Brown gets Healey's backing

By Globe Staff

Former lieutenant governor Kerry Healey endorsed fellow Republican Scott Brown, a state senator from Wrentham, for US Senate today, saying Brown will work to keep taxes low and trim the federal deficit.

"Scott Brown knows that you don’t create jobs by making government bigger, letting spending get out of control, and increasing taxes," Healey said in a statement. "Scott has been a leader in the never-ending battle to restrain state spending, and that is exactly the kind of leadership we need in Washington right now."

The endorsement from Healey, who had flirted with running for Senate herself, is hardly a surprise, given that she and Brown are among a handful of Republican leaders frequently mentioned as candidates for higher office.

"I am proud to have the support of Kerry Healey, who is a strong fiscal conservative with a record of opposing taxes and higher spending,” Brown said in a statement.

Brown is set to face perennial GOP candidate Jack E. Robinson in the Dec. 8 primary.