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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| spouse = Matthew Scheier
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'''Andrea Joy Campbell''' is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the [[Attorney General of Massachusetts|attorney general]] of [[Massachusetts]]. Campbell is a former member of the [[Boston City Council]]. On the city council, she represented District 4, which includes parts of Boston's [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]], [[Mattapan]], [[Jamaica Plain]], and [[Roslindale]] neighborhoods. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston edges toward historic shift as mayoral field narrows |last=LeBlanc |first=Steve |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/boston-edges-historic-shift-mayoral-field-narrows-79496224 |website=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2021}}</ref> Campbell unsuccessfully ran for [[mayor of Boston]] in [[2021 Boston mayoral election|2021]], placing third in the nonpartisan [[primary election]] behind [[Annissa Essaibi George]] and [[Michelle Wu]], the latter of whom would go on to win the general election.
[[2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election|In 2022]], Campbell announced her candidacy in that
==Early life and education==
[[File:Andrea Campbell with aunt (mother) Lois Savage on day of Cambpbell's swearing-in as Massachusetts attorney general.jpg|thumb|Campbell poses with Lois Savage, her aunt and mother-figure, on the day of her [[oath of office|swearing-in]] as attorney general. With Campbell's birth mother deceased and her birth father imprisoned for much of her childhood, Savage and her husband played a major role in Campbell's upbringing.]]
Campbell and her twin brother, Andre, were born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="City Council"/><ref name="INC1">{{cite web |last1=Jonas |first1=Michael |title=The life (and death) stories that drive Andrea Campbell |url=https://massinc.org/2019/02/04/the-codcast-the-life-and-death-stories-that-drive-andrea-campbell/ |website=MassINC |access-date=9 April 2023 |date=4 February 2019}}</ref> She has an older brother named Alvin Jr.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Becker |first1=Deborah |title=Andrea Campbell sworn in as the state's attorney general |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/01/18/campbell-ag-healey-top-law-enforcer-ceremony |website=WBUIR |access-date=12 July 2023 |language=en |date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> Soon after she was born, her birth father, [[Alvin Campbell Sr.]], was sentenced to an eight
Campbell was raised in the [[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]] and [[South End, Boston|South End]] neighborhoods of Boston in an area that is a key [[Black people|black]] population and cultural center of the city.<ref name="Weathered"/> Over the course of her youth, Campbell attended five different schools within the [[Boston Public Schools]] system.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNerney |first1=Kathleen |last2=Brenner |first2=Sara-Rose |title=City Council President Releases Her Own Plan To Make Schools More Equitable |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/06/24/andrea-campbell-boston-schools-equity |website=WBUR |access-date=30 July 2023 |language=en |date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> Campbell graduated from [[Boston Latin School]].<ref name="New Look" /><ref name="Weathered" /> While Campbell performed well academically, by the time she was a high school student, both of her brothers had served prison sentences.<ref name="AnnouncesNBC1" />
Campbell attended [[Princeton University]] for college.<ref name="BU1" /><ref name="New Look" /> While she was attending Princeton, her birth father died, leaving her an [[orphan]].<ref name="AnnouncesNBC1" /> Campbell graduated from Princeton in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrea J. Campbell ’04 |url=https://thrive.princeton.edu/speaker/andrea-j-campbell-04/ |website=Thrive: Empowering & Celebrating Princeton's Black Alumni |access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref> When Campbell was 29, her twin brother, who suffered from [[scleroderma]], died while in state custody awaiting trial.<ref name="City Council" /> Campbell has said that the cause of her brother's death is not known to her.<ref name="AnnouncesNBC1" /> Following her graduation from Princeton, Campbell enrolled at the [[UCLA School of Law]] where she would earn her [[Juris Doctor|J.D]].<ref name="New Look" />
==Early career==
After graduating from UCLA School of Law, Campbell began her legal career by spending a year working as a staff attorney at EdLaw, a [[nonprofit]] in Roxbury that provided students and parents with free legal services pertaining to education rights and access to education.<ref name="BU1"/><ref name="WGBHprofile1"/><ref name="WGBHfivekey">{{cite web |last1=Wintersmith |first1=Saraya |title=Andrea Campbell: Five key things to know as she starts to campaign for Attorney General |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/02/02/andrea-campbell-five-key-things-to-know-as-she-starts-to-campaign-for-attorney-general |website=wgbh.org |publisher=WGBH |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=en |date=2 February 2022}}</ref> After this, Campbell
Campbell
==Boston City Council==
===First term (2016 and 2017)===
[[File:CampbellCodmanSquare.jpg|thumb|Campbell speaking in 2017]]
In the [[2015 Boston City Council election]], first-time candidate Campbell placed first in the 4th district's [[primary election|preliminary election]] and went on to defeat sixteen-term incumbent [[Charles Yancey]] in the [[general election]] with 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcomers oust experienced Boston city councilors|work=The Boston Globe|date=November 3, 2015|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/03/polls-close-boston-city-council-election/DbNEZiqcitdDany2QknbWO/story.html|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Campbell was the first woman to represent her council district.<ref name="AnnouncesNBC1">{{cite web |title=Andrea Campbell Announces Run for Mass. Attorney General |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/andrea-campbell-to-run-for-mass-attorney-general/2631995/?amp=1 |website=NBC Boston |access-date=8 April 2023 |date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
