Subscribe to our newsletter. Swift will also be its first pregnant governor and the youngest head of the state. As the lieutenant governor, Swift was involved with a few controversies that didn't make her the most popular person. She used a state helicopter for personal transportation and had aides babysit her daughter.
Many people now say that media exaggeration was the real culprit.
More recently people had cause for concern when a Swift staffer prematurely asked that Commonwealth stationary reflect the change in leadership before the current governor announced his resignation. We will see how the management style of the new leader plays out over the coming months and through her term completion in 2002. Paul Cellucci leaves the Massachusetts corner office to become the United States Ambassador to Canada. Even though Cellucci loved his position as governor, a tap on the shoulder from the President of the United States is not usually something to ignore. Many are excited for Jane Swift.