Governor Deval Patrick. Or you could argue the people run it.
Deval Patrick; the governor of Massachusetts.
Deval Patrick; the governor of Massachusetts.
Yes, Deval Patrick is Black. He served as the Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015 and is known for being the first African American to hold that position in the state's history. Patrick has also been an influential figure in politics and business.
Governor Patrick supports same-sex marriage and worked to prevent a ballot measure that would have banned it in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is the first state to permit same-sex marriages.
The President of Massachusetts is the President of the United States, currently Barack Hussein Obama II.Massachusetts' highest ranking state official is the Governor of Massachusetts, currently Deval Patrick.
First, a governor is in charge of a state (Massachusetts). It's a mayor that is in charge of the city-- in this case the city of Boston. The first, and only, black governor of Massachusetts is Deval Patrick. He was elected in 2006. There has not been a black mayor of Boston yet.
Patrick Henry.
As a US State it was Patrick Henry.
Patrick Henry was the first Governor of the US State called Virginia.
Patrick Quinn has been the Governor of Illinois since 29 January 2009.
The first female governor was Joan Finney, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female candidate in the US to defeat an incumbent male governor in a state general election.