NEEDHAM, Mass. — Mike Minogue won the WCVB debate against Governor Maura Healey, who had no answers on the issues Massachusetts families care about most: the state audit, soaring energy prices, and the crushing cost of living. Voters wanted solutions. They got a governor who could not defend her own record.
Minogue made clear that Healey and her political insiders are out of ideas and out of excuses. Under her watch, families are being squeezed by sky-high costs, punishing taxes, a housing shortage, failing student scores, inflated energy bills, unfunded state pensions, and record-breaking state spending. Healey’s response on the debate stage was to dodge, deflect, and hope voters wouldn’t hold her accountable.
On education, Minogue called out Healey for refusing to opt in to the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, which thirty states have already joined. Even The Boston Globe’s editorial board urged her to take the funding. She still refuses, leaving money on the table while student scores fall short. Minogue said she is putting party politics ahead of kids from hard-working families, and those kids are the ones who pay for it. Massachusetts cannot afford a governor who turns away help for its children.
Minogue also went after the culture of Beacon Hill, where insiders have run the state for decades under a broken one-party system. He pointed to the $2 billion Springfield courthouse as a textbook example of the sweetheart deals insiders collect while taxpayers foot the bill. Minogue pledged to put the people of Massachusetts first on the audit and every other issue, ahead of party politics.
The debate, Minogue said, made the choice clear: more one-party control and a record no one can defend, or a new kind of governor who works for the people of Massachusetts.
Voters can learn more about Mike Minogue’s plan for Massachusetts at MinogueForMA.com.
From the press office of Mike Minogue.