The file

Maura Healey

Democratic · Governor of Massachusetts · Massachusetts · Spectrum score -47

Governor ·

Maura Healey is Governor of Massachusetts in Massachusetts. Political positions and ideology score -47 (Left). Healey is the AG who inherited a machine.

College: Harvard College, B.A. 1992 · Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 1998
Spouse: Joanna Lydgate
Children: None on the public record
Résumé: Governor of Massachusetts · 2023–
Attorney General · Massachusetts · 2015–2023
Civil-rights bureau chief · Massachusetts AG's office · 2007–2013

Net worth: $3.2M
Salary: $242,509
Before office: $800K
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 11

Where Maura stands on the spectrum

Maura Healey scores -47 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -47 · Left · economic -52 · social -49 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Healey is the AG who inherited a machine. The file is a Massachusetts Democrat whose opposition is in her own housing-and-schools coalition, a donor list that is lawyers and hospitals, and a national 2028 rumor that New England always has.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$3.2M

+300% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$800K

Now$3.2M

AG to governor. Massachusetts professional household. Not a Kraft fortune.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Lawyers
Unions
Health
Education

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Massachusetts AG-to-governor. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

AG-era opioid and gun cases as a reel.
A deep-blue state where the fight is inside the party.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -49
Authoritarian: -21
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-84
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-64
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

State record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.