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‘I feel really, really lucky.’ Meet Maura Healey’s partner.

Healey began quietly dating attorney Joanna Lydgate after Lydgate left the attorney general’s office in 2020. They spoke exclusively to the Globe about their relationship.

Projected Massachusetts Governor Elect Maura Healey speaks to followers

Scorecard: Grading the final debate performances of Massachusetts candidates for governor

Both Diehl and Healey did what they needed to do to burnish their near-term futures.

Maura Healey to face Geoff Diehl in November governor’s race

Attorney General Maura Healey, who rocketed to prominence as the state’s litigator-in-chief against Donald Trump before clearing the Democratic field for governor this year, officially captured the party’s nomination Tuesday, setting up an acrid general election fight with Geoff Diehl, a Trump acolyte whom GOP voters embraced as their gubernatorial nominee.

AP: Geoff Diehl wins Republican primary for governor in Massachusetts

Maura Healey wins primary victory in Massachusetts governor’s race, to face Republican in November
She will enter the nine-week sprint to the Nov. 8 election as a clear frontrunner, buoyed by more than $4.7 million in her campaign account and an unprecedented primary in which she didn’t have an active opponent for the last two months. It allowed her to skate relatively unscathed through a usually bruising intraparty process.

Latest Headlines in Massachusetts Governor's Race

‘A record amount of unpredictability’ hangs over Massachusetts primaries

While Maura Healey is on track to be her party’s gubernatorial nominee, two-way Democratic races for the state’s open attorney general and state auditor seats entered Tuesday’s vote too close to call. And the GOP race for governor might be in flux with just 24 hours to go before polls closed.

Trump reemerges in Mass. governor’s race with pre-primary ‘tele-rally’ for GOP hopeful Geoff Diehl

Diehl, a former state representative, has trumpeted former president Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

‘It’s been strange.’ The Massachusetts primary election is unprecedented and subdued all at once.

A bizarre and mostly sleepy state primary is inching toward a close in Massachusetts, where nearly every constitutional office is up for grabs, yet large swaths of the electorate remain undecided, or unenthused, and without choices in races for some of the state’s most consequential offices.

With clear path in Democratic primary, Healey takes on another role: Helping allies survive theirs

The presumptive nominee for governor, Maura Healey in recent weeks has propped up allies in a slew of contested Democratic races, extending her endorsement, volunteers, and time to those who could help buttress her agenda should she — and they — prevail in November.

She cleared the Democratic field for governor. Now, Healey is redefining the race to be her running mate.

Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey isn’t just casting a shadow over the contest to be her running mate in November. Her presence has all but infiltrated it, remixing how the candidates pitch themselves and influencing how voters may choose.

Spurning debate offers, Geoff Diehl only agreed to forums on conservative radio. His campaign says that’s his strategy.

Shunning mainstream media has become de rigueur for some Trump-aligned candidates, experts say.

Gubernatorial hopeful Maura Healey launches first statewide ad. It’s focused on family, teamwork, and making ‘Massachusetts more affordable.’

The 30-second spot, which will run statewide starting Tuesday, brings in Healey’s childhood in Hampton Falls, N.H., and promotes middle-of-the-road policy proposals.

On campaign trail, an easy layup for Maura Healey, who faces no active Democratic opponent

The attorney general is shaking hands, touring sites, and shooting hoops.