2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 United States gubernatorial elections

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Turnout51.4% Decrease 8.75%[1]
 
Nominee Maura Healey Geoff Diehl
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Kim Driscoll Leah Cole Allen
Popular vote 1,584,403 859,343
Percentage 63.74% 34.57%
Healey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Diehl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%      No votes
Governor before election

Charlie Baker
Republican

Elected Governor

Maura Healey
Democratic

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The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Massachusetts. Republican former state representative Geoff Diehl, Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey, and Libertarian Kevin Reed sought to succeed incumbent Governor Charlie Baker, who did not seek re-election after two terms.[2][3] The race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and the only race in which the incumbent was retiring despite being eligible for re-election.

Primary elections were held on September 6, with Diehl and Healey winning against minimal opposition. Due to Massachusetts's strong liberal lean and Diehl's conservative political views, Healey was widely expected to win the election. The election was called for the Democrat shortly after polls closed, with Healey becoming the first woman ever elected governor of Massachusetts[a] and the first openly lesbian governor to take office[b] in United States history.[4]

In addition, with the election of Kim Driscoll as lieutenant governor, Massachusetts became one of the first two states to simultaneously elect women as governor and lieutenant governor, with Arkansas simultaneously doing the same. Taking 63.7% of the vote, Healey's performance was the strongest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the state since Michael Dukakis in 1986, the best performance in history for a non-incumbent Democrat, and the best performance for any non-incumbent since Channing Cox in 1920. Healey also made history by receiving over 1.5 million votes, the most ever received by a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts history.

This election constituted the largest shift by partisan margin of any 2022 gubernatorial election, swinging from a 33.5 point margin of victory for the Republican in 2018 to a 29.1 point margin for the Democrat in 2022. Additionally, every county in the state flipped from Republican to Democratic; this was the first gubernatorial election in which every county flipped since the 2010 Wyoming election.

Republican primary

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Governor

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Eliminated at convention or did not file
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  • Shiva Ayyadurai, lecturer, entrepreneur and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020[8]
  • Darius Mitchell, perennial candidate[9]
  • Philip Mitza, running as a write-in candidate[10]
  • Joselito Santiago Matias, tech support specialist[11]
Withdrawn
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  • Kimberly Duffy, businesswoman[12]
Declined
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Endorsements

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Geoff Diehl
Former federal officials
Organizations
Chris Doughty
Governors
State legislators
Declined to endorse
Governors

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Shiva
Ayyadurai 		Geoff
Diehl 		Chris
Doughty 		Other Undecided
Advantage, Inc. (R)[A] August 22–23, 2022 187 (LV) ± 7.2% – 42% 27% – 31%
UMass Amherst June 15–21, 2022 223 (LV) ± 7.4% – 55% 18% 1% 26%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 288 (LV) ± 6.5% 6% 37% 9% 7% 41%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker 		Geoff
Diehl 		Karyn
Polito 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[B] October 12–13, 2021 556 (LV) ± 4.2% 29% 50% – 21%
Advantage, Inc. (R)[A] February 22–26, 2021 221 (LV) ± 6.6% – 20% 22% 58%
Results by municipality:
  Diehl
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Doughty
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Tie
  •   40-50

Results

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Republican primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Geoff Diehl 149,800 55.44%
Republican Chris Doughty 120,418 44.56%
Total votes 270,218 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Kate Campanale, former state representative (2014–2019) (running with Chris Doughty)[30]
Withdrew
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Leah Cole Allen
Organizations

Debate

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2022 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Leah Cole Allen Kate Campanale
1 Aug. 15, 2022 The Boston Globe
WBUR-FM
WCVB-TV 		Steve Brown
Darryl Murphy
Sharman Sacchetti 		YouTube P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Leah Cole
Allen 		Kate
Campanale 		Undecided
Advantage, Inc. (R)[A] August 22–23, 2022 187 (LV) ± 7.2% 13% 19% 68%
Results by municipality:
  Cole Allen
  •   Cole Allen—50–60%
  •   Cole Allen—60–70%
  •   Cole Allen—70–80%
  •   Cole Allen—80–90%
  Campanale
  •   Campanale—40–50%
  •   Campanale—50–60%
  •   Campanale—60–70%
  •   Campanale—70–80%
  •   Campanale—80–90%
  •   Campanale—90–100%
  Tied
  •   

