Dem Maura Healey wins election for Mass. Gov.
Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP)
Democrat Maura Healey wins election for governor in Massachusetts. Democrats flipped two Republican-held governorships, making Maura Healey the first openly gay person and first woman elected as Massachusetts’ governor and Wes Moore the first Black governor of Maryland.
A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office, according to newly compiled data, and some breakthrough victories are likely. In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey is favored to become the first openly gay candidate elected as the state’s governor. Another lesbian — Democrat Becca Balint — is favored to win Vermont’s lone U.S. House seat, becoming the first woman and first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress.
Healey, who has been serving as the nation’s first openly gay state attorney general, feels similar emotions.
“I see that as an important part of my role here — to help open doors for other LGBTQ+ folks,” she said via email. “I think about what my election as Governor might mean for young girls and young LGBTQ+ people across the country who are finally seeing themselves reflected in leadership.”
Dem Maura Healey wins election for Mass. Gov.
Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP)
Democrat Maura Healey wins election for governor in Massachusetts. Democrats flipped two Republican-held governorships, making Maura Healey the first openly gay person and first woman elected as Massachusetts’ governor and Wes Moore the first Black governor of Maryland.
A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office, according to newly compiled data, and some breakthrough victories are likely. In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey is favored to become the first openly gay candidate elected as the state’s governor. Another lesbian — Democrat Becca Balint — is favored to win Vermont’s lone U.S. House seat, becoming the first woman and first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress.
Healey, who has been serving as the nation’s first openly gay state attorney general, feels similar emotions.
“I see that as an important part of my role here — to help open doors for other LGBTQ+ folks,” she said via email. “I think about what my election as Governor might mean for young girls and young LGBTQ+ people across the country who are finally seeing themselves reflected in leadership.”
