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Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Predecessor

Steven Grossman

Deb Goldberg (Democratic Party) is the Massachusetts Treasurer. She assumed office on January 21, 2015. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Goldberg (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Massachusetts Treasurer. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

On September 16, 2019, Goldberg filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District in 2020.^[1] Goldberg later withdrew from the race prior to the filing deadline.^[2]^[3]

Goldberg ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 2006.

Biography

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Goldberg received a bachelor's degree from Boston University in 1975 and a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1983. Goldberg also received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1985. Goldberg's professional experience includes co-founding the Berkshire Hills Music Academy and serving as a trustee of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Goldberg also worked as the director at Affiliated Physicians Group / Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Political career

Massachusetts Treasurer (2015-present)

Goldberg was first elected to the office on November 4, 2014. She was sworn into office on January 21, 2015, replacing Steven Grossman (D).^[7] She was re-elected in 2018.

Elections

2022

See also: Massachusetts Treasurer election, 2022

General election

General election for Massachusetts Treasurer

Incumbent Deb Goldberg defeated Cristina Crawford in the general election for Massachusetts Treasurer on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deb Goldberg (D)	76.5	1,709,555
		Cristina Crawford (L)	23.1	516,019
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	9,994

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,235,568
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts Treasurer

Incumbent Deb Goldberg advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Treasurer on September 6, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deb Goldberg	99.6	630,633
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	2,700

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 633,333
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Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ronald Beaty Jr. (R)

2020

See also: Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (September 1 Democratic primary)

Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (September 1 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Jake Auchincloss defeated Julie Hall in the general election for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Auchincloss (D)	60.8	251,102
		Julie Hall (R)	38.9	160,474
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,247

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 412,823
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on September 1, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Auchincloss	22.4	35,361
		Jesse Mermell	21.0	33,216
		Becky Grossman	18.1	28,578
		Natalia Linos	11.6	18,364
		Ihssane Leckey	11.1	17,539
		Alan Khazei	9.1	14,440
		Chris Zannetos (Unofficially withdrew)	3.3	5,135
		Dave Cavell (Unofficially withdrew)	1.6	2,498
		Ben Sigel	1.6	2,465
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	242

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,838
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Julie Hall defeated David Rosa in the Republican primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on September 1, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Hall	62.8	19,394
		David Rosa	36.6	11,296
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	182

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,872
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2018

See also: Massachusetts Treasurer election, 2018

General election

General election for Massachusetts Treasurer

Incumbent Deb Goldberg defeated Keiko Orrall and Jamie Guerin in the general election for Massachusetts Treasurer on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deb Goldberg (D)	64.0	1,761,282
		Keiko Orrall (R)	27.2	749,596
		Jamie Guerin (Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts)	3.3	92,090
		Other/Write-in votes	5.4	149,697

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,752,665
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts Treasurer

Incumbent Deb Goldberg advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Treasurer on September 4, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deb Goldberg	100.0	530,072

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 530,072
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Massachusetts Treasurer

Keiko Orrall advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts Treasurer on September 4, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Keiko Orrall	100.0	182,683

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 182,683
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2014

See also: Massachusetts down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Goldberg ran for election to the office of Massachusetts Treasurer. Goldberg won the Democratic nomination in the primary on September 9, 2014.^[6] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Results

Primary election

Massachusetts Treasurer, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Deb Goldberg	42.7%	202,819
Barry Finegold	31.4%	149,470
Thomas Conroy	25.7%	122,198
Write-in votes	0.2%	848
Total Votes		475,335
Election results via Massachusetts Secretary of State.

General election

Massachusetts Treasurer, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Deb Goldberg	55.1%	1,120,192
	Republican	Mike Heffernan	40.8%	828,894
	Green	Ian Jackson	4%	81,907
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	1,665
Total Votes				2,032,658
Election results via Massachusetts Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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Issues

ESG

See also: Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), State financial officer stances on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Environmental, social, and corporate governance


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As treasurer, Goldberrg took stances supporting environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), an approach to investing and corporate decision-making.

State financial officers, including treasurers, auditors, and controllers, are responsible for auditing other government offices, managing payroll, and overseeing pensions. In some states, these financial officers are also responsible for investing state retirement and trust funds.

