Andrea Campbell

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On September 24, 2020, Campbell announced her candidacy in the 2021 Boston mayoral election from her childhood home in Roxbury. [49] [50] In an announcement video that was released, she declared, "I'm running for mayor, because every neighborhood deserves real change and a real chance." [50] Campbell's mayoral campaign launch followed the launch of her council colleague Michelle Wu's own campaign for mayor earlier that month. [51]

During her campaign, Campbell was critical of Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who was also a candidate in the election. [52] [53] Campbell worked to illustrate a strong contrast between herself and Janey. [14] Campbell held press conferences criticizing Janey on various topics, including urging her to release legal documents related to a police scandal and to make greater cuts to the city's police department budget. [53] In early August, Campbell called for Janey to put in place rules which would require that many businesses require patrons provide proof of vaccination. [54] Campbell also criticized Janey for having, per her criticism, waited too long to put in place a vaccine mandate for city employees. [52]

Campbell received the endorsement of The Boston Globe's editorial board. [55]

Campbell's campaign platform included a proposal to reallocate ten percent of the Boston Police Department's budget ($50 million) to other programs matters related to public health, economic justice, and youth issues. She also proposed removing the Boston Public Schools' 125 school resource officers and reutilizing those funds to pay for more mental health specialists. [43]

Ahead of the primary election, a super PAC associated with UNITE HERE Local 26, supporting Kim Janey's candidacy, ran a negative radio advertisement against Campbell which attacked her past support for charter school expansion, and which alleged that Campbell was "supported by special interests that want to take money from our schools, and give it to other schools that discriminate against kids with special needs". [56] The latter accusation was seen as alluding to the fact that a super PAC supporting Campbell's candidacy received funding from wealthy charter school proponents, such as Reed Hastings. [56] [57] Campbell publicly took issue with the characterization of her in this ad, and urged Janey to disavow it, which Janey did not. Janey's campaign manager accused Campbell of being a hypocrite, characterizing Campbell's campaign as being entirely, "based on negative political attacks on Mayor Janey". [56]

Campbell delivered a concession speech on the night of the nonpartisan mayoral primary, despite extremely little of the vote having yet been officially reported. [58] Once the votes were fully reported, Campbell had finished third in the primary, meaning that she did not advance to the general election. [59]

Following her loss, Campbell stated that she would have a publicly transparent process in contemplating which general election candidate (Annissa Essaibi George or Michelle Wu) to endorse, if any. She stated that she would seek firm commitments to the Black community to be made by any candidate she might endorsed. [60] She ultimately gave no endorsement to either remaining candidate. [61]

Attorney general of Massachusetts

2022 election

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Logo for Campbell's 2022 attorney general campaign

On February 2, 2022, Campbell announced her candidacy for Massachusetts Attorney General in the 2022 election. [62] [63] Campbell's announcement came after incumbent attorney general Maura Healey announced that she would not seek reelection and run for governor of Massachusetts instead.

Campbell's inclusion on the ballot for the election's Democratic primary made her the first black woman in the history of Massachusetts to qualify for inclusion on the ballot for election to statewide office. [64] Healey endorsed Campbell in August, prior to the primary election. [65] Campbell won the Democratic nomination and, in the general election, was elected to serve as attorney general. [66] She is the first black woman to hold the office, and the second black person to hold the office, after only Edward Brooke. [67] Other focuses of her platform included addressing public safety as well as housing-related matters. [68]

As a candidate, Campbell pledged to approach the position through what she dubbed an "equity lens". She pledged that she would use the office to address matters such as disparities of health and economics negatively impacting the rural parts of the state prison reform, and juvenile justice. She promised that she would seek to ensure that nobody would be treated as "above the law". [6] She also promised to revive public faith in the criminal justice system. [69] Campbell made criminal justice reform a focus of her candidacy. [47] Campbell also made addressing police misconduct one of the focuses of her campaign. [47] Among the positions she staked out was a promise to end the practice of qualified immunity. [69] Campbell's Republican opponent, Jay McMahon, attempted to paint her as being "soft" on crime. [6] After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the United States Supreme Court overturned the federal protections of abortion rights that had been previously protected by the Roe v. Wade decision, Campbell pledged that as attorney general she would establish a reproductive justice unit under the Office of the Attorney General. [70]

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Campbell (far right) taking her oath of office as attorney general

Campbell won the November general election 62.6% to 37.4%. [71] In early December, Campbell announced that she had established a committee to facilitate her end of the Attorney General's Office's transition of leadership. [72] Campbell took office on January 18, 2023. Her swearing-in ceremony took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. [73] Campbell has said that she views primary role for the office of attorney general as being to serve as the "people's lawyer". [74] Campbell's husband, Matthew Scheier, held the Bible upon which she took her oath. [7] Her aunt, Lois Savage (who Campbell regards as a mother figure), administered the oath. [75] [76]

Establishment of new units within office

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Campbell at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in 2023

