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Saturday, November 5, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the opening of the Portsmouth, NH OFA office. (© 2011 Eric Haynes)

Saturday, November 5, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the opening of the Portsmouth, NH OFA office. (© 2011 Eric Haynes)

Saturday, November 5, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner. (© 2011 Eric Haynes)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick trys a flight simulator while visiting Bridgewater State University's Aviation Training Facility located at the New Bedford Regional Airport to announce the results of a comprehensive statewide airport economic impact study that finds Massachusetts public airports generate $11.9 billion in economic activity and support approximately 124,000 jobs. After touring the training facility, Governor Patrick proclaimed the month of November as "General Aviation Month.” (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick trys a flight simulator while visiting Bridgewater State University's Aviation Training Facility located at the New Bedford Regional Airport to announce the results of a comprehensive statewide airport economic impact study that finds Massachusetts public airports generate $11.9 billion in economic activity and support approximately 124,000 jobs. After touring the training facility, Governor Patrick proclaimed the month of November as "General Aviation Month.” (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Governor Patrick joins his staff to volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Chief of Staff Mo Cowan sorts food as Governor Patrick and his staff volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - Governor Patrick looks at plans for the new green house at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston after he announced new Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund grants to create new jobs in the creative economy at the in Boylston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - Governor Patrick highlights job growth in the clean energy sector at Vestas–American Wind Technology, Inc. in Marlborough. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, November 18, 2011 - Governor Patrick reflects during a moment of silence as he and Lieutenant Governor Murray honor 27 law enforcement officers in the House Chamber at the Massachusetts State House during the annual awards ceremony named after Massachusetts State Trooper George L. Hanna. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, November 18, 2011 - Governor Patrick talks with the 2011 Fall Governor's Office interns in the Governor's Press Briefing Room at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Sunday, November 20, 2011 - Governor Patrick volunteers at the Boston Rescue Mission’s annual Day of Thanks. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, November 21, 2011 - Governor Patrick signs into law H. 3808 in the Governor’s Council Chambers, “An Act Relative to the Commercial Exploitation of People,” which strengthens protections for victims of human trafficking and prostitution and increases the punishment for offenders by carrying a potential life sentence for traffickers of children. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - Governor Patrick speaks a the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development eighth-annual ‘Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Award Luncheon,’ where companies from across the state were recognized for their contributions to the local economy. The awards ceremony was held a the Seaport Hotel in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - Governor Patrick makes a toast with the re-enactors at Plimoth Plantation after joining students on a tour to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, November 28, 2011 - MIT President Susan Hockfield speaks at an event where Governor Patrick launched the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative and released a new roadmap for manufacturing job growth in Massachusetts during an address to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) regional meeting in Cambridge, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 – Governor Deval Patrick visits the Friends of the Homeless Resource Center where he received recognition for the Patrick-Murray Administration’s support and offered remarks on the Administration’s homelessness prevention efforts. After a pledge of support in 2007, the Administration allocated more than $10 million in 2009 for the new resource facility that includes a medical/dental clinic, dormitory style shelter for women, individual efficiency apartments, a resource/computer room and a dining hall to support the Springfield area’s homeless individuals.   (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 – Governor Deval Patrick visits the Friends of the Homeless Resource Center where he received recognition for the Patrick-Murray Administration’s support and offered remarks on the Administration’s homelessness prevention efforts. After a pledge of support in 2007, the Administration allocated more than $10 million in 2009 for the new resource facility that includes a medical/dental clinic, dormitory style shelter for women, individual efficiency apartments, a resource/computer room and a dining hall to support the Springfield area’s homeless individuals.   (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - Governor Patrick speaks at a judicial swearing-in for Hampden County Judges at the Old First Church in Springfield. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - Governor Patrick is visible through a hole in steel beam at a ceremony to celebrate the “topping off” of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick joined Public Safety Secretary Mary Elizabeth Heffernan and State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan to honor firefighters from 32 Massachusetts communities for heroic acts of bravery during the 22nd annual “Firefighter of the Year” Awards ceremony at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, December 5, 2011 - Lt. Governor Tim Murray gives remarks at the 7th annual AICUM Dinner held at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, December 12, 2011 - Governor Patrick joins the Lieutenant Governor and cabinet secretaries to meet with the Commonwealth’s twelve newly-elected mayors in the Governor’s Council Chambers at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, December 12, 2011 - Governor Patrick participates in the annual State House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the front steps of the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick delivers remarks and presents a proclamation to the Massachusetts National Guard during the celebration of the Guard’s 375th birthday in the House Chambers at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - The ‘Sacred Cod’ of the House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House as Governor Deval Patrick delivers remarks and presented a proclamation to the Massachusetts National Guard during the celebration of the Guard’s 375th birthday.   (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - Governor Patrick reads to students at the newly opened MATCH Community Day School in Jamaica Plain. During his visit, Governor Patrick also discussed the important role this school and others like it play in supporting the Administration’s efforts to close the achievement gap. (Photos: Eric Haynes/Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - Governor Patrick reads to students at the newly opened MATCH Community Day School in Jamaica Plain. During his visit, Governor Patrick also discussed the important role this school and others like it play in supporting the Administration’s efforts to close the achievement gap. (Photos: Eric Haynes/Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - Governor Deval Patrick cooks with children at Community Servings in Jamaica Plain at the launch of ChopChop, a free monthly newsletter in partnership with ChopChop Magazine that will provide Massachusetts families with healthy, fun and easy-to-make recipes featuring local produce. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Secretary of Education, Paul Reville, visit the Joseph P. Keefe Technical School in Framingham to outline the “Career Readiness” piece of the Administration’s Gateway Cities Education Agenda announced this past fall. During his visit, the Governor saw first-hand how non-traditional learning methods, such as internships and on-the-job training, have proven successful in helping students succeed post-graduation. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Secretary of Education, Paul Reville, visit the Joseph P. Keefe Technical School in Framingham to outline the “Career Readiness” piece of the Administration’s Gateway Cities Education Agenda announced this past fall. During his visit, the Governor saw first-hand how non-traditional learning methods, such as internships and on-the-job training, have proven successful in helping students succeed post-graduation. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, January 12, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick reads to students at Gill Elementary School. The Governor was there to congratulate students and staff for being selected as a Commendation School. During his visit, Governor Patrick recognized the school’s success in improving student achievement outcomes and discussed the Administration’s second-term strategy for closing achievement gaps. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, January 13, 2012 - Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Rich Davey listens as Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki speaks at a cabinet meeting held by Governor Patrick at the Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School in Springfield one year after the devastating tornado tore through the area. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, January 13, 2012 - Governor Patrick, listens as Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno answers questions from reporters about storm recovery after he and the mayor were at a cabinet meeting held at the Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School in Springfield one year after the devastating tornado tore through the area. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Saturday, January 14, 2012 - Governor Patrick hosts a town hall meeting at the State House with hundreds of Project 351 youth ambassadors from the 351 cities and towns across the Commonwealth. (© 2012 Eric Haynes)

Saturday, January 14, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks about the history of the Governor’s Office with first grade students from the Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Roxbury. The students were the governor’s guests as he hosted a town hall meeting for 8 grade students from all 351 cities and towns in in the Commonwealth at the State House. (© 2012 Eric Haynes)

Monday, January 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick offers welcoming remarks at the 42nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes/Governor's Office)

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - Attorney Genera Martha Coakley speaks in the Senate Reading Room at the State House before Governor Patrick signs the Transgender Equal Rights bill into effect making Massachusetts officially the 16th state to treat transgender citizens as a protected class. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - Governor Patrick signs the Transgender Equal Rights bill into effect making Massachusetts officially the 16th state to treat transgender citizens as a protected class. The bill signing took place in the Senate Reading Room at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, January 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick takes a moment alone in the Governor’s Office to prepare his State of the State address before leaving the office in an official procession to deliver the speech in the House Chamber at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

January 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick stands in the doorway of the House Chamber just before he is introduced to delivers his State of the Commonwealth address. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, January 23, 2012 - Lt. Governor Tim Murray delivers a speach before Governor Patrick delivers his State of the State address in the House Chamber at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

