Deval Patrick
Massachusetts governor

Patrick moved to Massachusetts at the age of 14 when he earned a scholarship to Milton Academy. He didn’t have any experience in politics, aside from serving as an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, before he was first elected as Massachusetts governor in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney. Patrick’s first months on the job were rocky, but he was voted in for another term in 2010. He’s best known outside the state as one of President Obama’s top surrogates.

Patrick spoke during the September 2008 reopening of the Fields Corner MBTA station in Dorchester.