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On February 2, 2022, Campbell announced her candidacy for [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] in the 2022 election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-02 |title=Andrea Campbell, former Boston city councilor, announces Attorney General bid |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/02/andrea-campbell-former-boston-city-councilor-and-mayoral-candidate-enters-massachusetts-attorney-general-race.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=masslive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's who's running for attorney general in Massachusetts |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/04/massachusetts-attorney-general-2022-candidates |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref> Campbell's announcement came after incumbent attorney general [[Maura Healey]] announced that she would not seek reelection and run for [[2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election|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
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>{{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>
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