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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 year’s election for attorney general of Massachusetts. Campbell was the first black woman to qualify for
==Early life and education==
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