Results

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Republican primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leah Cole Allen 130,962 52.28%
Republican Kate Campanale 119,516 47.72%
Total votes 250,478 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Governor

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Sonia Chang-Díaz (withdrawn)
State legislators
Local officeholders
Individuals
Organizations
Maura Healey
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Mayors
Individuals
Organizations
Unions

Polling

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Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz 		Maura
Healey 		Other
[d] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics April 2 – May 4, 2022 May 7, 2022 12.5% 48.0% 39.5% Healey +35.5
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz 		Maura
Healey 		Other Undecided
UMass Amherst August 26–29, 2022 500 (LV) ± 5.1% 14% 73% 1% 12%
UMass Amherst June 15–21, 2022 557 (LV) ± 4.7% 20% 53% 1% 26%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 488 (LV) ± 4.6% 8% 34% 15%[e] 43%
UMass Lowell April 2–11, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.9% 17% 62% 2% 18%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[C] January 18–20, 2022 310 (LV) ± 5.6% 12% 48% 7%[f] 30%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Danielle
Allen 		Charlie
Baker[g] 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz 		Ben
Downing 		Deb
Goldberg 		Maura
Healey 		Joe
Kennedy III 		Ayanna
Pressley 		Marty
Walsh 		Other Undecided
MassINC Polling Group (D)[C] January 18–20, 2022 310 (LV) ± 5.6% 2% – 8% – – 31% – – 32% 2% 22%
Advantage, Inc. (R)[A] February 22–26, 2021 406 (LV) ± 4.9% 2% – – 2% – 35% 22% – – – 39%
SurveyUSA (D)[C] August 12–16, 2020 558 (LV) ± 4.1% – – – – 3% 25% – 13% 25% – 34%
– 62% – – 1% 13% – 7% 4% – 13%
Suffolk University June 5–9, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.0% – – – – – 34% – – 36% – 30%

Results

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Results by municipality:
  Healey
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
Convention
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Democratic convention vote, June 4[101]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maura Healey 2,858 71.2%
Democratic Sonia Chang-Díaz 1,155 28.8%
Total votes 4,013 100.0%
Primary
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Democratic primary, September 6[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maura Healey 642,092 85.54%
Democratic Sonia Chang-Díaz (withdrawn) 108,574 14.46%
Total votes 750,666 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary
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Eliminated at convention or did not file
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Kim Driscoll
Federal officials
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Tami Gouveia
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Adam Hinds (eliminated)
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Eric Lesser
Federal officials
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Newspapers

Debate

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2022 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kim Driscoll Tami Gouveia Eric Lesser
1 Aug. 16, 2022 The Boston Globe
WBUR-FM
WCVB-TV 		Steve Brown
Taylor Dolven
Sharman Sacchetti 		YouTube P P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Kim
Driscoll 		Tami
Gouveia 		Adam
Hinds 		Eric
Lesser 		Other Undecided
UMass Amherst August 26–29, 2022 500 (LV) ± 5.1% 31% 15% – 17% 1% 37%
UMass Lowell August 16–25, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.9% 33% 13% – 23% 2% 30%
Advantage, Inc. (R)[A] August 22–23, 2022 563 (LV) ± 4.1% 13% 6% – 9% – 72%
MassINC Polling Group (D) Archived August 25, 2022, at the Wayback Machine[C] August 19–21, 2022 401 (LV) ± 4.9% 21% 7% – 14% 5% 50%
MassINC Polling Group Archived August 16, 2022, at the Wayback Machine August 5–9, 2022 520 (LV) ± 5.1% 15% 8% – 7% 6% 62%
UMass Amherst June 15–21, 2022 556 (LV) ± 4.7% 17% 10% – 12% 0% 61%
MassINC Polling Group (D) Archived August 25, 2022, at the Wayback Machine[C] June 2022 – (LV) – 16% 6% – 10% 5% 58%
UMass Lowell April 2–11, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.9% 22% 9% 7% 10% 2% 49%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[C] January 18–20, 2022 310 (LV) ± 5.6% 10% 5% 5% 5% 4% 64%
Results by municipality:
Driscoll
  •   Driscoll—30–40%
  •   Driscoll—40–50%
  •   Driscoll—50–60%
  •   Driscoll—60–70%
  •   Driscoll—70–80%
  •   Driscoll—80–90%
Lesser
  •   Lesser—30–40%
  •   Lesser—40–50%
  •   Lesser—50–60%
  •   Lesser—60–70%
  •   Lesser—70–80%
  •   Lesser—80–90%
  •   Lesser—90–100%
Gouveia
  •   Gouveia—30–40%
  •   Gouveia—40–50%
  •   Gouveia—50–60%
  •   Gouveia—60–70%