Campbell was a supporter of voting "yes" on the [[Massachusetts Charter School Expansion Initiative]] referendum in 2016,<ref name="attackadrevives">{{cite web |last1=Wintersmith |first1=Saraya |title=Attack Ad Revives Charter Schools As Political Issue In Boston's Mayoral Race |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2021/09/07/attack-ad-revives-charter-schools-as-political-issue-in-bostons-mayoral-race |website=www.wgbh.org |access-date=10 September 2021 |language=en |date=7 September 2021}}</ref> a [[ballot measure]] which would have authorized an expansion of the number of [[charter school]]s in the state.<ref name="McKeirnan"/> Campbell was one of only two city councilors to vote against a resolution to voice the City Council's opposition to the ballot measure. The resolution overwhelmingly passed the council 11–2.<ref name="McKeirnan">{{cite web |last1=McKeirnan |first1=Kathleen |title=Council votes against more charter schools |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/08/04/council-votes-against-more-charter-schools/ |website=Boston Herald |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=4 August 2016}}</ref> Campbell faced criticisms from teachers' unions and progressive activists for supporting [[charter school]]s.<ref name="WGBHfivekey"/> The referendum wound up being heavily defeated by voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Massachusetts Authorization of Additional Charter Schools and Charter School Expansion, Question 2 (2016) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Authorization_of_Additional_Charter_Schools_and_Charter_School_Expansion,_Question_2_(2016) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=10 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2016 Campbell and Councilor [[Ayanna Pressley]] introduced an ordinance that would have banned the use of [[credit score]]s by employers to negatively assess job applicants and existing hires.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pattison-Gordon |first1=Jule |title=Proposed ordinance combats widespread burden of credit check based discriminaton |url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2016/10/05/proposed-ordinance-combats-widespread-burden-of-credit-check-based-discriminaton/ |website=The Bay State Banner |access-date=18 April 2023 |date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
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Campbell supported the proposed federal Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015, which would have reauthorized the [[Second Chance Act (2007)|2007 Second Chance Act]]. She introduced an ordinance to the Boston City Council to express support for this.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Zoë |title=City Council Addresses Abortion Access and Goose Poop |url=https://bunewsservice.com/city-council-addresses-abortion-access-and-goose-poop/ |website=Boston University News Service |access-date=18 April 2023 |date=29 September 2016}}</ref>
===Second term and council presidency (2018 and 2019)===
Campbell was reelected in [[2017 Boston City Council election|November 2017]], having run unopposed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston City Council|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/elections/2017/boston/city-council|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Campbell was one of two members of the Boston City Council not to give an endorsement in the coinciding [[2017 Boston mayoral election]]. Besides Campbell, Ayanna Pressley remained neutral (citing her husband's employment by Mayor Walsh),[[Tito Jackson (politician)|Tito Jackson]] was running against Walsh, and the other ten city councilors endorsed Walsh's reelection campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last=Irons |first=Meghan E. |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/10/03/candidate-jackson-gets-cold-shoulder-from-boston-political-establishment/1b8Trm5R0F8GYAyvRdMOiL/story.html |title=Mayoral candidate Tito Jackson gets a cold shoulder from political establishment |work=The Boston Globe |date=October 4, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 }}</ref>
On December 9, 2017, Campbell announced that she had unanimous support of her colleagues to be the next president of the council.<ref name="Council Prez">{{cite news|title=Andrea Campbell to be the next City Council president|work=The Boston Globe|date=December 9, 2017|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/09/campbell-next-city-council-president/jSHCOgOaUxBU4MjXxHKPEL/story.html|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> She was elected council president on January 1, 2018.<ref name="City Council"/> Campbell was the first African-American woman to hold the position.<ref name="Council Prez"/>
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Campbell promoted the idea of extending City Council terms from two years to four years in duration. She argued that longer terms would strengthen the City Council's power in city government and make it a more effective body. Such a proposal would require a home-rule petition to garner state consent. In February 2019, during hearings on this, Campbell proposed making further changes to city election laws, including creating a prohibition from running for more than one municipal office at the same time and changing the law so that [[special elections]] would be held to fill vacant at-large seats rather than the seat being offered to the first runner-up of the previous at-large election. This latter proposal notably came at a moment when [[Althea Garrison]] had just joined the Boston City Council to fill the at-large seat left vacant by Ayanna Pressley (who had resigned to join the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]) because Garrison had been the first runner-up in the 2017 at-large Boston City Council election. Campbell denied that her proposal was in response to Garrison, instead claiming it came from a belief that giving a seat to someone who had not outright won election to it is undemocratic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valencia |first1=Milton J. |title=Boston city councilors look to extend term limits |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/11/boston-council-looks-extend-term-limits/udMUdL4S7Y5SRDjZMS28lM/story.html |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=30 July 2023 |date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> Campbell, ultimately, did not combine these ideas into a single petition. She separated them into two different petitions. One petition, which passed the City Council 11–2, requested that the state allow the city to extend Boston City Council term limits to four years. Campbell introduced a separate petition to hold special elections to fill vacant at-large seats.