Mike Minogue Wins Massachusetts GOP Governor Nomination, Setting Up 2026 Race Against Healey
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Mike Minogue Wins Massachusetts GOP Governor Nomination, Setting Up 2026 Race Against Healey
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Summary
Mike Minogue, a former medical technology executive and Army veteran, won the Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial nomination by defeating former transportation official Brian Shortsleeve.
The victory sends Minogue into a general-election matchup with Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, who held a large lead in a University of New Hampshire poll last month.
Minogue ran from the right, pledging to end public benefits for undocumented immigrants, facilitate deportations of criminal immigrants and opposing policies supporting transgender athletes.
His nomination tests whether Republicans can still compete statewide in Massachusetts, where Charlie Baker served two terms but broader frustration with President Trump has weighed on GOP candidates.