January 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick delivers his State of the State address in the House Chamber at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, MA Secretary of Eduction Paul Reville, The Boston Foundation's Paul Grogan and Suffolk Construction’s John Fish joined legislators, and business and civic leaders for a press conference, at Suffolk Construcion in Roxbury, announcing the creation of a coalition dedicated to the Governor's call for reform in the Massachusetts community college system. The Governor emphasized this need in his State of the Commonwealth address the day before. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, January 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick, MA Secretary of Eduction Paul Reville and Governor Patrick’s assistant Haven Nichols meet with MassBay Community College President John O'Donnell in his office to discuss the Governor's call for reform in the Massachusetts community college system. The Governor emphasized this need in his State of the Commonwealth address two days before. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - Governor Patrick and his traveling assistant Haven Nichols ride the Green Line from Newton to Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes/Governor's Office)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Secretary of Energy and Environment, Rick Sullivan make an announcement in front of the Executive chambers relative to the proposed merger of NSTAR and Northeast Utilities. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with John Bercow, Speaker of the United Kingdom House of Commons in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, February 17, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Murray meet with Prime Minster of Ireland Enda Kenny. The meeting builds on the Patrick-Murray Administration’s commitment to strengthening foreign partnerships, economic ties and job growth opportunities with countries across the world. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses the Massachusetts innovation economy with entrepreneurs at “Ruby Riot”, a networking event for start-up companies at the Estate night club in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick signs S. 2067, “An Act Relative to a Uniform Anatomical Gift Act,” legislation that will promote organ donation by updating Massachusetts’ Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The legislation aligns state statute with requirements currently in effect in neighboring New England states and is an important step to increase organ donation. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius joins Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino at the Oliver Wendell Holmes School in Dorchester to highlight "Step It Up," an innovative pilot program that encourages students to be active and healthy in order to prevent childhood obesity. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, March 1, 2012 - The skylight in Memorial Hall is stained glass, showing the seals of the original thirteen states with the State Seal of Massachusetts in the middle. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, March 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick shares a laugh with the Chairman of Cosco, Captain Wei Jiafu during a meeting with him and the Ambassador of China to the U.S., Zhang Yesui. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, March 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick tours Communispace with Chairman of Communispace, Diane Hessan. Communispace, located in the Boston waterfront, is a company that creates online communities to help marketers generate consumer insights. The governor was at Communispace to announce the initial results of a systematic review of state regulations and new steps to streamline regulations for small businesses. After reviewing 200 regulations that were each more than 12 years old, Governor Patrick has approved changes to nearly 150 regulations. In addition, the Governor launched a new effort to make sure that no new regulation is issued without serious consideration of its impact on small businesses. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, March 8, 2012 - Governor Patrick Meets with Ambassador of France to the US François Delattre. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, March 9, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and Colonel Marian McGovern of the State Police survey the 80th Recruit Training Troop as they are welcomed to the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police. The 208 trainees were appointed to the rank of trooper at their State Police Academy Graduation Ceremony at the DCU Center in Worcester. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, March 9, 2012 - Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray addresses the 80th Recruit Training Troop as they are welcomed to the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police. The 208 trainees were appointed to the rank of trooper at their State Police Academy Graduation Ceremony at the DCU Center in Worcester. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, March 19, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins fellow inductees at the Timilty School Hall of Fame in Roxbury for an induction ceremony, recognizing outstanding commitments to service and community at the James P. Timilty Middle School in Boston. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin joins Governor Patrick at Northeastern University to celebrate the successes of the Affordable Care Act, two years after President Obama signed it into a law. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins legislators and family members to sign H. 3740, "An Act Designating a Certain Bridge in the City of Attleboro as the Lynn Goodchild and Shawn Nassaney September 11th Memorial Bridge." (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses the Massachusetts and Israel innovation economy with members of the Israeli Knesset. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses the Massachusetts and Israel innovation economy with members of the Israeli Knesset. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, February 29, Governor Patrick speaks at a reception at the African American Meeting House in Beacon Hill, closing out back history month with members of the faith community and civic leaders. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, April 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with members of his scheduling team and staff in his office to discuss is schedule for the next week. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, January 27, 2012 - Governor Patrick answers questions at his desk in a live online chat on Boston.com. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with executives from Philips Lightolier in Fall River as they walk through their warehouse before cutting for there new wind turbine. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Secretary of Education Paul Reville talks with the media after meeting with the leadership of Mt. Wachusett Community College in Gardner to discuss the Governor's call for reform in the Massachusetts community college system. