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  The Online NewsHour: Vote 2006 | Kerry Healey | Republican, Massachusetts Governor | PBS
When Kerry Healey was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 2002, she and Gov. Mitt Romney represented the third Republican pair since 1991 to hold the state's highest elected offices.
If Healey is successful in her bid to be governor she will be the state's first female to be elected to the office.
Healey made two unsuccessful bids for state representative of the 6th District, first in 1998 and then in 2002.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2006/governor/ma_healey.html   (395 words)

  
  Kerry Healey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Healey's political career began in the late 1990s when she unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Michael Cahill to represent the 6th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Healey and her running mate Reed Hillman received the endorsement of the Republican state convention nomination for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and were the only Republican candidates in the September 19 primary.
Kerry Healey criticized her gubernatorial rival Deval Patrick for serving as the lawyer for the killer of a Florida highway patrol officer gunned down on a rural road.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerry_Healey   (736 words)

  
 Hot Issues
Kerry Healey has no problem asking commuters to pay more for public transportation at a time when gas prices are soaring and excess traffic continues to clog our streets and pollute our air.
Kerry Healey pretends she wants to save taxpayers money, but she is calling for a commuter tax that hurts residents who can least afford it.
“Kerry Healey is so far out of touch with Massachusetts residents that she might as well be on another planet,” said Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Phil Johnston.
www.massdems.org /hotissues/mdppr_137_kerryhealey.htm   (236 words)

  
 Kerry Healey announces candidacy for governor - News
Kerry Healey officially announced her campaign for governor Wednesday, vowing to fight for lower taxes and education reforms and pledging to take on what she called the "tax and spend" mind-set of Democratic lawmakers.
Healey, a Republican who is hoping to become the first woman elected governor in Massachusetts, appealed to Democratic and independent voters in the speech, never once mentioning her party affiliation.
Healey is looking to take over the corner office from Mitt Romney, who announced late last year that he would not run for re-election in part to mull a possible presidential run in 2008.
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 Unmasking Kerry Healey | Articles | Bay Windows - New England's largest GLBT newspaper
Kerry Healey joins her boss in opposition to same-sex marriage; she bragged that "he stood up for traditional values against an activist court," at the 2004 GOP National Convention.
Healey hopes to convince voters that she is a Republican in the mold of former Governor Bill Weld, rather than the political soulmate of Mitt Romney.
Kerry Healey was conspicuous by her silence as state efforts to counter hate crimes foundered.
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 The Taunton Gazette - Healey makes pitch for GOP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Healey told the crowd at the $100-a-plate fundraising dinner that if it hadn't been for her and Gov. Mitt Romney's Republican voices on Beacon Hill, the state likely would have raised taxes and wouldn't have passed tougher drunk driving laws.
Healey said "Melanie's Law," a piece of legislation aimed at toughening the penalties for repeat drunk drivers, was gutted after lobbyists for defense lawyers protested.
Healey also spoke about education, explaining why she thinks the school day should be longer and the age at which a student can drop out should be moved from 16 to 18.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16386335&BRD=1711&PAG=461&dept_id=24232&rfi=6   (488 words)

  
 Kerry Healey endorsed by Springfield Republican - Boston Globe
Kerry Healey is swimming against an emotional tide of support for her major opponent, Democrat Deval L. Patrick.
Voters didn’t see much of Kerry Healey when W. Mitt Romney was the full-time governor because he kept her out of the limelight for most of his term.
Healey has a plan to eliminate abuse in the state’s pension system and return more than $200 million in savings to cities and towns that could be used to reduce property taxes.
www.boston.com /news/local/politics/blog/2006/11/kerry_healey_en.html   (963 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: Opinion :: Healey Should ‘Kerry’ the Day
Healey recognizes that recent graduates from Massachusetts colleges like Harvard will form the backbone of the state’s economy, and she is committed to making sure that they can afford to stay.
If Kerry Healey is not elected as a check against the legislature, we run the risk of becoming a literal one-party state, with the objections of a handful of prominent dissenters drowned out by the din of the majority.
Kerry Healey is a true Massachusetts Republican—in other words, she would be a Democrat in most states.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=515486   (908 words)

