogueRepublican
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Massachusetts Governor: Maura Healey vs Michael Roger Minogue

Preview card: Massachusetts Governor: Maura Healey vs Michael Roger Minogue

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Polls over time

11 polls, through Election Day Nov 3
20%40%60%Sep 2026OctNovNov 3University of New Hampshire, Aug 20 to Aug 24: Healey 54University of New Hampshire, Sep 17 to Sep 21: Healey 54MassINC Polling Group, Sep 14 to Sep 22: Healey 51University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov, Oct 5 to Oct 12: Healey 57Suffolk University, Oct 14 to Oct 18: Healey 58.6University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov, Oct 7 to Oct 18: Healey 57University of New Hampshire, Aug 20 to Aug 24: Minogue 30University of New Hampshire, Sep 17 to Sep 21: Minogue 38MassINC Polling Group, Sep 14 to Sep 22: Minogue 30University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov, Oct 5 to Oct 12: Minogue 32Suffolk University, Oct 14 to Oct 18: Minogue 36University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov, Oct 7 to Oct 18: Minogue 29Healey55.5Minogue33.0

The thick line is the 7-week average, not a forecast. How it’s calculated. All polls. Polls updated Oct 31, 4:06 a.m. ET, from VoteHub.

The polls in this chart (11)

3 polls released in the last 14 days · latest results range from 51 to 58.6% (D) and 29 to 38% (R) (newest 5 polls on the chart)

11 of the 24 polls for this race, each with both names, plotted on the field end date.

Polls shown in the chart, newest field end date first, with the day each was released
PollsterField datesReleasedSampleHealeyMinogue
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGovOct 7 to Oct 18Oct 29850 likely voters5729
Suffolk UniversityOct 14 to Oct 18Oct 20500 likely voters58.636
University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGovOct 5 to Oct 12Oct 20800 registered voters5732
MassINC Polling GroupSep 14 to Sep 22Sep 29800 likely voters5130
University of New HampshireSep 17 to Sep 21Oct 8564 likely voters5438
University of New HampshireAug 20 to Aug 24Aug 29881 likely voters5430
University of New HampshireJun 18 to Jun 23Jul 1623 likely voters5132
Suffolk UniversityJun 8 to Jun 12Jun 17500 registered voters5631
University of New HampshireApr 16 to Apr 20Apr 27599 likely voters5232
University of New HampshireFeb 12 to Feb 16Apr 27620 likely voters5627
UMass Amherst/YouGovOct 21 to Oct 29Apr 27800 adults5126
Polls left off the chart (13 of 24)
Polls for this race that are not on the chart, with the reason for each
PollWhy it is not on the chart
University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGovAug 5 to Aug 12Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
University of New HampshireJun 18 to Jun 23Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
Suffolk UniversityJun 8 to Jun 12Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
University of New HampshireApr 16 to Apr 20Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Mike Kennealy)
University of New HampshireApr 16 to Apr 20Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
University of New HampshireFeb 12 to Feb 16Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
University of New HampshireFeb 12 to Feb 16Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Mike Kennealy)
UMass Amherst/YouGovOct 21 to Oct 29Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Mike Kennealy)
UMass Amherst/YouGovOct 21 to Oct 29Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
Advantage, Inc.Sep 23 to Sep 24Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
Advantage, Inc.Sep 23 to Sep 24Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Mike Kennealy)
UMass Amherst/YouGovFeb 14 to Feb 20Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Brian Shortsleeve)
UMass Amherst/YouGovFeb 14 to Feb 20Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Maura Healey, Mike Kennealy)

Side by side

Left column: HealeyRight column: Minogue

Donor-based spectrum
LiberalCentristConservativeHealeyNo published score for Minogue
Races
Won 1 of 1
None listed
Years since first win
4
Not available
Age on Election Day
55
Not available
How these are counted

The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Wins and losses count the races in our results files, the same as each profile.

What changed in this race

Newest first

Polls via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

  1. NEW POLLMassachusetts Governor

    Massachusetts Governor: Maura Healy 57, Michael Minogue 29

    University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov, Oct 7 to Oct 18, 850 likely voters

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Candidates on the ballot

Source: sec.state.ma.us, dated Oct 28

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Official results for Massachusetts

History (9 elections for this seat)

1990 to 2022: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Governor races before 1990 are not on file.

