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.

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.

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.

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.

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.