governor predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse birthname image article_title term_end name alma_mater
deval -rrb- patrick -lrb- 2007-2015 -rrb- charlie baker -lrb- 2015 thomas reilly thomas reilly maura healey gerard leone roman catholicism pittsfield , massachusetts , u.s. democratic 58th county attorney general of massachusetts district attorney of middlesex 14 july 1953 january 17 , 2007 january 3 , 1999 thomas o'connor martha mary coakley marthacoakley suffolk feb2014.jpg martha coakley
 january 21 , 2015 january 17 , 2007 martha coakley williams -rrb- college -lrb- b.a. -rrb- boston university -lrb- j.d.
martha coakley

martha mary coakley -lrb- born july 14 , 1953 -rrb- is a former attorney general of massachusetts .
prior to serving as attorney general , she was district attorney of middlesex county , massachusetts from 1999 to 2007 .
coakley was the democratic nominee in the 2010 special election to fill the united states senate seat long held by ted kennedy -lrb- and held in the interim by paul g. kirk -rrb- .
coakley was defeated 52 % to 47 % by republican scott brown in what was widely considered an upset .
she won reelection as the attorney general in the 2010 general election .
coakley was the democratic nominee for governor in 2014 , but lost to republican charlie baker .
