2022 Massachusetts Primary: Meet the candidates

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION

Geoff Diehl

Republican Candidate for Governor

Diehl is a former state consultant. He served from 2011-2018 representing the seventh Plymouth district representing Abington, East Bridgewater, and Whitman. Diehl beforehand ran for U.S. Senate in 2018. Diehl is at present the Director of Enterprise Growth for 1A Auto of Pepperell. Diehl was beforehand a member of the Whitman Finance Committee.

Private: Married, two youngsters. Diehl is a local of Pennsylvania. Diehl lives in Whitman.

Schooling: Lehigh College

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Chris Doughty

Republican Candidate for Governor

Doughty is president and associate of Capstan Atlantic, a multinational producer. based mostly in Wrentham. Doughty has served on the Board of Administrators for the Steel Powder Business Federation, Franklin Interfaith Council, and The Previous Colony Council of the Boy Scouts.

Private: Married with six youngsters and 4 grandchildren. Doughty lives in Wrentham

Schooling: Harvard Enterprise College, Brigham Younger College

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Leah Cole Allen

Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Allen labored as a licensed nurse earlier than she entered politics in 2013 by declaring her intention to run in a particular election for State Consultant. She went on to win the first, after which the final election. Allen proudly served the individuals of Peabody for a number of years earlier than returning to nursing.

Private: A life-long resident of Massachusetts grew up in Lynn. Lives in Danvers along with her husband and two younger youngsters.

Schooling: N/A

Kate Campanale

Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Campanale started her profession in 2007 within the legislative and regulatory division of the Pension Profit Warranty Company in Washington, D.C. She returned to the Bay State in 2010 and shifted gears to the personal sector as a enterprise administration coordinator for Tutor Perini Company in Framingham. She later ran and gained her first marketing campaign as state consultant for the seventeenth Worcester District.

Private: A local of Leicester who now lives in Spencer along with her husband.

Schooling: Candy Briar School

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

James R. McMahon

Republican Candidate for Legal professional Common

McMahon has greater than 30 years of mixed authorized, legislation enforcement, and navy expertise. He has litigated instances at each degree within the Massachusetts courtroom system, in addition to throughout the federal system. He at present runs a legislation workplace in Buzzards Bay.

Private: A lifelong resident of Cape Cod who has been married to his spouse, Shelley, for 29 years.

Schooling: Massachusetts Navy Academy, College of Massachusetts, Suffolk College Regulation College

SECRETARY OF STATE

Rayla Campbell

Republican Candidate for Secretary of State

Campbell went straight into the Boston workforce after graduating highschool. She returned to high school and have become a DANB Licensed Dental Assistant. She later transitioned to insurance coverage and claims administration whereas volunteering for a lot of causes.

Private: Native of Boston who grew up in Scituate. She at present lives in Randolph along with her husband John and their three youngsters.

Schooling: Porter and Chester Institute of Canton

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION

Sonia Rosa Chang-Diaz

Democratic Candidate for Governor

Chang-Diaz is the primary Latina and Asian-American elected to the Massachusetts State Senate the place she serves for the 2nd district. Previous to elected workplace, Sonia served as a public college instructor within the Lynn and Boston college methods

Private: Married, two youngsters. Chang-Diaz is a local of Boston and lives in Jamaica Plain.

Schooling: College of Virginia

Maura Healey

Democratic Candidate for Governor

Healey has been serving because the Massachusetts Legal professional Common since her re-election in 2014. Previous to her present function, Healy served as chief of the Civil Rights Division, the place she spearheaded the state’s problem to the federal Protection of Marriage Act. She was then appointed chief of the Public Safety and Advocacy Bureau after which chief of the Enterprise and Labor Bureau earlier than resigning in 2013.

Private: Grew up in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and was the oldest of 5 siblings. She at present lives in Charlestown.

Schooling: Harvard School, Northeastern College College of Regulation.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Kimberley Driscoll

Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Driscoll is at present serving her fifth time period as Salem’s first girl Mayor after being elected in 2005. Driscoll has been a regional chief on points equivalent to housing affordability, combating local weather change, and variety, fairness, and inclusivity.

Private: A local from Hawaii who at present lives in Salem along with her husband and three youngsters. along with her husband and two younger youngsters.

Schooling: Salem State School

Tami Gouveia

Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Gouveia is a State Consultant who represents the 14th Middlesex District within the Massachusetts Home of Representatives. She represents the cities of Harmony and Carlisle and elements of the cities of Acton and Chelmsford. Previous to her present place, Gouveia was a Social Employee for 25 years at Better Lawrence Group Well being Heart.

Private: A local of Lowell, Massachusetts, and a single mom of two who at present resides in Acton.

Schooling: Mount Holyoke School, and Doctorate at Boston College of Public Well being.

Eric P. Lesser

Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Lesser is serving within the Massachusetts State Senate representing communities within the Better-Springfield space. Lesser labored as a White Home aide throughout the Obama administration. Whereas within the State Senate, Lesser lead the combat for a high-speed rail connection between jap and western Mass. He proposed and handed the Scholar Mortgage Borrower Invoice of Rights.

Private: Lesser is a lifelong native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He’s married with three youngsters.

Schooling: Harvard School

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Andrea Pleasure Campbell

Democratic Candidate for Legal professional Common

Campbell is a former member of the Boston Metropolis Council the place she represented District 4, which incorporates elements of Boston’s Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, and Roslindale neighborhoods. In 2018, she was unanimously elected Metropolis Council President – the primary Black girl to carry the title.

Private: Born and raised in Boston the place she at present resides along with her husband and two youngsters.

Schooling: Princeton College and UCLA Regulation College.

Shannon Erika Liss-Riordan

Democratic Candidate for Legal professional Common

Liss-Riordan is an legal professional and former U.S. Senate candidate. She is finest recognized for being one of many prime plaintiff legal professionals within the nation, successful groundbreaking lawsuits on behalf of waitresses, truck drivers, firefighters, janitors, and Uber drivers who’ve been denied additional time, minimal wage, and different wage protections.

Private: Raised in Texas however now lives in Brookline along with her husband and three youngsters.

Schooling: Harvard School, Harvard Regulation College

SECRETARY OF STATE

William F. Galvin

Democratic Candidate for Secretary of State

Galvin serves because the twenty seventh Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. He was first elected Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1994, and has retained this title longer than some other politician in Massachusetts historical past.

Private: Galvin was raised in Brighton the place he at present lives together with his spouse and baby.

Schooling: Boston School, Suffolk Regulation College

Tanisha M. Sullivan

Democratic Candidate for Secretary of State

Sullivan has served as Chief Fairness Officer for Boston Public Faculties, president of the Boston Department of the NAACP, as a company counsel for Sanofi Genzyme, and a fellow for CEO Motion for Racial Fairness

Private: She was raised in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Schooling: College of Virginia, Boston School

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