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick reads a story to Laura Degelmann's kindergarten class at the Linden School in Malden before announcing a $10,000 grant to the Linden School to help convert the school to an innovation model. The Linden was one school across 29 districts that received more than $280,000 to fund the applications for the innovation status. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, February 17, 2012 - Lt. Governor Tim Murray speaks at the State House’ annual Iwo Jima Anniversary event in Memorial Hall at the Massachusetts State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, February 27, 2012 - Lt. Governor Tim Murray signs an executive order establishing the Commonwealth's Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force. The Task Force, to be chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, will engage state agencies to work directly with stakeholders to develop and implement actions that will support military bases across the Commonwealth. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino joins Governor Deval Patrick and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the Oliver Wendell Holmes School in Dorchester to highlight "Step It Up," an innovative pilot program that encourages students to be active and healthy in order to prevent childhood obesity. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick speaks to a crowded auditorium at the Collins Middle School in Salem at “No Name Calling Day,” an event organized by the Governor’s Youth Council. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Brazilian Ambassador Mauro Vieira in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick and his senior staff meet with Transportation Secretary Richard Davey in the Governor's Office to talk about the MBTA. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, March 29, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joined Bluefin CEO David Kelly and employees at the company’s Quincy facility, The visit highlighted the Patrick-Murray Administration’s support of the Commonwealth’s thriving innovation economy. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Governor Patrick holds a meeting in his office with Chief of Staff Mo Cowan, Secretaries Bialecki, Davey and Sullivan to talk with representatives of Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary about Infrastructure. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with Framingham Public Access host Dave Hutchinson for an interview for his show 'Political Discussion.' (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - Governor Patrick celebrates the sixth anniversary of Massachusetts' landmark 2006 health care law with an event at Faneuil Hall where former Gov. Mitt Romney signed the original healthcare reform bill. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Governor Patrick attends the Massachusetts Health Connector Board meeting in the McCormack Building on Beacon Hill in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick and members of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment meet with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren and Consul General Shai Bazak in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, April 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick and members of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment and Massport meet with Officials from Japan Airlines, including the Charman Masaru Onishi, in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Governor Patrick tours Island Creek Oysters with owner and founder Skip Bennett. Island Creek Oysters is a growing small business in Duxbury. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Governor Patrick tours Island Creek Oysters and helps out in harvesting with long time employee Andy Puopolo. Island Creek Oysters is a growing small business in Duxbury. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with Ken Brown, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and investment as he exist the Brandeis Global Trade Summit, after discussing the Commonwealth’s initiatives to strengthen global economic relationships at Brandeis University in Waltham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Comprehensive Power President Frank Jones gives Governor Patrick a tour of his manufacturing facility in Marlborough. Governor Patrick was visiting Comprehensive Power to discuss his Administration’s efforts to support small businesses. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - Governor Patrick says hello to a young child as he serves as guest ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus and hosts children and families from across the state who receive services through the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, April 9, 2012 - Governor Patrick test a robot while he attends "Growing Companies To Scale" Working Group Breakfast Hosted by iRobot in Bedford. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick welcomes President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick welcomes President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff waves to the gathered crowd outside the State House from the balcony during her visit to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick welcomes President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick welcomes President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick participates in the annual trout stocking at Jamaica Pond by putting a trout into the pond along with local residents, among them a man dressed as the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed the environs around Jamaica Pond as part of Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” of parks that surround the Muddy River. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Dr. Michael Oren, Ambassador of Israel to the United States in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks to Secretary of Energy and Environment Rick Sullivan after a ceremony in which the Governor received the Solar Champion Award by the Solar Energy Industries Association for his commitment to clean energy in the Commonwealth at Westford Solar. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, April 25, 2012 - Massachusetts State Rep. Byron Rushing talks with Governor Patrick during a meeting with members of Mass Black and Latino Legislative Caucus in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, April 27, 2012 - Governor Patrick shakes hands with Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins students to kick off the “Plant Something” initiative by re-planting flowers and plants at Mather Elementary School’s open classroom in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick attends a reception at Royale Boston Nightclub for Bostonians for Youth, a collaborative movement to end youth violence in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, May 4, 2012 - Governor Patrick and his Chief of Staff, Mo Cowan, talk during a cabinet meeting at Franklin County Technical School in Turners Falls. