MAKING THE ROUNDS — State Attorney General Maura Healey is honing her pitch for governor on the media circuit. Here’s what we learned from her Sunday appearances on WBZ’s “Keller @ Large” and WCVB’s “On the Record.”
CHANGE VS. CONNECTIONS — Healey’s Democratic and Republican opponents are painting her as part of the Beacon Hill establishment. She’s working to weaken that argument by leaning into it, emphasizing her statewide network and her experience managing an office with 600 workers and a $60 million budget.
BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES — Healey vowed to be the “most aggressive governor in the country” on combating climate change.
But economic issues like the cost of living, workforce development and access to child care remain her central pitch. “That’s what’s important to voters around the state,” Healey said on OTR. “They are the things that people talk to my office about.”
Healey’s been light on policy specifics in the opening days of her run for governor. But she did outline her vision for workforce development on WBZ.
MIDDLE GROUND — Healey has campaigned for Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley and joined forces with them on policy issues like relieving student loan debt. But she again declined to position herself with the progressives, at least ideologically, as she makes her play for independent voters.
Healey has “a lot of regard” for Warren and Pressley. “But I think during my time as attorney general I have…
