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Contributing Editors: Grace Garver, Hannah Land, Emily Yu

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Massachusetts Attorney General

Current State AG
Andrea Campbell (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2023

Andrea Campbell was elected as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General in 2022. AG Campbell had served since 2015 on the Boston City Council representing District 4, and in 2018 she was unanimously elected city council president. From 2013 to 2014, she was deputy legal counsel to Governor Deval Patrick. Earlier in her career, she worked in private practice and for a nonprofit that provided free legal services pertaining to education rights and access.

Andrea Campbell was elected as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General in 2022. AG Campbell had served since 2015 on the Boston City Council representing District 4, and in 2018 she was unanimously elected city council president. From 2013 to 2014, she was deputy legal counsel to Governor Deval Patrick. Earlier in her career, she worked in private practice and for a nonprofit that provided free legal services pertaining to education rights and access.

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The AG is an elected position in Massachusetts.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Massachusetts Attorney General News & Insights

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Democratic AGs Secure Order Blocking Cuts to NIH-Funded Research Grants

A group of 22 Democratic AGs obtained a temporary restraining order blocking Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (Rate Change Notice), which would reduce to 15 percent all indirect cost rates for NIH grants; indirect cost rates cover research institutions’ operational, administrative, and overhead expenses. In the complaint, the…

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Democratic AGs Issue Ringing Endorsement of FCC’s Mobile Phone Unlocking Rule

A group of 15 Democratic AGs wrote a comment letter to the FCC in support of the agency’s proposed rule Promoting Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Through Handset Unlocking Requirements and Policies (Rule), which would require mobile service providers to unlock consumers’ phones within 60 days of activation. In the letter, the AGs argue that the…

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Massachusetts AG Settles with Mortgage Servicer over “Zombie” Mortgages

Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell settled with Franklin Credit Management Corporation (Franklin Credit), to resolve allegations that the mortgage servicer violated the commonwealth’s foreclosure-prevention law and debt collection regulations. According to the settlement, Franklin Credit, in servicing “zombie” second-lien mortgages—mortgages which became unsecured debt subject to collection following foreclosure of a first-lien mortgage—allegedly failed to timely communicate…

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