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Sara |title=Boston City Council Votes to Extend Term Limits to Four Years – NorthEndWaterfront.com |url=https://northendwaterfront.com/2019/02/boston-city-council-extends-term-limits-to-four-years/ |website=North End Waterfront |access-date=30 July 2023 |date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
After the chaotic right-wing "[[Straight Pride]] Parade" event held in Boston in 2019, Campbell called on the city to reassess its approval process for public event permits. Campbell was critical of the event and the public resources that went to providing [[crowd control]] and security around it, writing, "while I am a firm believer in [[free speech]], I’m not okay with wasting tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars for a group to come into Boston from out of state to create chaos and spread hate."<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeCosta-Klipa |first1=Nik |title=After 'Straight Pride Parade,' City Council president says Boston should review permitting process |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/09/03/boston-straight-pride-parade-andrea-campbel-marty-walsh |website=Boston.com |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
Campbell endorsed [[Kamala Harris]]'s [[Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|campaign]] in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thys|first=Fred|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/09/12/andrea-campbell-2020-presidential-election-endorsement|title=Boston City Council President Endorses Kamala Harris For White House|website=www.wbur.org|date=September 12, 2019 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
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In April 2018, during her City Council presidency, ''[[Boston (magazine)|Boston]]'' magazine ranked Campbell 51st on its list of the "100 Most Influential People in Boston". The magazine wrote that political insiders anticipated a continued political ascent for Campbell. She was one of only three city councilors included in these rankings, joined by Ayanna Pressley (ranked 20th after having won a [[Upset (competition)|upset]] primary election victory that made her poised to be elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]) and [[Michelle Wu]] (ranked 31st).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khvan |first1=Olga |title=The 100 Most Influential People in Boston |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/04/24/most-influential-people-boston/ |website=Boston Magazine |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=24 April 2018}}</ref> At the end of Campbell's council presidency, Milton J. Valencia of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' opined that during both Campbell's City Council presidency and the preceding tenure [[Michelle Wu]] as City Council president, the council had, "been, perhaps, the most aggressive in recent history in pushing reforms, often to the [[Left-wing politics|left]] of the mayor, on issues addressing [[climate change]] and economic and racial equity."<ref name="Valencia">{{cite web |last1=Valencia |first1=Milton J. |title=Kim Janey claims votes to be next Boston City Council president - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/12/10/kim-janey-claims-votes-next-boston-city-council-president/1dJ1PlOOCCtJiBYeup1g7N/story.html |website=Boston Globe |access-date=30 August 2021 |date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
===Third term (2020 and 2021)===
Campbell won reelection to the council in [[2019 Boston City Council election|November 2019]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boston.gov/departments/elections/unofficial-election-results |title=Boston Municipal Election November 2019 |website=boston.gov |date=3 October 2016 |access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref> She was succeeded as president by [[Kim Janey]] in January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/01/06/boston-city-council-new-members-mejia-bock-breadon-arroyo-janey |title=New City Council Members Sworn In, Marking Historic Diversity For Boston |website=[[WBUR-FM]] |date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref>
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Pressley voiced opposition to the police department's use of exams which she contended were "biased" in order to weigh promotions of officers. She criticized Acting Mayor Janey for her initial defense of such exams. After Janey changed her position, Campbell criticized her for being late to address the matter.<ref name="Feb18Globe">{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Ivy |last2=South |first2=Matt |title=One month into office, Andrea Campbell wants to tackle abortion, gun violence, and corruption as AG |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/18/metro/one-month-into-office-andrea-campbell-wants-tackle-abortion-gun-violence-corruption-ag/ |website=BostonGlobe.com |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=February 18, 2023}}</ref>
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Campbell did not run for reelection to the council [[2021 Boston City Council election|in 2021]], as she instead opted to run for mayor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniel |first1=Seth |title=Worrell, Carvalho push messages in District 4 council contest {{!}} Dorchester Reporter |url=https://www.dotnews.com/2021/worrell-carvalho-push-messages-d4 |website=www.dotnews.com |publisher=Dorcester Reporter |access-date=13 October 2021 |language=en |date=October 6, 2021}}</ref>
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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 officer]]s and reutilizing those funds to pay for more mental health specialists.<ref name="McDonald$50mil"/>