Results

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Convention
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Democratic convention vote, June 4[101]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Driscoll 1,641 41.4%
Democratic Tami Gouveia 911 23.0%
Democratic Eric Lesser 839 21.2%
Democratic Adam Hinds 493 12.2%
Democratic Bret Bero 81 2.0%
Total votes 3,965 100.0%
Primary
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Democratic primary, September 6[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Driscoll 332,712 46.65%
Democratic Eric Lesser 233,241 32.71%
Democratic Tami Gouveia 147,224 20.64%
Total votes 713,177 100.0%

Libertarian primary

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Governor

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrew

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Lieutenant governor

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Independents

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Candidates

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Failed to qualify for ballot

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[144] Solid D (flip) July 20, 2022
Inside Elections[145] Solid D (flip) September 9, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[146] Safe D (flip) September 7, 2022
Politico[147] Solid D (flip) April 1, 2022
RCP[148] Safe D (flip) July 13, 2022
Fox News[149] Solid D (flip) August 22, 2022
538[150] Solid D (flip) July 31, 2022
Elections Daily[151] Safe D (flip) November 7, 2022

Endorsements

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Geoff Diehl (R)
Federal officials
Governors
State officials
State legislators
Organizations
Individuals
Maura Healey (D)
Federal officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
Mayors
Individuals
Organizations
Unions
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
State officials

