Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts, who ran unopposed in the state’s Democratic primary, will be her party’s nominee for governor, The Associated Press said on Tuesday.
Ms. Healey, 55, a former attorney general, will be the prohibitive favorite in November. A poll last month by the University of New Hampshire showed her with about a 20-percentage-point lead over her Republican opponents in head-to-head matchups.
Massachusetts harbors strong liberal sentiment but also has a long track record of electing moderate Republican governors. Before Ms. Healey took office in 2023, Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, served two terms. From 1991 to 2007, Republicans held the governor’s office without interruption.
This election cycle, though, widespread frustration with President Trump has hampered Republican candidates.
Ms. Healey, who grew up just over the border in southern New Hampshire, has been an outspoken critic of Mr. Trump. She has aggressively defended the state’s immigrants and immigration policies, and its institutions of higher education, which Mr. Trump has attacked with funding freezes and demands for changes in admissions and hiring.
Conservatives in the state have derided Ms. Healey’s leadership, and particularly what they describe as her lenient stance on undocumented immigrants. Last month, Ms. Healey signed legislation that bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making warrantless civil arrests in courthouses, schools and hospitals.
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