As a candidate for mayor, Campbell was also 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 site]]s. She would later recant her support for these when she ran for attorney general the following year.<ref name="Pile-On">{{cite web |last1=Kashinsky |first1=Lisa |title=It's an Andrea Campbell pile-on |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2022/05/12/its-an-andrea-campbell-pile-on-00032001 |website=Politico |access-date=9 November 2022 |language=en |date=May 12, 2022}}</ref>▼
Ahead of the primary election, a [[super PAC]] associated with [[UNITE HERE]] Local 26, supporting Kim Janey's candidacy, ran a [[Negative campaigning|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".<ref name="callson">{{cite web |last1=DeCosta-Klipa |first1=Nik |title=Andrea Campbell calls on Kim Janey to disavow 'upsetting' super PAC ad |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2021/09/07/andrea-campbell-kim-janey-negative-super-pac-ad/ |website=Boston.com |access-date=7 October 2021 |date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="callson"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Live blog: Updates on the 2021 Boston mayor's race |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2021/05/17/boston-mayors-race-updates/#charter-schools-campbell |website=Boston.com |access-date=7 October 2021 |date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> 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".<ref name="callson"/>
Campbell delivered a [[Concession (politics)|concession]] speech on the night of the nonpartisan mayoral [[Primary election|primary]], despite extremely little of the vote having yet been officially reported.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wallack |first1=Todd |last2=Scalese |first2=Roberto |title=Wu, Essaibi George Express Confidence They'll Advance In Historic Race For Boston Mayor |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/09/14/boston-mayoral-city-council-preliminary-election |website=www.wbur.org |access-date=15 September 2021 |language=en |date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> Once the votes were
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 people|Black]] community to be made by any candidate she might endorsed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Jon |title=Andrea Campbell Seeking Commitments Before Endorsing Mayoral Candidate |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/09/28/andrea-campbell-boston-mayor-endorsement-jon-keller/ |website=boston.cbslocal.com |publisher=CBS Boston |access-date=7 October 2021 |date=28 September 2021}}</ref> She ultimately gave no endorsement to either remaining candidate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wintersmith |first1=Saraya |title=Campbell Endorses Council Candidates, Stays Mum On Mayoral Race |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2021/10/18/campbell-endorses-council-candidates-stays-mum-on-mayoral-race |access-date=16 March 2022 |publisher=WGBH |date=October 18, 2021}}</ref>
==Attorney general of Massachusetts==
=== 2022
{{main|2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election}}
[[File:Andrew Campbell 2022 logo1.png|thumb|Logo for Campbell's 2022 attorney general campaign]]
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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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kunitz |first1=Alison |title=Andrea Campbell: First Black Woman to Qualify for Statewide Ballot |url=https://www.governing.com/now/andrea-campbell-first-black-woman-to-qualify-for-statewide-ballot |website=Governing |agency=masslive/Advance Local Media LLC. distributed by Tribune Content Agency |access-date=9 November 2022 |language=en |date=17 May 2022}}</ref> Healey endorsed Campbell in August, prior to the primary election.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Zoe |title=Maura Healey endorses Andrea Campbell for attorney general |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/08/01/maura-healey-endorses-andrea-campbell-for-attorney-general |website=WGBH |access-date=9 November 2022 |language=en |date=1 August 2022}}</ref> Campbell won the Democratic nomination and, in the general election, was elected to serve as attorney general.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sudborough |first1=Susannah |title=Democrat Andrea Campbell wins Mass. attorney general's race |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2022/11/08/democrat-andrea-campbell-wins-massachusetts-attorney-general-race-jay-mcmahon/ |website=boston.com |access-date=9 November 2022 |date=November 8, 2022}}</ref> She is the first black woman to hold the office, and the second black person to hold the office, after only [[Edward Brooke]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wintersmith |first1=Saraya |title=Andrea Campbell will be Massachusetts' first Black woman Attorney General |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2022/11/09/andrea-campbell-will-be-massachusetts-first-black-woman-attorney-general |website=WGBH |access-date=9 November 2022 |language=en |date=9 November 2022}}</ref> Other focuses of her platform included addressing [[public safety]] as well as housing-related matters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fieldman |first1=Luis |title=Emerging Black leaders in Massachusetts: Andrea Campbell |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/06/emerging-black-leaders-in-massachusetts-andrea-campbell.html |website=Masslive |access-date=11 July 2023 |language=en |date=1 June 2023}}</ref>
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".<ref name="Weathered"/> She also promised to revive public faith in the criminal justice system.<ref name="CommonwealthMay2023"/> Campbell made [[criminal justice reform]] a focus of her candidacy.<ref name="Feb18Globe"/> Campbell also made addressing [[police misconduct]] one of the focuses of her campaign.<ref name="Feb18Globe"/> Among the positions she staked out was a promise to end the practice of [[qualified immunity]].<ref name="CommonwealthMay2023">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jennifer |title=AG Andrea Campbell picks her targets |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/criminal-justice/ag-andrea-campbell-picks-her-targets/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=15 May 2023}}</ref> Campbell's Republican opponent, Jay McMahon, attempted to paint her as being "soft" on crime.<ref name="Weathered"/> 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.<ref name="kuznitz1">{{cite web |last1=Kuznitz |first1=Alison |title=Wanted: A director for the state's new reproductive justice unit |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/04/mass-ag-andrea-campbell-actively-hiring-director-of-new-reproductive-justice-unit.html |website=Masslive |access-date=11 July 2023 |language=en |date=5 April 2023}}</ref>
