Top Two Massachusetts Officials Are Transplants From Other States

It wouldn't be fair to call Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll carpetbaggers. However, it is worth noting that neither of the top two statewide officeholders is a native of Massachusetts.

Maura Healey's Roots

Healey was born in 1971 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. When she was nine months old, her family moved to Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, where she was raised.

After high school, Healey moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard College and later Northeastern University School of Law.

Kim Driscoll's Upbringing

Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll was born in 1966 in Hawaii. Driscoll moved to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1986, where she attended Salem State College and later the Massachusetts School of Law.

Other Statewide Elected Officials Are MA Natives

Healey and Driscoll are the only two of the six statewide elected officials to come from outside of Massachusetts. Attorney General Andrea Campbell, now a resident of Dartmouth, was born in Boston. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin was born in Brighton. Treasurer Deb Goldberg hails from Brookline, and Auditor Diana DiZoglio is from Methuen.

The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Ron Mariano, was born in Quincy in 1946. Senate President Karen Spilka, born in 1953, is from New York City.

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The 9th District Congressman, Rep. Bill Keating, was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 1952.

U.S. Senator Ed Markey was born in Malden in 1946, where he hawked ice cream before launching a political career. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1949.

Even Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is a transplant from Chicago.

Four of the five most recent Massachusetts governors were born in other states.

Healey, as we mentioned, is from Maryland. Charlie Baker was born in 1946 in Elmira, New York, but grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. Deval Patrick was born in 1956 in Chicago. Mitt Romney was born in Detroit in 1947.

Jane Swift was the last governor actually born in Massachusetts. Swift was born in North Adams in 1965.