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Geoff
Diehl (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other
[h] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics September 7 – October 16, 2022 October 18, 2022 33.5% 54.0% 12.5% Healey +20.5
FiveThirtyEight May 4 – October 19, 2022 October 20, 2022 28.5% 54.6% 16.9% Healey +26.1
Average 31.0% 54.3% 14.7% Healey +23.3
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Geoff
Diehl (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other Undecided
UMass Amherst/YouGov October 20–26, 2022 700 (RV) ± 4.3% 33% 61% 2%[i] 3%
UMass Lowell/YouGov October 18–25, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.1% 32% 59% 3%[j] 6%
Suffolk University October 13–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 33% 56% 4%[k] 6%
MassINC Polling Group October 5–14, 2022 987 (LV) – 23% 53% 6%[l] 18%
Suffolk University September 10–13, 2022 500 (RV) ± 4.4% 26% 52% 6%[m] 17%
Emerson College September 7–8, 2022 708 (LV) ± 3.6% 34% 52% 3%[n] 12%
Suffolk University July 20–23, 2022 493 (LV) ± 4.4% 23% 54% – 23%
UMass Lowell June 7–15, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.0% 30% 61% 1% 8%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 848 (RV) ± 3.3% 31% 59% – 10%
Suffolk University April 24–28, 2022 651 (LV) ± 3.8% 27% 54% – 19%
Hypothetical polling
Charlie Baker vs. Danielle Allen
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Danielle
Allen (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 33% 12% 6%[p] 48%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 34% 12% 5%[q] 48%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] March 5–9, 2021 800 (A) ± 4.6% 30% 14% 8%[r] 48%
756 (RV) ± 4.7% 31% 14% 6%[p] 49%
Charlie Baker vs. Sonia Chang-Díaz
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 35% 16% 9%[s] 41%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 36% 16% 7%[t] 41%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] March 5–9, 2021 800 (A) ± 4.6% 30% 16% 10%[u] 45%
756 (RV) ± 4.7% 31% 17% 7%[t] 45%
Charlie Baker vs. Benjamin Downing
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Benjamin
Downing (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 35% 11% 8%[r] 46%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 36% 11% 6%[p] 47%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] March 5–9, 2021 800 (A) ± 4.6% 30% 11% 8%[r] 51%
756 (RV) ± 4.7% 31% 12% 6%[p] 51%
Charlie Baker vs. Maura Healey
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other Undecided
Change Research/Northwind Strategies (D) November 15–19, 2021 789 (LV) ± 4.1% 33% 29% – 38%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 33% 27% 11%[v] 30%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 34% 28% 9%[s] 29%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] March 5–9, 2021 800 (A) ± 4.6% 30% 27% 10%[u] 34%
756 (RV) ± 4.7% 31% 28% 7%[t] 34%
Charlie Baker vs. Joe Kennedy III
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Joe
Kennedy III (D) 		Other Undecided
Change Research/Northwind Strategies (D) November 15–19, 2021 789 (LV) ± 4.1% 36% 30% – 34%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] March 5–9, 2021 800 (A) ± 4.6% 35% 25% 10%[u] 30%
756 (RV) ± 4.7% 37% 27% 8%[r] 28%
Charlie Baker vs. Orlando Silva
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Charlie
Baker (R) 		Orlando
Silva (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 36% 9% 8%[r] 47%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 37% 9% 7%[t] 47%
Karyn Polito vs. Danielle Allen
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Karyn
Polito (R) 		Danielle
Allen (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 21% 17% 8%[r] 54%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 22% 17% 7%[t] 54%
Karyn Polito vs. Sonia Chang-Díaz
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Karyn
Polito (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 21% 19% 8%[r] 51%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 23% 19% 7%[t] 52%
Karyn Polito vs. Benjamin Downing
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Karyn
Polito (R) 		Benjamin
Downing (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 21% 15% 8%[r] 56%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 22% 16% 7%[t] 55%
Karyn Polito vs. Maura Healey
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Karyn
Polito (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other Undecided
Change Research/Northwind Strategies (D) November 15–19, 2021 789 (LV) ± 4.1% 21% 42% – 37%
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 18% 32% 10%[u] 40%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 19% 35% 8%[r] 38%
Karyn Polito vs. Orlando Silva
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Karyn
Polito (R) 		Orlando
Silva (D) 		Other Undecided
YouGov/UMass Amherst[o] November 9–16, 2021 750 (A) ± 4.1% 21% 14% 9%[s] 57%
687 (RV) ± 4.3% 22% 14% 7%[t] 56%
Geoff Diehl vs. Maura Healey with Charlie Baker as an independent
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Geoff
Diehl (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Charlie
Baker (I) 		Undecided
Suffolk University April 24–28, 2022 651 (LV) ± 3.8% 17% 28% 37% 18%
Change Research/Northwind Strategies (D) November 15–19, 2021 789 (LV) ± 4.1% 21% 26% 32% 21%
Geoff Diehl vs. Sonia Chang-Díaz
Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Geoff
Diehl (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other
[w] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics April 24 – June 15, 2022 June 22, 2022 30.0% 48.7% 21.3% Chang-Díaz +15.5
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Geoff
Diehl (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other Undecided
UMass Lowell June 7–15, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.0% 29% 54% 3% 15%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 848 (RV) ± 3.3% 32% 47% – 21%
Suffolk University April 24–28, 2022 651 (LV) ± 3.8% 29% 45% – 25%
Chris Doughty vs. Sonia Chang-Díaz
Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Chris
Doughty (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other
[x] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics April 24 – June 15, 2022 June 22, 2022 30.0% 44.7% 25.3% Chang-Díaz +14.7
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Doughty (R) 		Sonia
Chang-Díaz (D) 		Other Undecided
UMass Lowell June 7–15, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.0% 30% 50% 4% 16%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 848 (RV) ± 3.3% 33% 41% – 26%
Suffolk University April 24–28, 2022 651 (LV) ± 3.8% 27% 43% – 30%
Chris Doughty vs. Maura Healey
Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Chris
Doughty (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other
[y] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics April 24 – June 15, 2022 June 22, 2022 28.7% 55.7% 15.6% Healey +27.0
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Doughty (R) 		Maura
Healey (D) 		Other Undecided
Suffolk University July 20–23, 2022 493 (LV) ± 4.4% 22% 54% – 24%
UMass Lowell June 7–15, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.0% 30% 58% 2% 10%
Emerson College May 2–4, 2022 848 (RV) ± 3.3% 31% 54% – 15%
Suffolk University April 24–28, 2022 651 (LV) ± 3.8% 25% 55% – 21%

