Mike Minogue will be a new kind of gov­ern­or. As a hus­band, father, and man of faith, he has a heart to serve. As a combat veteran and leader of a world-class med­ical-device business, he has the grit to deliver. To families in Massa­chu­setts, he will bring “AAOK”: Account­ability, Afford­ability, and Oppor­tunity, and Keeping Com­munities Safe.

Born into a hard-working middle-class family that came to America from Portu­gal, Shawn Oliver learned to take re­spons­ibil­ity and to serve. As a city council­lor, he has seen how entire com­muni­ties can be harmed by bad deci­sions made by state govern­ment officials who are far removed from the people they govern. He is about results, not rhetoric.

From tough times in childhood, John Deaton fought the odds to succeed in school and as a U.S. Marine. As a lawyer, John has helped vic­tims of meso­thel­ioma, cancer, and asbest­os. He also success­fully defended tok­en holders of crypto­cur­rency, and has become a recog­nized expert in using crypto tech­nology to help under­priv­ileged and unbanked persons.

Over the past four years, single-party control in our state govern­ment has chased busi­nesses (and jobs) out of Mass­achu­setts. The Sec­retary of State is respons­ible for corporate regis­tra­tions, and Anne Brensley will bring to this important office her pro­fessional exper­i­ence in helping businesses succeed.

Mike Walsh believes that the Attorney Gen­er­al is responsible first to the people of Mass­achu­setts. “Loyalty to Beacon Hill cronies” is not in the job description. Rather than enforcing social con­formity, or dodging account­ability, Mike Walsh will strive for equal justice under law.

In Belmont, Elizabeth Dionne brought financial order as chair of the Select Board, balancing the budget according to revenue, and pre­serving reserve funds. Wielding legal, admin­istrative, and con­​sti­​tu­​tion­​al expertise, as State Treasurer she will work from data to drive collaborative and effective solutions.

As a health-care profess­ional, Gary Grossi has seen how bloated bureau­cracy and mal­pract­ice liabil­ity have driven up the cost of basic care. He will work for real­istic policies, and will take the same ap­proach for energy and housing. As a re­tired U.S. Army colonel, he knows how institu­tions can become merely self-per­pet­uat­ing, and so he will support term limits for memb­ers of Congress.

The Governor’s Council has the job of review­ing and approv­ing the Governor’s appoint­ments of judges. With the Coun­cil behaving as a lax rubber stamp, spec­ial inter­ests will con­trol who becomes a judge, and the legal sys­tem will fail to main­tain justice. In these decisions, Margaret Abboud will be a voice insisting on rigorous review and fairness.

With the state suffering from sky-high energy costs, “Green Energy” mandates make it worse. And fami­lies should be able to find a decent place to live, not priced out of the market by illegal aliens exploit­ing the Right-to-Shelter Law. Chris Lyons believes that families should not be made to suffer because a career politi­cian wants to signal her virtue.