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses Massachusetts leading the nation in energy efficiency at the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Program Administrator Summit at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Governor Patrick addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce at the Seaport Hotel in the South Boston Waterfront. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012- Lt. Governor Tim Murray talks with Iwona Londono the mother of Army Sgt. Daniel Londono, Who was killed in Iraq in 2004, as they look at his name on a gold star on the side of a new memorial coach honoring fallen heroes. The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company unveiled the new memorial coach Wednesday at South Station to honor Massachusetts men and women who have lost their lives while serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, May 25, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick observes the damage at the Center City Apartments from the June 1, 2011 tornadoes. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, June 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick receives a one-year update on tornado re-building from Monson town officials and tours downtown Monson with was devastated by tornado. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, June 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick embraces Juan Guerraro who's wife, Angelica Guerraro, died shielding her 15-year-old daughter from the tornado that swept West Springfield one year ago. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, June 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Tawakkol Karman co-founder of the "Women Journalists Without Chains” in the Governor’s Office. In 2011 She became a leader of the Yemeni uprising, part of the Arab Spring uprisings. She has been called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution” in her country. She was 2011 co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, to win a Nobel Prize. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, June 8, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with the Milton Academy senior class in Strauss Hall on the Milton Academy campus. Governor Patrick, who himself is a graduate of Milton Academy had originally been scheduled to give the graduation speech later that day but had to cancel so that he could attend the funeral for failed Springfield police officer Kevin Ambrose who was gunned down in the line of duty. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick with 6 month old Archer Stuart Marsh of Scituate while in Dennis to announce $26.8 million in federal Community Development Block Grants. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, June 21, 2012 - Governor Patrick greets students and offers remarks to the participants of Boys and Girls State at Stonehill College. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, June 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with US Rep. Stephen Lynch at the send-off ceremony of the Massachusetts Army National Guard 972nd Military Police Company at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, June 25, 2012 -Governor Patrick speaks at the send-off ceremony of the Massachusetts Army National Guard 972nd Military Police Company in South Boston at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, July 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick shakes hands with a crew member of the USS Constitution. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, July 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick shakes hands with a crew member of the USS Constitution. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick met with Sir Peter Westmacott, the UK Ambassador from to the US at a lunch hosted by Consul General of the UK in Boston, Phil Budden. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joins local elected officials and community members at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick to announce more than $5 million in grants to support building projects for nonprofit arts, history and science organizations across the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Audubon Society was awarded $185,000 for renovations to the Sanctuary’s Saltonstall Nature Center to improve accessibility, upgrade the facility's "green" elements and renovate program space to meet growing demand. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - Governor Patrick speaks at the fourth annual Emerging Markets Symposium hosted by Northeastern University’s Center for Emerging Markets at the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, July 19, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with youth in foster care from across the Commonwealth at the Department of Children and Families’ annual Youth Summit in Westborough. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, July 19, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses his Safe and Successful Youth Initiative with Fall River youth and community members and Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan at the Community Development Recreation Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, July 19, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses his Safe and Successful Youth Initiative with Fall River youth and community members at the Community Development Recreation Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins the Frechette Family, advocates and legislators to sign S. 2075, “An Act Relative to Water Safety for Children" in the Governor’s Office. The Bill is also know as Christinan's Law in honor of the Frechette's son Christian. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, July 26, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick celebrated the re-opening of the Department of Conservation & Recreation’s (DCR) Lewis Benedict Connors Memorial Swimming Pool, in Waltham, marking the completion of a long-awaited $5.3 million rehabilitation project. The new pool is a state-of-the-art energy efficient facility providing the latest in modern aquatic design, universal access and public safety standards. