Maura Healey (born 1971) is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts who broke barriers for the LGBTQ community. In 2014 she became the first openly LGBTQ person elected state attorney general in the United States. She was sworn into office the following year. In 2022 she entered the governor’s race and became the first woman to be elected governor of Massachusetts. She and Tina Kotek (Oregon) were also the first openly lesbian women to be elected governor, though Healey took office several days before Kotek in 2023.
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