===Tenure===▼
[[File:Andrea Campbell attorney general oath of office 2023 (1).png|thumb|Campbell (far right) taking her oath of office as attorney general]]
Campbell won the November general election 62.6% to 37.4%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Massachusetts Attorney General Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-massachusetts-attorney-general.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=8 November 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kuznitz |first1=Alison |title=Mass. AG-elect Andrea Campbell unveils transition plans |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/12/mass-attorney-general-elect-andrea-campbell-unveils-transition-plans.html |website=Masslive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=5 December 2022}}</ref> Campbell took office on January 18, 2023. Her [[Oath of office|swearing-in]] ceremony took place at the [[Boston Convention and Exhibition Center]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Drysdale |first1=Sam |title=Campbell takes office guided by personal experiences |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/state-government/campbell-takes-office-guided-by-personal-experiences/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=7 April 2023 |date=18 January 2023}}</ref> Campbell has said that she views primary role for the office of attorney general as being to serve as the "people's lawyer".<ref name="MassLiveApril182023">{{cite web |last1=Fieldman |first1=Luis |title='Top cop'? Mass. AG Andrea Campbell would rather be known as the 'people's lawyer' |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/04/heres-how-mass-ag-andrea-campbell-is-changing-the-office-she-now-runs.html |website=Masslive |access-date=11 July 2023 |language=en |date=18 April 2023}}</ref> Campbell's husband, Matthew Scheier, held the [[Bible]] upon which she took her oath.<ref name="WGBHswearingin">{{cite web |last1=Lannan |first1=Katie |title=Andrea Campbell sworn in as Massachusetts’ first Black woman attorney general |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023/01/18/andrea-campbell-sworn-in-as-massachusetts-first-black-woman-attorney-general |website=WGBH |access-date=12 July 2023 |language=en |date=18 January 2023}}</ref> Her aunt, Lois Savage (who Campbell regards as a mother figure), administered the oath.<ref name="pledging1">{{cite web |last1=Kuznitz |first1=Alison |title=Pledging to defend abortion rights, Andrea Campbell sworn in as state's first Black female AG |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/01/pledging-to-defend-abortion-rights-andrea-campbell-sworn-in-as-states-1st-black-female-attorney-general.html |website=Masslive |language=en |date=18 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lannan |first1=Katie |title=Andrea Campbell sworn in as Massachusetts’ first Black woman attorney general |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023-01-18/andrea-campbell-sworn-in-as-massachusetts-first-black-woman-attorney-general |website=WGBH |language=en |date=18 January 2023}}</ref>
===Establishment of new units within office===
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jennifer |title=Campbell warns municipalities MBTA zoning law not optional |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/housing/campbell-warns-municipalities-mbta-zoning-law-not-optional/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=2 April 2023 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref>▼
[[File:Andrea Campbell Kennedy Library 347561678.jpg|thumb|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 [[Old age|Elder]] Justice Unit, a [[Gun Violence]] Prevention Unit and a [[Police Accountability]] Unit.<ref name="MassLiveApril182023"/> The creation of a reproductive health unit had been a campaign promise of hers.<ref name="kuznitz1"/> By the start of 2024, Campbell had established the first three units,<ref>Multiple sources:▼
*{{cite web |last1=Colter |first1=Ethan |title=AG Campbell says new Reproductive Justice Unit will help ensure access to necessary care |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/health/2023-10-06/ag-campbell-says-new-reproductive-justice-unit-will-help-ensure-access-to-necessary-care |website=WGBH |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=6 October 2023}}
*{{cite web |last1=Buskirk |first1=Chris Van |title=Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell appoints new head of elder justice unit |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/19/ag-andrea-campbell-appoints-new-head-of-elder-justice-unit |website=Boston Herald |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=19 August 2023}}
*{{cite web |last1=Micek |first1=John L. |title=Mass. AG Andrea Campbell launches new gun violence prevention unit |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/11/mass-ag-andrea-campbell-launches-new-gun-violence-prevention-unit.html |website=MassLive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=16 November 2023}}</ref> and was pledging to establish the latter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Yawu |title=Andrea Campbell in her own words |url=https://baystatebanner.com/2024/01/10/andrea-campbell-in-her-own-words |website=The Bay State Banner |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> In March 2024, Campbell further proposed creating a unit dedicated to housing affordability.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Forman |first1=Ethan |title=AG Campbell proposes new unit to tackle housing affordability |url=https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/ag-campbell-proposes-new-unit-to-tackle-housing-affordability/article_238da9d8-dd9a-11ee-b319-af15dbff2872.html |website=Gloucester Daily Times |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=8 March 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Governor-healey-lt-governor-driscoll-celebrate-unveiling-of-the-embrace-monument-in-memory-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr 52625806670 o (1).jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jennifer |title=Campbell warns municipalities MBTA zoning law not optional |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/housing/campbell-warns-municipalities-mbta-zoning-law-not-optional/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=2 April 2023 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="suesmilton1"/>
