Healey tops June in outside donations, Minogue remains ahead with cash on hand

The latest data from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) is out and in the gubernatorial race, Democratic incumbent Maura Healey dominated the month when it comes to outside contributions to her campaign while GOP candidate Mike Minogue remains on top with the most cash on hand.

Minogue’s Republican primary challenger Brian Shortsleeve finished with $63,000 raised.

Healey finished the month with more than twice the amount of outside contributions than Minogue and Shortsleeve had combined. The governor took in a total of $471,104 – all in outside contributions – in June compared to a combined total of $350,288 between Minogue and Shortsleeve.

“Maura and Kim have a message and a movement that resonates across Massachusetts, and our fundraising numbers reflect the campaign’s momentum. The Healey-Driscoll administration is focused on lowering costs, making life easier for people, and standing up to the damage Donald Trump is doing every day,” Healey Campaign Manager Katie Prisco-Buxbaum told the Herald.

While Minogue technically finished with the highest total campaign contributions in June with $612,029, he self-donated $500,000 of that total, leaving him with $112,029 in outside donations. Minogue wrote his campaign a $500,000 check that was reported on June 23, according to campaign finance reports.

Minogue is no stranger to writing large checks to his campaign. Of the $16,627,682.93 his campaign has raised since declaring his candidacy on October 1, Minogue and members of his family have self-donated $15,018,600 of that total, leaving him with $1,609,082 in outside contributions.

Those figures consider donations from family members as a self-contribution. Calculating self-funding specifically from Minogue’s pocket only, that total is a flat $15,000,000, and his outside contributions now including family adjust to a total of $1,627,682.

“I am thankful for the support of thousands of voters, volunteers, and donors who are looking for a new kind of governor. They’re tired of the one-party system that refuses to carry out the will of the people or uphold the law,” Minogue told the Herald. “They want a Commonwealth where accountability, affordability, opportunity and keeping communities safe are top priorities.”

Shortsleeve came away with just $63,116 in total contributions to his campaign in June, according to OCPF data. While he did not self-contribute to his own campaign, the monthly total is low for a candidate who has repeatedly expressed his intent to continue his primary challenge against Minogue, the GOP frontrunner and a self-made billionaire.

The Shortsleeve campaign is going after Minogue for the tens of millions of dollars he’s self-funded his own campaign with.

“The billionaire healthcare executive is about to find out that Massachusetts isn’t for sale. Despite spending millions, Mike Minogue couldn’t even recruit a running mate and still isn’t closing the deal with Republican voters,” said Shortsleeve Campaign spokesman Patrick Nestor told the Herald.

“Brian Shortsleeve is the only candidate in this race with a proven record of turning around failing organizations, rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and putting forward a serious plan to fix Massachusetts,” he said.

Shortsleeve has also self-financed his own campaign. Of the $2,787,913 in total campaign contributions Shortsleeve has recorded since launching his campaign on May 12, 2025, a total of $1,019,800 came from his own pocket, leaving him with $1,768,113 in outside contributions.

The low fundraising numbers in June for Shortsleeve seem to reflect recent polling in head to head matchups with his opponent in the GOP primary. In a recent UNH Survey Center poll released last week, 46% of respondents said they favored Minogue in the September primary compared to 15% who favor Shortsleeve, with a notable 39% still undecided.

When it comes to cash on hand, Minogue has remained on top since launching his campaign, currently sitting far ahead of Healey and Shortsleeve with $9,030,699 in cash on hand, according to the latest OCPF data.

Healey remains in a distant second with $6,415,957, but has been closing the gap compared with previous months. Shortsleeve sits well-behind Minogue and Healey, with just $602,051 in cash on hand.