The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. The incumbent Republican governor,Mitt Romney,chose not to seek a second term. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement,with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly,who was then the Democratic frontrunner,in the lead.
The Diocese of Worcester is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory,or diocese,of the Catholic Church in central Massachusetts in the United States. The diocese consists of Worcester County. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. The patron saint of the diocese is Paul the Apostle.
Wayne Budd is senior counsel at Goodwin Procter,in the firm's Litigation Department,where he specializes in advising clients on business and commercial litigation matters. Past senior executive vice president and general counsel,U.S.,of John Hancock Financial Services,Inc.,a division of Manulife Financial. He was responsible for directing all of the company's legal activities as well as overseeing the compliance,human resources,governmental affairs and community relations functions for the company.
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician,author,businessman,and former civil rights lawyer who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Martha Mary Coakley is an American lobbyist,lawyer,and former politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General,she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007.
The 2006 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,2006,throughout Massachusetts.
Timothy Patrick Murray is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013,when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. Murray had previously served as a member of Worcester City Council from 1998 to 2007 and as the mayor of Worcester from 2002 to 2007.
Marie P. St. Fleur is a Haitian American politician and lawyer. former Massachusetts State Representative who represented the Fifth Suffolk district from 1999-2011. Her district consisted of parts of the Boston neighborhoods Dorchester and Roxbury. She is the first Haitian-American to hold public office in Massachusetts. Representative St. Fleur was one of the most active supporters of John Kerry's presidential bid,often traveling to Florida to do outreach on his behalf. Representative St. Fleur was appointed Vice-Chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee by House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi,a leadership position that has tremendous influence in the budget process. On January 30,2006 Thomas F. Reilly,candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor,selected St. Fleur as his running mate. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately through the primary,then are joined as a single ticket for the election. The following day she withdrew after The Boston Globe reported that she was delinquent in tax debts and owed over $40,000 in student loans.
Diane Patrick is an American lawyer specializing in labor and employment law. She served as the First Lady of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015 during the gubernatorial tenure of her husband,former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. She was a partner in the labor and employment department of the Boston-based law firm,Ropes &Gray.
Margot Botsford is an American lawyer and jurist from Massachusetts. She was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 to serve as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term.
Warren Eugene Tolman is an American politician who has served as a member of both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1998,and was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002,and Massachusetts Attorney General in 2014.
Greg Bialecki is an American attorney and government figure who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development under Governor Deval Patrick from 2009 to 2015. Prior to serving as secretary,Bialecki was Undersecretary of Business Development and spent twenty years as a real estate and environmental attorney at the law firms Hill &Barlow and DLA Piper.
Christopher Nicholas Speranzo is an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.
Thomas H. Trimarco is an American politician and lawyer who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance from 2005 to 2007. He is currently a senior vice president in the government relations division at O’Neill and Associates.
Shawn C. Dooley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the 9th Norfolk district,succeeding Dan Winslow. The 9th Norfolk District constitutes all or parts of the Towns of Medfield,Millis,Norfolk,Plainville,Walpole,and Wrentham. A member of the Republican Party,he was sworn in January 29,2014. In 2022,he vacated the seat to run for the Massachusetts State Senate,he was defeated by incumbent Becca Rausch.
Patriots Day is a 2016 American action thriller film based on the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Directed by Peter Berg and written by Berg,Matt Cook,and Joshua Zetumer,the film is based on the book Boston Strong by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. It stars Mark Wahlberg,Kevin Bacon,John Goodman,J. K. Simmons,and Michelle Monaghan. It marks the third collaboration between Berg and Wahlberg,following Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon. The title refers to Patriots' Day,the Massachusetts state holiday on which the Boston Marathon is held.
Talbert Wesley Swan II is an American religious leader. He is a prelate in the Church of God in Christ serving as the bishop of the Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the United States. Swan is the fifth leader of the Jurisdiction and oversees COGIC congregations in Vermont,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,Connecticut,and New York. Swan serves the Church of God in Christ as Assistant General Secretary and Director of Social Justice Ministry. Swan is also the National Chaplain of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity,Inc. and the host of a radio talk show,The Spoken Word.
The 1950 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1950,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 19.
James Henry Vahey was an American lawyer and politician.