Pro-ESG financial officers’ letter opposing anti-ESG state officers (September 2022)

In September 2022, Goldberg and 13 other state and local financial officers signed a letter opposing “legislation aiming to curb consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investing.” The letter said “states in our country have started blacklisting financial firms that don’t agree with their political views,” and cited West Virginia, Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida.^[8]

According to a September 2022 report from Financial Technologies Forum, Republican elected officials in 24 states had enacted policies against investing public funds with asset management firms such as BlackRock that had used ESG criteria as a basis for investment decisions.^[9]

Goldberg and the signatories said the following about the anti-ESG legislation: “The blacklisting states apparently believe, despite ample evidence and scientific consensus to the contrary, that poor working conditions, unfair compensation, discrimination and harassment, and even poor governance practices do not represent material threats to the companies in which they invest. They refuse to acknowledge, in the face of sweltering heat, floods, tornadoes, snowstorms and other extreme weather, that climate change is real and is a true business threat to all of us.”^[8]

Proposal to divest pensions from firearms industry (June 2022)

In June 2022, Goldberg asked the Massachusetts General Court to pass a law that would require the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board to divest from firms that produce civilian use firearms and ammunition.^[10]

Goldberg served as the chair of the PRIM board as state treasurer.^[10]

Goldberg said: “It is unacceptable that we as a country continue to live in a seemingly endless cycle of gun violence. Traditional approaches are not working, and we must do what we can to potentially save lives. I implore the Legislature to support the divestment of our public pension funds from gun and ammunition manufacturers and distributors in support of the American people who are victims and survivors of preventable gun violence, just as we did recently by divesting from companies in Russia following their invasion of Ukraine.”^[10]

ESG proxy voting report (June 2022)

In June 2022, Goldberg issued a report on recent ESG-aligned proxy votes taken by the PRIM Board.^[11]

Goldberg said: “One of the strongest tools a pension fund has for engagement is proxy voting. These votes will have a long-term impact on our changing climate while achieving our financial goals.”^[11]

The release included the following examples of PRIM proxy votes:

Votes in favor of adopting carbon emission reduction targets at Chevron
Votes against the election of certain board members at The Southern Company
Votes to “support shareholder resolutions at several financial institutions including, Bank of America, CitiGroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo to adopt financing policies in line with the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Net Zero by 2050 Scenario.”^[11]

Power to proxy vote against non-ESG corporate directors (February 2022)

In February 2022, the PRIM Board unanimously approved a rule empowering PRIM to cast proxy votes against board members of publicly-traded firms that do not ally with ESG policies. Goldberg, who served as chair, sponsored the resolution.^[12]

A news release from Goldberg’s office said the rule was targeted at “companies that are not aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement and Climate Action 100+” and part of “PRIM’s commitment to build and implement a comprehensive ESG framework with the proxy goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and/or establishing a plan to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050.” Climate Action 100+ is an association of investment firms committed to ESG environmental goals.^[12]^[13]

Goldberg said: “This vote not only benefits our retirees and taxpayers with its positive environmental outcomes, but has significant potential to increase our bottom line. It is a more active approach toward achieving our financial goals while having a productive long-term impact on our changing climate.”^[12]

According to the release, the PRIM board had previously and unanimously adopted Goldberg-sponsored proxy voting rules “focused on renewable energy, human rights standards, executive pay, LGBTQ rights, board diversity and wage equality, and limiting the number of boards a director may sit on.”^[12]

Campaign against JP Morgan Chase board member Lee Raymond (May 2020)

In February 2020, Goldberg and eleven other state treasurers and representatives of state and local public investment funds with investments with JP Morgan Chase opposed the re-election of Lee Raymond to the board of the publicly-traded banking firm. The CEO of Exxon-Mobil until 2005, Raymond had been on the JP Morgan board for 33 years and was an ally of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Majority Action, a left-leaning advocacy group, organized the opposition to Raymond's reappointment on the grounds that Raymond denied climate change and had influenced JP Morgan Chase to loan too much money to energy firms that produced carbon emitting fuels. The pressure campaign was organized in advance of the JP Morgan Chase annual shareholder meeting in May 2020.^[14]^[15]

Raymond was reelected to the board for another term that was scheduled to end in May 2021. However, he announced his resignation in December 2020 (effective December 31, 2020). In the regulatory filing announcing the departure, Raymond said it was not as a “result of any disagreement with the company.” Bloomberg News reported that a “spokesman for the bank said Raymond’s retirement has nothing to do with outside pressure.”^[16]^[14]

Campaign finance summary

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Deb Goldberg campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Massachusetts Treasurer	Won general	$1,044,216	$0
2020	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Withdrew primary	$24,032	$24,032
2014	Massachusetts Treasurer	Won	$2,854,163	N/A**
2006	Massachuetts Governor/Lt. Governor	Lost	$3,033,663	N/A**
Grand total			$6,956,074	$24,032
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on February 7, 2021

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Coronavirus pandemic
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On February 7, 2021, Goldberg announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.^[17]

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