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, July 30, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today joined legislators and members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to sign H.4261 “Resolve Relating To The Tribal-State Compact Between The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe And The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts.” Signing the Resolve is the final step in the process before the Compact can be submitted to the United States Department of the Interior for final approval. The Department of Interior will have 45 days to review and act on the Compact upon its joint submission. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, August 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick pets a kitten while signing into law S. 2192 “An Act Further Regulating Animal Control" in Ashland. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, August 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick pets a kitten before signing into law S. 2192 “An Act Further Regulating Animal Control" in Ashland. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, August 2, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Public Safety Secretary Mary Elizabeth Heffernan attend a briefing at the MEMA Bunker in Framingham about an industrial fire in New York State and it's impact on the Berkshires. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

August 3, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joins legislators and advocates to sign S. 2395, “An Act Relative to Competitively Priced Electricity in the Commonwealth.” The law aims to protect Massachusetts ratepayers while providing greater reliability and energy independence for all residents of the Commonwealth. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, August 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins legislators, advocates and stakeholders in Nurses Hall at the State House to sign S. 2400, launching the next phase of health care reform that builds on the Commonwealth's nation-leading access to care through landmark measures that will lower costs and make quality, affordable care a reality for all Massachusetts residents. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, August 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick swears-in Glenn Cunha as Inspector General in the Governor's Council Chambers in the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, August 6, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick signed H. 4304, “An Act Establishing a Temporary Workers Right to Know.” The legislation strengthens the Commonwealth’s ability to regulate staffing and temporary agencies to protect vulnerable workers and level the playing field for businesses. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, August 16, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray officially opened the Department of Mental Health (DMH) Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH) today, joining hundreds of stakeholders in the mental health community to celebrate a milestone in public psychiatric care and treatment in the Commonwealth. The $302 million, 428,000 square-foot WRCH is built on the grounds of the former Worcester State Hospital and is comprised of 320 residential beds. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, August 16, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joins Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and law enforcement officials for a ceremonial swearing-in of Lieutenant Colonel Timothy P. Alben as Superintendent and Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police (MSP). A 30-year law enforcement veteran, Alben previously commanded and managed the Division of Field Services, the largest organizational entity in the MSP with 1,550 sworn members. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, September 10, 2012 - Chief of Staff William "Mo" Cowan meets with Dr. Neil Parsan Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the US and Mexico in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - The Boston Ballet rehearses their new version of the nutcracker durring a visit from Governor Patrick. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - Governor Patrick tours the Boston Ballet. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Governor Patrick helps assemble care packages for Massachusetts men and women serving overseas at the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund volunteer event. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, September 17, 2012 - Governor Patrick makes a quick phone call on the Mattapan High Speed trolley line while participating in "Car Free Week" by walking and taking the T to the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joins state education, legislative and advocacy organization leaders at the Robin Hood Elementary School in Stoneham to sign H. 4243, “An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency,” which will help strengthen and streamline literacy initiatives in the Commonwealth. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

October 3, 2012 - Gov. Patrick Tours MassBay Community College in Framingham. Where he announced $22 million in capital funds for MassBay Community College, furthering the Patrick-Murray Administration’s commitment to building an affordable, world-class system of public higher education in Massachusetts. The college will use the funds to construct a new Allied Health academic building and to explore opportunities for a permanent Framingham campus. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - Governor Patrick hosts an innovation economy briefing with the Consular Corps in the Press Briefing Room at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick joins state education, legislative, business and campus leaders to celebrate the opening of the new Math and Science Center at Bridgewater State University (BSU). This project, funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s capital plan, provides new laboratories, classrooms and support space for BSU’s biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, geography, math and computer science departments, and delivers on the Governor’s commitment to building an affordable world-class system of public higher education in Massachusetts. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, October 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins MEMA officials to announce Ping4Alerts!, a new emergency notification mobile app, and unveil the renovated State Emergency Operations Center at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Framingham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, October 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick hosts a cabinet meeting at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Framingham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday October 9, 2012 - Governor Patrick speaks to former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's Class class at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins the Chilean Ambassador to the United States, Felipe Bulnes, to host a business roundtable in the Press Briefing Room at the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick breaks ground on Phase 1 of the Muddy River Restoration Project in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with the Chilean Ambassador to the United States, Felipe Bulnes, in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, October 15, 2012 - Governor Patrick delivers remarks to the The American Israel Public Affairs Committee National Summit at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick addresses the CEOs for Cities 2012 Fall National Meeting in South Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick launches the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange, a secure electronic health information system to enable better coordinated care and reduced health care costs at Massachusetts General Hospital in the historic Ether Dome. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick visits Ashland Middle School. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Mexican Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan in the Governor's Office. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick addresses the state of health care in Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Medical Society Annual Forum in Waltham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - Speaker of the Massachusetts House Robert DeLeo speaks to Governor Deval Patrick, state environmental officials and local legislators to celebrate the launch of the DCR's Winthrop Beach Rehabilitation Project. The $17 million, four-phase project is designed to better fortify Winthrop Beach against the full force of northeast storms and natural beach erosion. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - Governor Patrick offers welcoming remarks at the second annual MassChallenge awards ceremony at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray honor 28 law enforcement officers and a tactical entry team at the annual awards ceremony named after Massachusetts State Trooper George L. Hanna at UMass Boston. (Photos: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins Britain's Consul General to New England Susie Kitchens and Britain's Ambassador to the United States, Sir Peter Westmacott, for luch at the British Residence in Beacon Hill. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, October 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick visits the top of the State House's gold dome. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, October 26, 2012 - Governor Patrick takes a tour of the Freedom Trail led by the the Freedom Trail Foundation. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, October 29, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Lt. Governor Murray get an update from Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Rick Sullivan, after providing an update on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Framingham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard get a briefing from Kurt Schwartz, the Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, before Governor Patrick and his team provide a morning update on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on Massachusetts and the status of electrical utilities at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Framingham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, October 29, 2012 - Governor Patrick and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Rick Sullivan, get an update from various Massachusetts utilities about there performance before Governor Patrick and his team provide a morning update on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Framingham. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins Lieutenant Governor Murray and Speaker DeLeo to thank DCR workers who are cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy on Revere Beach. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins Lieutenant Governor Murray and Speaker DeLeo to thank DCR workers who are cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy on Revere Beach. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - Governor Patrick greets Halloween Trick-or-Treaters at his Milton home. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Monday, November 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick rallies the volunteers and workers at the Manchester New Hampshire Teamsters Union Town Hall for their get out the vote efforts for President Obama and New Hampshire Democrats. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Monday, November 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick rallies the volunteers and workers at the Nashua New Hampshire Democratic Field and phone banking office at their canvasing kick off to get out the vote for President Obama and New Hampshire Democrats. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Monday, November 5, 2012 - Governor Patrick rallies the volunteers and worker at the Salem New Hampshire Democratic Field office at their canvasing kick off to get out the vote for President Obama and New Hampshire Democrats. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick rallies canvasers at Prince Hall in the Grove Hall section of Boston who making a last press to get out voters in the 2012 election. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick waits in line with is wife and daughter Kathrine to vote in the 2012 election at his local polling place in Milton. The election will decide the next United States President and the next Senator from Massachusetts. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with John Walsh the Executive Director of his Together PAC at the Whitman Field office while checking in on the GOTV efforts of Democratic canvases. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - Governor Patrick discusses a tweet with his long-time advisor Alex Goldstein at the Whitman Field office while checking in on the GOTV efforts of Democratic canvases. (Photo: Eric Haynes)