In February 2024, Campbell filed a lawsuit against the town of [[Milton, Massachusetts|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.<ref name="suesmilton1">{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Nicole |title=AG Campbell sues Milton over MBTA Communities Law vote |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-02-27/ag-campbell-sues-milton-over-mbta-communities-law-vote |website=WGBH |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=27 February 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brody |first1=Sharon |last2=Scalese |first2=Roberto |title=AG Campbell says Milton can't 'pick and choose' which laws to abide by |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/03/14/massachusetts-housing-law-milton |website=WBUR |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
===Other matters===
[[File:Governor-healey-joins-leaders-in-support-of-cjps-face-jewish-hate-campaign 52903416414 o.jpg|thumb|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.<ref name="CommonwealthMay2023"/>
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
▲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 [[Old age|Elder]] Justice Unit, a [[Gun Violence]] Prevention Unit and a [[Police Accountability]] Unit.<ref name="MassLiveApril182023"/>
[[File:Andrea Campbell press conference on child & migrant labor 347235367 (2).jpg|thumb|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 (litigation)|settlement]] with [[Publicis Health]] over that company's role in the [[opioid epidemic in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Norton |first1=Michael P. |title=Mass. AG announces opioid settlements with two companies. State to get $8 million. |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/05/mass-ag-andrea-campbell-announces-8-million-opioid-settlement/72454276007 |website=Cape Cod Times |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Yawu |title=AG’s investigation resurrects issues with Boston police gang unit |url=https://baystatebanner.com/2023/07/05/ags-investigation-resurrects-issues-with-boston-police-gang-unit |website=The Bay State Banner |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=5 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Sean |title=Attorney general investigating Boston police gang unit and database - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/15/metro/attorney-general-investigating-boston-police-gang-unit-database |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Micek |first1=John L. |title=Mass. AG Campbell Leads Multistate Effort to Dump Trump-era Healthcare Rule |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2024/04/mass-ag-campbell-joins-effort-to-dump-discriminatory-trump-era-healthcare-rule.html |website=Masslive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bay State AG joins call to restore ACA health care protections for transgender people cut by Trump administration |url=https://bostonspiritmagazine.com/2024/04/bay-state-ag-joins-call-to-restore-aca-health-care-protections-for-transgender-people-cut-by-trump-administration |website=Boston Spirit |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
In 2023, Campbell proposed regulations that would seek to prohibit [[junk fees]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lannan |first1=Katie |title=AG Campbell wants to crack down on hidden fees, service charges |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023-12-12/ag-campbell-wants-to-crack-down-on-hidden-fees-service-charges |website=WGBH |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Buyinzaaffirmative">{{cite web |last1=Buyinza |first1=Alvin |title=Here's Massachusetts' game plan for increasing diversity on college campuses |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/10/gov-healey-ag-campbell-announce-new-state-guidelines-for-colleges-to-foster-diversity-after-scotus-ruling.html |website=MassLive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=23 October 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Solis |first1=Steph |title=New college admissions guidance for Massachusetts in post-affirmative action landscape |url=https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/10/23/college-admissions-affirmative-action-massachusetts |website=Axios |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=October 23, 2023}}</ref>
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]].<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |last1=Trajan |first1=Warren |title=Officials launch program to combat youth sports betting |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2024/03/28/youth-sports-betting-safety-coalition.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |publisher=Boston Business Journal |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}
*{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Courtney |title=Massachusetts, NCAA launch Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition - CBS Boston |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-ncaa-launch-youth-sports-betting-safety-coalition |website=CBS News |date=29 March 2024}}
*{{cite web |last1=Van Buskirk |first1=Chris |title=A new coalition wants to address the risks of youth sports betting in Massachusetts |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/03/28/a-new-coalition-wants-to-address-the-risks-of-youth-sports-betting-in-massachusetts |website=Boston Herald |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=28 March 2024}}