On April 4, 2023, Campbell spoke to the state legislature to request that the state's upcoming budget fund the creation of four new departments under the Office of the Attorney General: a Reproductive Justice Unit, an Elder Justice Unit, a Gun Violence Prevention Unit and a Police Accountability Unit. [74] The creation of a reproductive health unit had been a campaign promise of hers. [70] By the start of 2024, Campbell had established the first three units, [77] and was pledging to establish the latter. [78] In March 2024, Campbell further proposed creating a unit dedicated to housing affordability. [79]

Campbell (far right) in 2023 with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Governor-healey-lt-governor-driscoll-celebrate-unveiling-of-the-embrace-monument-in-memory-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr 52625806670 o (1).jpg
Campbell (far right) in 2023 with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey

MBTA Communities Zoning Law lawsuit against Milton

In March 2023, Campbell threatened legal action against Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority municipalities that were not adhering to the transit-oriented housing policy of the MBTA Communities Zoning Law. [80] The law, adopted in 2021, requires all municipalities within the service area of the MBTA transit agency to have at least one zoning district permitting multi-family housing by right. [81]

In February 2024, Campbell filed a lawsuit against the town of Milton seeking to compel the town into compliance with the law. Earlier that month, the town's voters had voted in a referendum against adopting new zoning that would allow multifamily housing in the manner that the law requires. [81] Proponents of the referendum contended that municipalities have the final authority on such zoning matters, not the state. Campbell's suit challenges this contention. The municipal government of Milton opposes Campbell's lawsuit. She has requested for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to hear the matter. [82]

Other matters

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Campbell at a 2023 event advocating against antisemitism

While Campbell stands by her personal opposition to qualified immunity, within months of taking office she had backed away from her promise of ending it, viewing such a pursuit as detrimental to the working relationship her office needs to maintain with law enforcement officials. [69]

In a June 2023 filing with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Campbell advised that it would be wiser to grant only a much smaller procurement of offshore wind power than Governor Healey had requested approval from the department to procure. Campbell argued that the a 20-year contract to procure energy should be for a smaller amount of power than Healey was proposing, arguing that it was unwise to make an agreement for larger purchase at a time when prices for offshore wind power had increased. [83]

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Campbell holding a press conference in 2023

In February 2024, Campbell announced that the state of Massachusetts would receive $8 million from a national $350 million multi-state national settlement with Publicis Health over that company's role in the opioid epidemic in the United States. [84]

In May 2023, Campbell announced that the Attorney General's Office was probing allegations of racial bias within the gang unit and gang database of the Boston Police Department. [85] [86]

In April 2024, Campbell had the state of Massachusetts join a multi-state lawsuit seeking to reinstate protections for transgender individuals and other vulnerable populations. A Trump administration-era rule change had eliminated these protections. [87] [88]

In 2023, Campbell proposed regulations that would seek to prohibit junk fees. [89]

In October 2023, months after the United States Supreme Court's Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard decision declared race-based college admissions affirmative action programs to be unconstitutional, Campbell and Governor Healey jointly released new statewide guidelines for colleges and university's to promote campus diversity. [90] The guidelines allow the institutions to consider life experiences have shaped the lives of applicants, which can include race-related life experiences. This is in keeping with new federal recommendations on the matter. [91]

In March 2024, Campbell launched The Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition in partnership with the NCAA. The private-public partnership aims to educate youth on the potential perils of participation in sports gambling. [92]

In November 2023, Campbell issued an opinion that State Auditor Diana DiZoglio lacked authority to audit the operations of the Massachusetts General Court (state legislature). DiZoglio had been attempting to undertake such an audit, but had faced strong opposition from state legislative leaders. [93]

In December 2023, Campbell launched civil rights litigation against the National Socialist Club 131, a regional neo-Nazi organization. This made her the second states attorney to sue the organization, as New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella had earlier that year filed a civil rights lawsuit against the group. [94] The suit Campbell filed alleges that the group has committed "violent" and "coercive" actions that amount to harassment and civil rights violations, including targeted disrupting of drag queen story hour events and intimidation actions towards hotels that are allowing their facilities to be used as shelters for migrants. [95] [96]

Political positions

Campbell is regarded to be a progressive member of the Democratic Party. [97]

Criminal justice

Campbell has expressed her belief that policing and the criminal justice system in Massachusetts are in need of reform. [98] [99] Campbell has supported progressive-leaning measures related to criminal justice reform. [100]

Campbell has highlighted combatting government corruption as an important priority for her as attorney general, remarking, "No one should be above the law...When something goes wrong that is not in compliance with our law, that is in violation of the spirit of our laws and stands in the way of justice, an AG has a responsibility to stand up." [98]

Abortion

Campbell supports access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion care. [101] [102] She has highlighted preserving abortion access as an important priority for her as attorney general. [75] Her 2022 campaign for attorney general received endorsements from the abortion rights advocacy groups Planned Parenthood, EMILY's List, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Reproductive Equity Now. [103] EMILY's List had previously endorsed her 2019 re-election as city councilor. [104]

Campbell has voiced her opposition to efforts to restrict access to the medical abortion medicine Mifepristone. [105]

