James McMahon defeated Dan Shores in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Massachusetts on September 4, 2018. There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
There are currently no Republicans running for attorney general, and Democrats have controlled the office since 1969 when Elliot Richardson left to join the Nixon administration.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has officially announced her candidacy to succeed Gov. Charlie Baker. Liss-Riordan, 52, is a partner at Lichten & Liss-Riordan in Boston, and has built a reputation filing lawsuits against major corporations on behalf of workers, including Starbucks, FedEx, American Airlines, GubHub, Doordash and others.
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Maura Healey (Democratic Party)Massachusetts / Attorney generalMaura Tracy Healey is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Massachusetts Attorney General. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Wikipedia
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Healey grew up the oldest of five brothers and sisters in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Her mother worked as a school nurse, her father was a captain in the military and a civil engineer, and her stepfather taught history and coached high school sports.
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Merrick GarlandUnited States / Attorney generalMerrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the 86th United States attorney general since March 2021. He served as a circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. Wikipedia
Personal life. Coakley resides in Medford, Massachusetts.
Charlie Baker (Republican Party)Massachusetts / GovernorCharles Duane Baker Jr. is an American politician and businessman serving as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts since January 8, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was a cabinet official under two governors of Massachusetts and served ten years as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Wikipedia
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The Attorney General is the representative of the public in all legal proceedings for the enforcement of law and the assertion or protection of public rights. The Attorney General defends the constitutionality of Bills referred to the Supreme Court under Article 26 of the Constitution.
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93 United States AttorneysA U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE: BASIC FACTS There are currently 93 United States Attorneys: one for each of the 94 federal judicial districts, except for Guam and the Northern Marianas, where a single U.S. Attorney serves both districts.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office, facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey, ...
Shortly after 9 p.m. location time, Gonzalez conceded the election. Baker was reelected with the highest vote total in the history of Massachusetts gubernatorial elections and by the widest margin since Bill Weld was reelected governor in 1994.
Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4, 2018. Shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. local time, the Associated Press declared the race in favor of incumbents Baker and Polito. Shortly after 9 p.m. location time, Gonzalez conceded the election.
Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and former president of Students for a Democratic Society. Gabe Itoka, entrepreneur. Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist, and Co-founder of 350.org. Juliet Schor, professor of sociology at Boston College.
In November 2014, after interviewing over a dozen Democratic operatives, strategists, and activists, Joshua Miller of The Boston Globe wrote that the party would be looking for a young, fresh candidate who can appeal to the party's progressive base. He identified Attorney General Maura Healey as being "the first name on many Democratic lists". Samantha Lachman of The Huffington Post also identified Healey as a potential candidate for governor in 2018 or in a future United States Senate race.
At the Massachusetts Democratic Convention in June, party delegates endorsed Gonzalez and Palfrey, but Bob Massie and Jimmy Tingle also surpassed the 15% threshold for ballot access by comfortable margins.
In 2016 however, the UIP lost its official party status after it failed to register 1% of Massachusetts voters as members. Evan Falchuk later left the UIP and registered as a Democrat in early 2017.
Andrea Campbell, former Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate, is launching a campaign for Massachusetts Attorney General Wednesday.
A Roxbury native, Campbell and her two brothers bounced between family and foster care until she was eight years old. That’s when she met her father for the first time when he was just out of prison. Campbell credits relatives and teachers for getting her through.
Governor's Council (8 seats) Massachusetts is holding an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. There are no official candidates yet for this election. Contents.
James McMahon defeated Dan Shores in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Massachusetts on September 4, 2018.
There are no official candidates yet for this election. The general election will occur on November 8, 2022.
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A former assistant attorney general in Massachusetts is now running for the top job in the prosecutor’s office.
Paul Tuthill is WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief. He’s been covering news, everything from politics and government corruption to natural disasters and the arts, in western Massachusetts since 2007. Before joining WAMC, Paul was a reporter and anchor at WRKO in Boston. He was news director for more than a decade at WTAG in Worcester.
In November 2014, after interviewing over a dozen Democratic operatives, strategists, and activists, Joshua Miller of The Boston Globe wrote that the party would be looking for a young, fresh candidate who can appeal to the party's progressive base. He identified Attorney General Maura Healey as being "the first name on many Democratic lists". Samantha Lachman of The Huffington Post also identified Healey as a potential candidate for governor in 2018 or in a future United …
Charlie Baker was elected in 2014 by a slim margin over then-Attorney General Martha Coakley; however, he has consistently rated as one of the most popular governors in the country. Some Democrats, including Congressman Mike Capuano and Speaker of the House Bob DeLeo publicly speculated they may vote for Baker over the eventual Democratic nominee. Speculated candidates such as Attorney General Maura Healey, Congressman Joe Kennedy, former State Senator Dan Wolf, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh all declined to be candidates, leaving no prominen…