*{{cite web |title=Mass. AG launches youth sports betting safety coalition |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Youth-Sports-betting-safety-commission-54569346 |website=Daily Hampshire Gazette |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Norton |first1=Michael |title=Attorney General Campbell says DiZoglio doesn't have authority to audit Legislature |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/11/03/attorney-general-campbell-dizoglio-audit-legislature |website=WBUR |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=3 November 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katcher |first1=Will |title=Andrea Campbell is 2nd AG to target neo-Nazi group. A NH case has struggled |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/12/in-lawsuit-andrea-campbell-is-2nd-attorney-general-to-target-neo-nazi-group.html |website=Masslive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=8 December 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiggins |first1=Christopher |title=Massachusetts Sues Neo-Nazis After They Target Drag Events |url=https://www.advocate.com/law/massachusetts-sues-neo-nazis-drag |website=The Advocate |language=en |date=December 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Nick |title=White nationalist group accused of civil rights violations in Massachusetts |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4350040-white-nationalist-group-civil-rights-violations-massachusetts |website=The Hill |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=8 December 2023}}</ref>
==Political positions==
Campbell is regarded to be a [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] member of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deehan |first1=Mike |title=Massachussetts [sic] Voters Opt for a Shade of Purple |url=https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2022/09/08/massachussetts-progressives-moderates-primaries |website=Axios |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>
===Criminal justice===
Campbell has expressed her belief that policing and the criminal justice system in Massachusetts are in need of reform.<ref name="MV1"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Yawu |title=Andrea Campbell in her own words |url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2024/01/10/andrea-campbell-in-her-own-words |website=The Bay State Banner |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> Campbell has supported progressive-leaning measures related to criminal justice reform.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Ivy |title=Andrea Campbell could make history as the next attorney general - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/03/metro/andrea-campbell-could-make-history-next-attorney-general |website=The Boston Globe |date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
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."<ref name="MV1">{{cite web |last1=Seonwoo |first1=Eunki |title=Campbell: ‘No one should be above the law’ |url=https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/06/17/campbell-no-one-law |website=The Martha's Vineyard Times |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
Campbell supports access to reproductive healthcare, including [[abortion]] care.<ref name="Kuznitzabortion"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Niedermeyer |first1=Emily |title=A look at Healey-endorsed AG candidate Andrea Campbell's compelling grassroots campaign |url=https://thescopeboston.org/8330/boston-elections/midterm-elections-2022/a-look-at-healey-endorsed-ag-candidate-andrea-campbells-compelling-grassroots-campaign/ |website=The Scope |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=3 November 2022}}</ref> She has highlighted preserving abortion access as an important priority for her as attorney general.<ref name="pledging1"/> 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.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |last1=Gross |first1=Samantha J. |title=With abortion care top of mind, Planned Parenthood endorses Healey, Driscoll, and Campbell - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/28/metro/with-abortion-care-top-mind-planned-parenthood-endorses-healey-driscoll-campbell |website=The Boston Globe |date=June 28, 2022}}
*{{cite web |title=EMILY'S List Endorses Two Candidates for Statewide Office in Massachusetts |url=https://emilyslist.org/news/emilys-list-endorses-two-candidates-for-statewide-office-in-massachusetts |website=EMILYs List |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=June 2, 2022}}
*{{cite web |title=With Abortion on the Ballot, Reproductive Equity Now Endorses Kim Driscoll and Andrea Campbell for Statewide Office |url=https://reproequitynow.org/press/mtbsatkiwb5r0tu7flkky2a86vmx72 |website=Reproductive Equity Now |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=2022}}*{{cite web |title=NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Reproductive Freedom Champions and Leaders for Statewide Office in Three Key States |url=https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/news/naral-endorses-three-swing-state-candidates |website=Reproductive Freedom for All.org |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> EMILY's List had previously endorsed her 2019 re-election as city councilor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valencia |first1=Milton J. |title=EMILY’s List endorses five female Boston City Council incumbents |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/09/19/emily-list-endorses-five-boston-incumbents/YolHXAjMFCzCFJ0KF10OEL/story.html |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>
Campbell has voiced her opposition to efforts to restrict access to the [[medical abortion]] medicine [[Mifepristone]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Ricardo |title=Pressley Joins Healey, Warren, Local Leaders Announcing Action to Protect Mifepristone Access in Massachusetts |url=https://pressley.house.gov/2023/04/10/pressley-joins-healey-warren-local-leaders-announcing-action-to-protect-mifepristone-access-in-massachusetts |website=Ayanna Pressley |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
===LGBTQ maters===
