Tatishe Nteta, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of UMass Poll is quoted in a WGBH story on the prospect of Attorney General Maura Healey running for Governor of Massachusetts in 2022. Most folks on Beacon Hill — whether Democrats, Republicans, bureaucrats, or the mice in the walls — fully expect Attorney General Maura Healey to run for governor next year. So why hasn't Healey, who is expected to lead the Democratic field if she enters the race, officially declared herself a candidate and started her campaign in earnest? Because even as an undeclared candidate, Healey appears to be so far ahead of the pack of three already declared Democratic candidates, that there are very few political downsides to waiting, strategizing and preparing to compete for an open seat now that Gov. Charlie Baker is out of the race. "That might come in the next few days, or it might come sometime in the new year. But I don't think it puts her, given the state of the Democratic field, at any real disadvantage," said Professor Tatishe Nteta. (WGBH, 12/16/2021)