A momento mood surround the guratn of Healey, who not only beme the state’s first openly gay ernor but also s first elected female ernor and part of one of the untry’s first female ernor-litenant ernor duos.
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- MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
- MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
- MASSACHETTS SET TO ELECT FIRST FEMALE, GAY ERNOR OVER TMPIST OPPONENT
MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
Democratic Atty. Gen. Mra Healey has been elected ernor of Massachetts, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the office. * gay female governor *
Mra Healey has been elected ernor of Massachetts, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the feated Republin Geoff Diehl, a former state reprentative who had the endorsement of former Print Tmp.
Healey and Democrat Ta Kotek, a ndidate for ernor Oregon, each began the day wh a chance to bee the first openly lbian person elected ernor of a — elected eight years ago as the natn’s first openly gay attorney general — snapped what’s bee known Massachetts as the “curse of the attorney general.
A momento mood surround the guratn of Healey, who not only beme the state’s first openly gay ernor but also s first elected female ernor and part of one of the untry’s first female ernor-litenant ernor duos. And gay rights.
MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
The Supreme Court overturned the law Healey appeared wh then-attorney general Martha Coakley after a hearg on the Defense of Marriage Boston Globe/Boston GlobeAfter the DOMA w Boston, Healey sudnly beme a very public figure the gay muny. But even ep blue Massachetts, was not that long ago that the LGTBQ muny was ls Barney Frank, the first ngrsman to voluntarily e out as gay, served as a state legislator the 1970s, he stayed the closet due to the “very powerful myth” Democrats and Republins alike believed that LGTBQ people were eventually created a plan to e out to iends and relativ, but then the ngrsnal seat opened up and he cid to n for higher office. “There was no way I uld have gotten elected to Congrs if I was openly gay.
In 1980 she me out to her mother, who told her that beg gay would prevent her om ever holdg elected office. “So to be the Hoe Chamber today, and watch the first woman be elected to be sworn as ernor of Massachetts, the first gay person beg sworn as ernor of Massachetts, I uldn’t help but thk about... “She’s the first openly gay ernor, and that’s really good for LGBTQ rights, ” said 12-year-old Vera Dmmond, who wore a T-shirt wh a rabow emblazoned on the mother, Elena Spencer, looked on.
LIVE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS"I stand before you tonight proud to be the first woman and the first gay person ever elected ernor of Massachetts, " Healey said Tuday night. Massachetts’ Democratic attorney general, Mra Healey, has been elected ernor, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the feated the Republin Geoff Diehl, a former state reprentative who had the endorsement of Donald Tmp. Healey and Ta Kotek, a Democratic ndidate for ernor Oregon, each began the day wh a chance to bee the first out gay woman elected ernor of a the mpaign, Healey pledged to expand job trag programs, make childre more affordable and mornize schools.
MASSACHETTS SET TO ELECT FIRST FEMALE, GAY ERNOR OVER TMPIST OPPONENT
Massachetts is on urse to elect s first woman and first gay ernor after Mra Healey won the Democratic primary on Tuday and a Tmp-backed ndidate, Geoff Diehl, won the Republin ntt to face, the state attorney general, said: “I am honored to receive the Democratic nomatn … Together, we’re gog to w November and build a Massachetts that works for everyone. Swift was succeed by Mt Romney, who beme the 2012 Republin nomee for print and is now a senator om Democratic ndidate for ernor Oregon, Ta Kotek, is also gay. If elected, she and Healey will be the first gay women to ern US stat.
By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated PrsBOSTON (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Mra Healey has been elected ernor of Massachetts, makg history as the natn's first openly lbian, the state’s first woman and openly gay ndidate elected to the office, feated Republin Geoff Diehl, a former state reprentative who had the endorsement of former Print Donald electn returns the ernor’s office to Democrats after eight years of Republin learship unr the popular Gov. “I stand before you tonight proud to be the first woman and the first gay person ever elected ernor of Massachetts, ” she told supporters at a Boston hotel that he had lled Healey to ngratulate her on her w. ”Healey — elected eight years ago as the natn’s first openly gay attorney general — snapped what’s bee known Massachetts as the “curse of the attorney general.