Campbell supports access to [[gender-affirming care]].<ref name="Kuznitzabortion">{{cite web |last1=Kuznitz |first1=Alison |title=Democratic Mass. AG candidates outline strategies to protect abortion access, care |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/07/abortion-after-roe-massachusetts-ag-candidates-outline-strategies-to-protect-abortion-reproductive-health-care.html |website=Masslive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=7 July 2022}}</ref> She also supports the participation of [[transgender]] student athletes in sports on teams consistent with their preferred gender identity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fieldman |first1=Luis |title=Mass. attorney general wants stronger protections for transgender athletes in schools |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/05/ag-andrea-campbell-wants-stronger-protections-for-transgender-student-athletes.html |website=Masslive |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
===Education===
Campbell is a longtime support of charter schools.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jonas |first1=Michael |title=For Campbell, case against Malden charter school is also good politics |url=https://commonwealthbeacon.org/education/for-campbell-case-against-malden-charter-school-is-also-good-politics/ |website=CommonWealth Beacon |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=4 August 2023}}</ref> In 2016, she endorsed a "yes" vote on the unsuccessful Massachusetts Charter School Expansion Initiative referendum.<ref name="attackadrevives"/>
===Drug policy===
▲As a candidate for mayor, Campbell was
===Diversity and equity policies===
[[File:I was one of few Black students in class at times at Princeton, but affirmative action didn't benefit just me. It benefitted those around me. Diversity... - By Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.webm|thumb|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,
{{blockquote|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lisinski |first1=Chris |title=Supreme Court strikes down use of race in admissions |url=https://commonwealthbeacon.org/courts/supreme-court-strikes-down-use-of-race-in-admissions |website=CommonWealth Beacon |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=30 June 2023}}</ref>}}
After the case, Campbell partnered with Governor Healey to create new state guidelines for colleges and university's promotion of diversity.<ref name="Buyinzaaffirmative"/>
Campbell is supportive of private companies having their own diversity efforts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Sean |title=Campbell among Democratic attorneys general calling on companies to increase diversity efforts amid pressure from Republicans - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/19/metro/andrea-campbell-among-democratic-attorneys-general-calling-companies-increase-diversity-efforts-amid-pressure-republicans |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=4 April 2024 |date=July 19, 2023}}</ref>
▲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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohl |first1=Bruce |title=Campbell at odds with Healey on offshore wind |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/energy/campbell-at-odds-with-healey-on-offshore-wind/ |website=CommonWealth Magazine |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name="City Council"/> By the time Campbell was a high school student, both of Campbell's brothers had served prison sentences.<ref name="AnnouncesNBC1"/> When she was 29, her twin brother, who suffered from [[scleroderma]], died while in state custody awaiting trial.<ref name="City Council"/> Her other brother, Alvin, is an accused serial rapist currently awaiting trial on nine sexual assault charges.<ref>{{Cite web|first=John R. |last=Ellement|date=April 1, 2021|title=Video of additional victim of alleged serial rapist discovered in cloud storage, Suffolk DA says |work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/01/metro/video-9th-victim-alleged-serial-rapist-discovered-cloud-storage-suffolk-da-says/|access-date=2021-08-04|language=en-US}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Weathered"/>
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.<ref name="WCVB7nov"/> Campbell once remarked to a reporter from ''[[The Associated Press]]'', {{
Campbell has credited family members, teachers, and employers with helping her to find a path to success.<ref name="WCVB7nov">{{cite web |title=Massachusetts AG hopeful weathered traumatic family history |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-ag-hopeful-andrea-campbell-weathered-traumatic-family-history/41890156 |website=WCVB |access-date=2 June 2023 |language=en |date=7 November 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="INC1"/>
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*[https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2020/02/13/boston-gentrification-andrea-campbell "Is Boston's Booming Economy Making Our City Better Or Destroying It? The Truth Lies Somewhere In Between"], [[WBUR]], February 13, 2020.
*[https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2020/04/24/covid-19-dorchester-boston-andrea-campbell "What The Pandemic Is Doing To My Boston Neighborhood"], WBUR, April 24, 2020.
*[https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2020/06/04/george-floyd-racial-equity-trainingandrea-campbell "We Can't Make Sweeping Structural Change If Our Leaders Don't Understand Racial Equity"], WBUR, June 4, 2020, by
*[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/19/opinion/boston-needs-take-more-decisive-measures-covid-19/ "Boston
*[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/24/opinion/how-will-mayoral-candidates-address-inequities-empower-black-bostonians/ "How
*"[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/29/opinion/michelle-wu-andrea-campbell-third-party-electric-suppliers-ban/ Massachusetts
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/12/metro/andrea-campbell-gained-success-despite-early-tragedies-mayor-she-wants-give-all-bostonians-same-opportunities-that-helped-her/ |title=Andrea Campbell gained success despite early tragedies. As mayor, she wants to give all Bostonians the same opportunities that helped her |first=Stephanie |last=Ebbert |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=July 12, 2021 |
* {{cite news |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/11/03/andrea-campbell-city-council/ |title=Andrea Campbell Beats Charles Yancey on an Election Night for New Boston |first=Erick |last=Trickey |magazine=[[Boston (magazine)|Boston]] |date=November 3, 2015 |access-date=February 21, 2018}}
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