Debates

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2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial general election debates
No. Date Host Moderators Link Republican Democratic
Key:

 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn

Geoff Diehl Maura Healey
1 Oct 12, 2022 NBC10 Boston/NECN Link P P
2 Oct 20, 2022 WCVB-TV YouTube P P

Results

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2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[143]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic
1,584,403 63.74% +30.62%
Republican
859,343 34.57% −32.03%
Libertarian
  • Kevin Reed
  • Peter Everett
 39,244 1.58% N/A
Write-in 2,806 0.11% −0.17%
Total votes 2,485,796 100.0%
Turnout 2,511,461 51.4% −9.37%
Registered electors
Democratic gain from Republican

By county

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By county
2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial election results by County [165]
County Healey Diehl Other Total
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Barnstable 70,163 59.1% 46,011 38.8% 2,559 2.2% 118,733
Berkshire 34,898 70.3% 13,205 26.6% 1,539 3.1% 49,642
Bristol 98,969 53.3% 81,033 43.7% 5,533 3.0% 185,535
Dukes 7,185 76.4% 2,011 21.4% 211 2.2% 9,407
Essex 177,760 61.4% 104,400 36.1% 7,231 2.5% 289,391
Franklin 22,287 69.7% 8,788 27.5% 895 2.8% 31,970
Hampden 75,523 54.1% 60,203 43.1% 3,977 2.8% 139,703
Hampshire 46,679 71.5% 17,138 26.2% 1,512 2.3% 65,329
Middlesex 426,064 69.6% 169,707 27.7% 16,464 2.7% 612,225
Nantucket 3,262 65.8% 1,553 31.3% 140 2.8% 4,955
Norfolk 183,795 63.8% 96,607 33.6% 7,517 2.6% 287,919
Plymouth 115,810 53.4% 95,669 44.1% 5,229 2.4% 216,708
Suffolk 159,232 78.0% 38,886 19.0% 6,069 3.0% 204,187
Worcester 162,786 55.0% 124,132 42.0% 8,839 3.0% 295,757
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jane Swift served as acting governor from 2001 to 2003 after Paul Cellucci resigned to become United States Ambassador to Canada
  2. ^ Tina Kotek, the Governor of Oregon, was concurrently elected in 2022 and is also openly lesbian, but took office after Healey.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 12%, Silva with 2%, Caldwell with 1%
  6. ^ "Some other candidate" with 4%, Allen with 3%
  7. ^ As a candidate changing parties to run in the Democratic primary
  8. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  9. ^ Reed (L) with 2%
  10. ^ Reed (L) with 3%
  11. ^ Reed (L) with 4%
  12. ^ "Some other candidate" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 2%; "Refused" with <1%
  13. ^ Reed (L) with 5%, "Refused" with 1%
  14. ^ "Someone else" with 3%
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Candidates were listed without party affiliation, leading to a large number of respondents selecting neither candidate
  16. ^ a b c d "Would Not Vote" with 6%
  17. ^ "Would Not Vote" with 5%
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Would Not Vote" with 8%
  19. ^ a b c "Would Not Vote" with 9%
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h "Would Not Vote" with 7%
  21. ^ a b c d "Would Not Vote" with 10%
  22. ^ "Would Not Vote" with 11%
  23. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  24. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  25. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c d e This poll was sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a Republican-aligned group.
  2. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Democratic Governors Association.
  3. ^ a b c d e f This poll was sponsored by Priorities for Progress, a Democratic-aligned group.

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