Tuesday November 6, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the victory party for Senator-Elect Elizabeth Warren at the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston after Senator Elect Warren beat Scott Brown to become the next Junior senator from Massachusetts.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - Governor Patrick and his Chief of Staff Mo Cowen talk with Governor’s Office Staff about the results of the previous day’s election that saw President Obama re-elected and Elizabeth Warren Elected to the United States Senate. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday November 7, 2012 - Governor Patrick and his Daughter Katherine sit in a suite in the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston to watch President Obama deliver his acceptance speech in McCormick Place in Chicago after his victory to win re-election in the 2012 presidential race. Governor Patrick had campaigned hard to see President Obama win election in both of the President's campaigns. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, November 8, 2012 - Governor Patrick greats new Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren in the Governor’s Office the two days after her election victory. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Thursday, November 8, 2012 - Governor Patrick holds a press availability in the Governor's Council Chambers to discuss his meeting with Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, November 9, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Congressman-elect Joe Kennedy in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, November 9, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick talks with members of the media after breaking ground on the start of construction to replace the Fore River Bridge, which connects Weymouth and Quincy. The $244 million replacement project is one of five “megaprojects” that is being funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. Since the program’s start in 2008, the number of structurally deficient bridges has declined approximately 20 percent. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. JudyAnn Bigby and Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) Secretary Coleman Nee gather at the State House to honor past and present service members in Massachusetts. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - Governor Patrick attends the UMass Minutemen’s 2012 basketball season opener against Harvard at the Mullins Center with UMass President Robert Caret at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - Governor Patrick attends a Diwali Celebration event hosted by the South Asian Arts Council in front of the Grand Staircase in the State House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 – Governor Patrick meets with Colombian Ambassador Carlos Urrutia in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray meet with Lieutenant General C.D. Moore of the United States Air Force in the Governor's Office to discuss the importance of Hanscom Air Force Base. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, November 16, 2012 - Governor Patrick joins Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray to celebrate the completion of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Sunday, November 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick participates in Boston Rescue Mission’s annual Day of Thanks. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Antonio Anastasia, Governor of Minas Gerais, Brazil in the Governor’s Office.(Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - Governor Patrick visits 106 year old voter Elizabeth Hinton to present her with a framed print of the Boston Globe story about her recent trip to the polls. The article was autographed President Obama and Govnernor Patrick during Gov. Patrick's recent trip to the White House. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - As part of the State House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Governor Patrick hosts area-children for a reading of “The Night Before Christmas.” (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, December 7, 2012 - Governor Deval Patrick swears-in Major General L. Scott Rice, in the Governor's Office, as Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard. Major General Rice has served as Acting Adjutant General since April. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with the Hungarian Ambassador to the US György Szapáry in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - Governor Patrick shakes hans with with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan after meeting with him in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - Governor Patrick is introduced as Guest Speaker by former Governor Michael Duckakis at Governor Dukakis’ and Barry Bluestone's Open Classroom at Northeastern University. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with former Governor Michael Dukakis and former Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Dukakis after he spoke to Governor Dukakis and Barry Bluestone's Open Classroom at Northeastern University. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - Governor Patrick narrates “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” at the annual “A Company Christmas at the Pops” at Boston Symphony Hall. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, December 14, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with President of Azores, Vasco Cordeiro in the Governor's Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Friday, December 14, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks with Ed Freni, Director of Aviation for Massport, before he hosts a cabinet meeting at Logan Airport’s Central Control Lobby in East Boston. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - Governor Patrick honors firefighters from 15 communities at the annual Firefighter of the Year Awards in Mechanics Hall in Worcester. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - Governor Patrick listens outside the kindergarden class as the children try to guess his identity as the featured “secret reader” for a Kindergarten class at Pope John Paul II Academy Dorchester. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with New Japanese Consul General Takeshi Hikihara in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - Governor Patrick introduces and congratulates the Honorable Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, on his receipt of the Energy & Environment Security Award, and to discuss the energy and environmental policy advances taking place in Massachusetts at the ceremony at the UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, May 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick talks to a young boy about his missing baby teeth while visiting Morris Elementary in Lenox. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor’s Office)

Friday, May 25, 2012 - Governor Patrick meets with Paulo Portas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal in the Governor’s Office. (Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office)