ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey stopped by the Harris-Walz campaign office on Hamilton Street Friday morning to encourage volunteers in the waning days of the election.
Healey, the first lesbian to openly serve as an American governor, greeted volunteers, posed for pictures and organized door-hanger literature during a 20-minute stop. She arrived bearing boxed coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, a Massachusetts staple.
"Elections run on Dunkin'," she joked, twisting the donut chain's slogan.
Healey was in the region for a rally of the country's four largest public service labor unions in the city Friday evening. Pennsylvania is not only a battleground in the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but the Lehigh Valley's congressional district is one of the biggest toss-ups in the country. The unions are backing Democratic incumbent Susan Wild in her campaign against Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie.
"I want to be here because Pennsylvania is so important. We know it's going to be close. We know Pennsylvania may well decide the election."Maura Healey, Massachusetts governor
"I want to be here because Pennsylvania is so important. We know it's going to be close. We know Pennsylvania may well decide the election," she said.
Healey also attended a get out the vote rally event directed at members of the Lehigh Valley's LGBTQ community. Trump has adopted anti-trans rhetoric in his campaign ads of late, saying Harris stands for "they/them, not you." No one, let alone a former president, should be demonizing American voters, she said.
Healey wasn't the only high-profile Democrat to stop by the local Harris-Walz office. An election volunteer said U.S. Sen. Chris Koons, D-Delaware, made an impromptu stop to the office earlier in the morning.