  
 Nashuatelegraph.com: With Romney leaving picture, Kerry Healey introduces herself   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Healey, who did not verbally respond to his question, did affirm to reporters after the luncheon she will be running for the state’s highest office in light of Gov. Mitt Romney's Wednesday announcement he will not seek another term.
Healey is stepping out of Romney’s shadow and introducing herself to an electorate only hazily aware of who she is and what she does.
Healey welcomes the challenge, which she said will focus attention on the work she’s been doing as the administration’s liaison to cities and towns and its go-to person on criminal justice issues.
www.nashuatelegraph.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS02/51221019/-1/news02   (761 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry Healey of engaging in "gutter politics" in her campaign against Democrat Deval Patrick, declaring Saturday, "Make no mistake about it, this is swiftboating." The Massachusetts Democrat, appearing with his party's gubernatorial nominee in Hyannis, did not specify the reason for his criticism.
Kerry Healey stood by her patron’s record on prison issues yesterday, endorsing Gov. Mitt Romney’s trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to “share” his ideas on penitentiary reform despite the fact that Romney’s state correction experience amounts to a photo op in a prison parking lot.
Kerry Healey lavishes hundreds of thousands on image polishing in her bid for governor, she would be wise to heed the advice consultants give to their female political clients.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=healey   (2901 words)

  
 Kerry Healey on Immigration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry Healey went on a talk radio show to offer a spirited defense of the taxpayers in this ill-advised scheme of giving the in-state tuition discount at state colleges and universities to immigrant students who are not legal residents of Massachusetts.
Healey suggested there is nothing to prevent these students from attending private colleges and universities with scholarships and financial aid.
Healey fired back, saying: "Tom Reilly is the one who is out of touch with working families of Massachusetts if he thinks they want their tax dollars to pay for illegal immigrants to go to college."
www.ontheissues.org /Governor/Kerry_Healey_Immigration.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Advisory Board - Kerry Healey
Kerry Healey was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and serves as a key policy advisor on Governor Romney’s leadership team.
Prior to her election, Healey was Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party and is credited with successfully re-energizing and expanding the party’s grassroots base, laying the foundation for the party’s current record setting fundraising effort.
In 1985, Healey was chosen to be a visiting researcher in the International and Comparative Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School and continues to pursue her interest in international affairs as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
www.mypartytoo.com /advisory_board/Kerry_Healey   (439 words)

  
 race42008.com » Blog Archive » Is this ad for Mitt Romney or Kerry Healey?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Healey popped up.  Confused, I went on to the Republican Governors Association website and located the online video, which you can see here for yourself, to watch it again.
Healey with Gov. Romney is the fact that it’s a well-known opinion in MA that Romney’s association with her is making Massachusans less likely to support her in an already doomed campaign.
Healey’s rating.  Atop those statistics, this poll finds that 25% of voters say Healey’s association with the Romney administration makes them “more likely” to vote for her, while 24% say it makes no difference, and 45% say it makes them “less likely” to vote for her.
race42008.com /2006/10/06/is-this-ad-for-mitt-romney-or-kerry-healey   (442 words)

  
 Kerry Healey's backfiring campaign ads - The Boston Globe
In the latest Healey campaign misstep, volunteers dressed up in orange jumpsuits similar to those worn by prisoners demonstrated in front of Patrick's Milton home and the residence of his campaign manager, John Walsh, in Abington.
Healey took those negatives and piled more on herself: Instead of framing the issues in a way that reflects the real concerns of average voters, she stretched them into cartoon-like fear factors.
Healey often mentions her mother, a retired teacher who accompanies her on some campaign events.
www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/25/kerry_healeys_backfiring_campaign_ads   (745 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Kerry cancels New Mexico trip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry claims that $350 billion of the $1.5 trillion America spends each year on health care is administrative overhead.
Kerry had planned to fly from Denver to New Mexico Monday night, then deliver a speech describing his plan for federal investments in science and technology on Tuesday morning in Albuquerque.
Kerry Healey last week called on Kerry to resign from the Senate because he's missed so many votes, but Kerry said he's serving his constituents well by running for president.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-06-22-kerry-trip_x.htm   (727 words)

  
 Kerry Healey Must Not Be Governor of Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry Healey is so desperate to become competitive again in the race for governor that she is willing to mock the rule of law and the role of the lawyers and the courts in maintaining it.
Under Healey's standard, John Adams — one of history's great leaders and a tireless advocate for the rule of law — would not have been fit to be governor, never mind president, because he successfully defended British soldiers who killed colonists in what has become known as the Boston Massacre.
In a Kerry Healey world, however, those fundamental principles are apparently a nuisance and contrary to her view of good government.
www.kerry-healey.com   (586 words)