Data notes (12)
  • Source priority per race: (1) a state election office's own certified results parsed in scripts/data/gov_results.py (NJ Division of Elections PDFs, Virginia Department of Elections, the Civera ElectionStats databases run by CT, VA, VT, CO, NY, NM and SC, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, the NC State Board of Elections archive); (2) the open Cha/Kuriwaki/Snyder 'Candidates in American General Elections' file (Harvard Dataverse, CC0), which copies each state's statement of vote; (3) OpenElections county files and the 2020 Dataverse official-results tables, used only to add named candidates the Dataverse file omitted and to add the write-in count; (4) MEDSL precinct sums, used the same way and only when their Democratic and Republican totals agree with the Dataverse rows to 0.3 percent. Each race's source is listed in web/data/sources/gov-results.json.
  • total is the sum of the candidate rows in the file, and pct is votes divided by that total, rounded to one decimal. Blank, void, over and under votes are never in total. Write-in votes are in total as a 'Write-ins' row (writein: true) wherever a source reports them: the official databases, OpenElections, and MEDSL precinct returns. The Dataverse file leaves write-ins out, so MEDSL's write-in sum is added when MEDSL's count for every named candidate equals the Dataverse count exactly (for example AK 2022, 784 write-ins, and AL 2022, 9,432, both matching the state's statement of vote). Each race's source ids are in the race's source and sourceAlso fields and in the gov-results-<st> entry of sources.json.
  • 151 races not taken from a state's own results file have no write-in row. Either the state counted no write-ins, or the sources on file leave them out (MEDSL's precinct sums did not match every named candidate exactly, or MEDSL has no file for that year); where they were left out, total is short by the write-ins and pct can run slightly above the state's printed percentage: AK 2006, AK 2010, AK 2014, AL 2006, AL 2010, AL 2014, AL 2018, AR 2006, AR 2014, AR 2018, AR 2022, AZ 2002, AZ 2014, AZ 2022, CA 2014, CA 2018, CA 2022, DE 2008, DE 2012, DE 2016, DE 2020, DE 2024, GA 2014, GA 2018, HI 2006, HI 2010, HI 2014, HI 2018, HI 2022, IA 2006, IA 2010, IA 2014, ID 1998, ID 2006, ID 2010, ID 2022, IL 2010, IL 2014, IL 2018, IN 2004, IN 2008, IN 2012, IN 2016, IN 2020, KS 2006, KS 2010, KS 2014, KS 2018, KS 2022, KY 2007, KY 2011, KY 2015, KY 2019, LA 2007, LA 2011, LA 2015, LA 2019, LA 2023, MD 2006, MD 2014, MD 2022, ME 2006, ME 2010, ME 2014, ME 2022, MI 2006, MI 2010, MI 2014, MI 2022, MN 2006, MN 2010, MN 2014, MO 2020, MS 2007, MS 2011, MS 2015, MS 2019, MS 2023, MT 2000, MT 2004, MT 2008, MT 2012, MT 2016, MT 2020, MT 2024, ND 2008, NE 2006, NE 2010, NE 2014, NE 2018, NE 2022, NH 2008, NH 2010, NH 2012, NH 2014, NH 2024, NM 2010, NV 2006, NV 2010, NV 2014, NV 2018, NV 2022, OH 2014, OH 2018, OK 2006, OK 2010, OK 2014, OK 2018, OK 2022, OR 2006, OR 2010, OR 2014, OR 2018, OR 2022, PA 2002, PA 2006, PA 2010, PA 2014, PA 2018, PA 2022, RI 2006, RI 2010, RI 2014, SC 2006, SD 2006, SD 2010, SD 2014, SD 2018, SD 2022, TX 2014, TX 2018, TX 2022, UT 2008, UT 2010, UT 2012, UT 2020, WA 2008, WA 2012, WA 2016, WI 2006, WI 2010, WI 2014, WI 2018, WV 2008, WV 2011, WV 2012, WV 2016, WV 2020, WV 2024, WY 2002, WY 2006.
  • party is D, R, I, L, G, O or N from the party label in the source; party_label keeps the source's wording. The Dataverse file prints short labels (Lbt, Grn, Const, DFL, NPA); those are expanded to Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Democratic-Farmer-Labor and No Party Affiliation. Fusion candidates (NY, CT, SC, and the Democratic-Progressive line in VT) are one candidate with all of their ballot lines added together.
  • Names: the Dataverse file stores 'LAST, FIRST MIDDLE (NICKNAME), SUFFIX'; the display name uses the nickname when there is one (Josh Shapiro, Bob Riley) and otherwise the given names. All-caps source names were title-cased by rule and can be wrong for internal capitals (DiGiulio, DeWine). Official lists that print only surnames (NJ 1997; MA tickets from 2010 on) take the full name from the Dataverse row of the same race where the surname and party match, otherwise stay surname-only.