LGBTQ maters

Campbell supports access to gender-affirming care. [101] She also supports the participation of transgender student athletes in sports on teams consistent with their preferred gender identity. [106]

Education

Campbell is a longtime support of charter schools. [107] In 2016, she endorsed a "yes" vote on the unsuccessful Massachusetts Charter School Expansion Initiative referendum. [16]

Drug policy

As a candidate for mayor, Campbell was supportive of safe consumption sites for illegal drugs as a tool for addressing drug addiction in the city and encouraging recovery. These would be similar to supervised injection sites. When she ran for attorney general the following year, she opposed safe consumption sites from the standpoint of state-level policy. [108]

Diversity and equity policies

Campbell criticizing the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

Campbell criticized the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which found race-based affirmative action in college admissions to be unconstitutional. Saying that the ruling, "undermine[s] and discount[s]" the history of the United States, Campbell remarked,

Race at the outset was used to marginalize and exclude Black residents, for example, from accessing all types of benefits, some of that perpetuated by the Supreme Court itself. This history, this context is critically important because it explains the racial disparities that exist in our health care system today, in our criminal legal system today, in our housing system and our economy and so much more. [109]

After the case, Campbell partnered with Governor Healey to create new state guidelines for colleges and university's promotion of diversity. [90]

Campbell is supportive of private companies having their own diversity efforts. [110]

Personal life

Campbell was born in Boston. Her mother and father died when she was very young; she refers to an aunt and uncle as her parents. [2] By the time Campbell was a high school student, both of Campbell's brothers had served prison sentences. [8] When she was 29, her twin brother, who suffered from scleroderma, died while in state custody awaiting trial. [2] Her other brother, Alvin, is an accused serial rapist currently awaiting trial on nine sexual assault charges. [111] Campbell, in 2022, stated that she had not visited her brother Alvin since he was arrested, remarking, "I view my older brother's charges and what is happening there as just another brother lost, which is sad and tragic for me. So now I have two brothers who are lost." [6]

Campbell has often discussed traumas such as the death of her mother, childhood absence of her father, and her experience in foster care, as well as her twin brother's life story. [112] Campbell once remarked to a reporter from The Associated Press ,

One thing I do frequently is share my story because I think there are so many who carry their story with a sense of shame and don’t want to talk about it, including the criminal aspects of my family. But there is no shame in one sharing their story. There is power in it. [112]

Campbell has credited family members, teachers, and employers with helping her to find a path to success. [112] Throughout her political career, she has cited her family's experience with inequity and the criminal justice system, particularly her twin brother's life experience, as impacting her views and priorities. [3]

Campbell is married to Matthew Scheier. She and her husband have two sons. [2] Campbell lives in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. [2] [13]

Electoral history

City council

Andrea Campbell
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Official portrait, 2023
45th Attorney General of Massachusetts
Assumed office
January 18, 2023
2015 Boston City Council 4th district election
CandidatePrimary election [113] General election [114]
Votes%Votes%
Andrea Campbell1,98257.924,31161.32
Charles Yancey (incumbent)1,15933.872,70138.42
Terrance J. Williams2176.34 
Jovan J. Lacet601.75 
all others4†0.1218†0.26
Total3,4221007,030100

† write-in votes

2017 Boston City Council 4th district election [115]
CandidateVotes %
Andrea Campbell (incumbent)8,02798.64
Write-ins 1111.36
Total votes8,138 100
2019 Boston City Council 4th district election [116]
CandidateVotes %
Andrea Campbell (incumbent)4,55887.15
Jeff Durham63712.18
Write-ins 350.67
Total votes5,230 100

Mayor

2021 Boston mayoral election
CandidatePrimary election [117] General election [118]
Votes%Votes%
Michelle Wu 36,06033.4091,79463.96
Annissa Essaibi George 24,26822.4851,12535.62
Andrea Campbell21,29919.73 
Kim Janey (acting incumbent)21,04719.49 
John Barros 3,4593.20 
Robert Cappucci1,1851.10 
Jon Santiago (withdrawn)3680.34 
Richard Spagnuolo2860.26 
Scattering 00.005950.41
Total107,972100144,380100

Attorney general

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General Democratic convention vote first round [119]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrea Campbell1,62239.2
Democratic Quentin Palfrey 1,60538.8
Democratic Shannon Liss-Riordan 90621.9
Total votes4,133 100.0%
2022 Massachusetts Attorney General Democratic convention vote second round [119]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Quentin Palfrey 1,920 54
Democratic Andrea Campbell1,63146
Total votes3,551 100%
2022 Massachusetts Attorney General Democratic primary results [120]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrea Campbell 365,362 50.10%
Democratic Shannon Liss-Riordan 248,64834.10%
Democratic Quentin Palfrey (withdrawn)115,20015.80%
Total votes729,210 100.0%
2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election [121]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrea Campbell 1,539,624 62.85% -7.06%
Republican James R. McMahon, III908,60837.09%+7.07%
Write-in 1,5500.06%-0.01%
Total votes2,449,782 100.0%
Democratic hold

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