  
 Kerry Healey | Universal Hub
This is a completely sexist way to humanize Healey, by talking about the fact that she really can be a good normal woman, and an extraordinary one at that because she doesn't drink diet soda.
The Healey campaign, of course, is just shocked that anybody would think it had anything to do with the affair.
Healey will have to do much, much more than hammer away at a somewhat manufactured coddling-criminals topic that few thought was a major issue just a couple weeks ago.
www.universalhub.com /taxonomy/term/263   (1600 words)

  
 Kerry Healey For Massachusetts Governor - Meet Kerry Healey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry has been a leader in efforts to increase penalties for sex offenders and drunk drivers.
Kerry Healey grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, with her parents, Edward and Shirley Murphy.
Kerry went to work at the age of 15 after her father suffered a disabling heart attack.
www.healeycommittee.com /meet_kerry.html   (504 words)

  
 Online Exclusive
HEALEY: One of the great successes is that smart growth is an idea that people recognized as a reasonable one and a good one, that there was a lot of virtue to be gained from looking at how do you redevelop your inner cities, using existing infrastructure and reusing beautiful mill buildings or factories.
HEALEY: I haven’t discussed that with him and I would be very open to hearing any arguments that he has about small adjustments that need to be made to the model that we put into place.
HEALEY: I think the most important thing that we need to attend to right now is to make sure that the array of policies that are made available to individuals is low-cost enough so that it can truly be afforded by everyone.
www.massinc.org /index.php?id=110&pub_id=1934   (8213 words)

  
 wbztv.com - At Home With Kerry Healey
(CBS4) BEVERLY Kerry Healey, the Republican nominee for governor, is balancing a home life with a non-stop campaign, while trying to prove to voters that she and Governor Romney are two very different politicians.
CBS4's Lisa Hughes spent some time at Healey's home, and shared a rare opportunity with the woman who wants to be governor, as Healey enjoyed some private time with her family.
But this was a school day, and Healey saw her 11 year-old daughter and 14 year-old son off to school.
wbztv.com /seenon/local_story_297110454.html   (635 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Massachusetts Republican urges Kerry to resign Senate seat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kerry Healey says Sen. John Kerry has done a poor job of representing his constituents.
Kerry Healey argued that Kerry, the state's four-term senator, has missed too many roll call votes and has done a poor job of representing his constituents.
Asked about the GOP calls, Kerry dismissed the suggestions, telling reporters as his plane landed in Kentucky, "I'm running for president because we have to put this country back into a place of responsible leadership.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-06-15-kerry-resign_x.htm   (550 words)

  
 Blue Mass. Group :: Kerry Healey lurches left
Healey supported the bill passed last year by the House and Senate but later vetoed by Romney.
Romney, in fact, credited Healey with helping him formulate his position, telling the AP in an interview for an April 2005 story that the lieutenant governor had raised concerns stem cell research could exploit women.
But she surely wants to look as moderate on social issues as she possibly can; she knows that Romney's recent conversation to the right-wing branch of his party is bad news for her, and she needs to distance herself from it in every possible way.
www.bluemassgroup.com /showDiary.do?diaryId=1572   (823 words)

  
 Candidate Conversation: Kerry Healey (from the WBUR Newsroom)
The spot is the latest in a series of ads from the Healey campaign that claim Patrick is soft on crime and sympathetic to criminals rather than victims.
This was among the subjects WBUR's Bob Oakes raised in an interview with Lieutenant Governor Healey in her statehouse office yesterday...just after she spoke at a press conference announcing a plan to eliminate tolls on the Mass.
Healey says she's running for governor because she believes she can help the state achieve its potential.
www.wbur.org /news/2006/61736_20061019.asp   (277 words)

  
 At Home With Kerry Healey - News
Healey and her husband, Sean, have two children, Averill and Alexander -- sixth- and eight-graders.
For the Healeys, fun times are at home times, with family and friends and all the kids.
It was disappointing, and I think it was disappointing to her as well as to me," Kerry Healey said.
www.thebostonchannel.com /news/10228061/detail.html   (994 words)

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