  • incumbent is true or false only for races built from the Dataverse file (it carries an incumbency code; code 3, a governor who succeeded to the office, is treated as incumbent). It is null for official-source races and for candidates added from OpenElections or MEDSL.
  • Louisiana uses an open primary with a runoff. One race per election is stored: the round that decided it (the October primary when someone won more than 50 percent, otherwise the November runoff, marked runoff:true). Exact dates for those rounds come from the Dataverse/official files where present and are set in the script otherwise (LA_DATES); check them before showing a date.
  • Recall elections (Wisconsin June 2012, California September 2021) are not included. Only regular and special general elections for the office are stored; primaries and runoff primaries are not.
  • scripts/data/federal_results.py, if it is re-run, rewrites every web/data/results/governor/{ST}.json to []. Run scripts/data/gov_results.py after it, or remove build_governor() from that script.
  • Candidate name is the sitting governor's officials-file spelling for 16 rows (the race's winner, same state, race within the governor's tenure, same surname and a compatible first name). Text encoding and casing are repaired by scripts/data/names.py.
  • Governor races earlier than the first year listed are not loaded yet for 50 states (AK from 2006; AL from 2006; AR from 2002; AZ from 2002; CA from 2002; CO from 1990; CT from 1990; DE from 2008; FL from 1990; GA from 2002; HI from 2006; IA from 2002; ID from 1994; IL from 2006; IN from 2004; KS from 2006; KY from 2007; LA from 2007; MA from 1990; MD from 2006; ME from 2006; MI from 2006; MN from 2006; MO from 2008; MS from 2007; MT from 2000; NC from 1992; ND from 2008; NE from 2006; NH from 2006; NJ from 1993; NM from 2002; NV from 2006; NY from 1994; OH from 2002; OK from 2006; OR from 2006; PA from 2002; RI from 2006; SC from 2006; SD from 2006; TN from 2002; TX from 1994; UT from 2008; VA from 1993; VT from 1990; WA from 2008; WI from 2006; WV from 2000; WY from 2002). The sources on file start later; nothing was filled in from memory. Each governor page says so under History.
  • 1 duplicate candidate rows merged: a 0-vote placeholder row beside the real row is dropped. governor/CO 2022 Paul Noël Fiorino

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Election Wrld. (2026). Governor of Massachusetts. https://www.electionwrld.com/ma/governor. Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Sources

Sources: Wikidata SPARQL (governor position holders, party) (CC0-1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by the Wikidata community (not an official source; to be cross-checked against official governor pages) from official returns, not an official source; 3 U.S.C. 1, 2 U.S.C. 1 and 7: Election Day, first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (US government work, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source; Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 4.1 (2024 governor rows) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source; OpenElections state results repositories (github.com/openelections/openelections-data-<st>) (No license is stated in the OpenElections repositories. OpenElections says its data is free for anyone to use. Written permission requested (docs/PERMISSION-REQUESTS.md). No CC0 claim.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns, not an official source; Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Statistics (PD43+) (public records of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth), retrieved Oct 28, 2026.

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DataState data (JSON)Sources: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), VoteHub polls (CC BY 4.0), DIME (ODC-BY), Photo creditsData as of Oct 30, 2026 (candidate list Oct 28, 2026)