WBUR TODAY: Results oriented
❤️ Donate Wednesday, September 2, 2026 🌥️ A bit overcast, with a high near 72. Good Morning Boston, It was a good night for incumbents in Massachusetts primaries. (It usually is.) But the state is poised to elect a few new faces to public office. Let's get right to yesterday's results: Gubernatorial go-time: Gov. Maura Healey, the incumbent Democrat who had no primary challengers, will face Republican nominee Mike Minogue this fall. Minogue beat fellow GOP candidate Brian Shortsleeve with more than 75% of the vote (with 94% of ballots counted). Minogue, who lives in Hamilton, ran the Massachusetts-based medical device company Abiomed until it was sold for nearly $17 billion in 2022. He's put a staggering $15 million of his own money into the campaign. Get to know him: Minogue spoke about his strategy for taking on Healey in this in-depth interview . Meanwhile, WBUR's Simón Rios has details on his stance on immigration and ICE and Gin Dumcius goes over his other ...