Andrea Campbell's personal history is a tale of perseverance
Andrea Campbell, a Democrat running for Mass. Attorney General, poses at the park where she announced her candidacy earlier in the year, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Campbell faces Republican James McMahon in the November election. BOSTON — — Well before she launched her campaign for the top law enforcement post in Massachusetts,carried with her the weight of a life haunted by the specter of crime and the criminal justice system.
Despite the trauma and dislocation, the Democratic candidate for attorney general — who grew up in the Roxbury and South End neighborhoods of Boston, the city's traditional center of Black life — was able to find a very different path, fueled by success at school, the help of family members and teachers, and her skill at jumping rope.
Campbell, 40, attended the city's prestigious public exam school, Boston Latin School, which led her to Princeton University, UCLA Law School and a post in the administration of former Gov. Deval Patrick. She became the first Black woman president of the Boston City Council and launched a failed bid for mayor last year.
“And then immediately like I’ve done throughout my life, I had to say, ‘OK, now what are you going to do with this?’" she added. “Yes I have to deal with my own trauma and pain, which I encourage everyone to do, but it’s an opportunity to go deeper ... to make sure we are breaking cycles of violence, of criminalization and so much more."“I view my older brother’s charges and what is happening there as just another brother lost, which is sad and tragic for me," she said.
Campbell, who said her faith is another source of strength, also has pledged to use the office to tackle issues that may have been overlooked by other AGs. Those include prison reform, juvenile justice, health disparities and economics in the state's rural communities.
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