Mike Minogue

Mike Minogue (Michael Minogue) is an American businessman, Republican politician and U.S. Army veteran who led the medical device company Abiomed from 2004 to 2023. He was the Republican nominee in the 2026 Massachusetts gubernatorial election and lost to incumbent Governor Maura Healey Maura HealeyMaura Healey is an American Democratic politician and lawyer who has served as governor of Massachusetts since January 2023, after two terms as Massachusetts attorney general. She was re-elected governor in November 2026.Open the full entry on November 3.

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1989–2004West Point, Army Service and Early Career

Minogue graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1989 with an engineering degree and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm; he describes himself as having been an Army Ranger. After his military service he worked at General Electric GE AerospaceGE Aerospace is the name under which General Electric Company operates, a jet engine maker listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker GE.Open the full entry’s health care business, GE HealthCare.⁠[1][2]

April 2004–2023Leading Abiomed

In April 2004 Minogue became chairman, president and CEO of Abiomed, a medical device company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, and led it for nearly 19 years, until 2023. His campaign says the company developed the Impella heart pump and reached $1.2 billion in annual sales.⁠[1][3][2]

On December 22, 2022, Johnson & Johnson Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnson is an American healthcare company founded in 1886, headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JNJ.Open the full entry completed its acquisition of Abiomed for $380 per share in cash plus a non-tradeable contingent value right of up to $35 per share, an enterprise value of about $16.6 billion; Abiomed became a standalone business within Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech segment.⁠[4]

After stepping down as CEO, Minogue founded his own consulting and investment firm and has served on the boards of Insulet and the medical device trade association AdvaMed.⁠[2]

October 2025Gubernatorial Campaign Launch

On October 1, 2025, Minogue, a resident of Hamilton, Massachusetts, announced in a social media video that he was running for governor as a Republican, pledging to be a “new kind of governor.” He said, “Our current one-party system isn’t working.” The six principles listed on his campaign website include “upholding the law and keeping communities safe” and “respecting taxpayers through transparency and audits.”⁠[1][3]

Minogue has donated to Donald Trump and hosted a 2024 fundraiser for J.D. Vance.⁠[5]

2026Republican Nomination and General Election

In April 2026 Minogue won the nomination at the state Republican convention; Brian Shortsleeve stayed in the primary race, and Minogue declined to debate him. In the September 1 Republican primary Minogue defeated Shortsleeve with more than 75 percent of the vote, and Shortsleeve conceded and endorsed him.⁠[6][5]

On the night of his primary win he said, “The problem isn’t our people, the problem is that our state government is smothering the American dream.”⁠[6]

His running mate for lieutenant governor, Shawn Oliver, suspended his campaign but remained on the ballot, and Minogue said he would run without a lieutenant governor. In the November 3 election the Associated Press called the race for incumbent Governor Maura Healey one minute after polls closed.⁠[5]

Philanthropy

Minogue started two charitable organizations: MedTechVets, which helps veterans find careers in the medical device industry, and the Michael & Renee Minogue Foundation, which has donated more than $10 million since 2015.⁠[1]