2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election
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Nominee Andrea Campbell Jay McMahon
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,539,624 908,608
Percentage 62.85% 37.09%

Campbell:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
McMahon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Attorney General before election

Maura Healey
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Andrea Campbell
Democratic

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The 2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey was eligible to seek a third term, but instead announced she would run for governor.[1][2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Andrea Campbell

Federal officials

State officials

State legislators

Mayors

Individuals

Newspapers

Organizations

Labor unions

Shannon Liss-Riordan

Federal officials

District attorneys

State legislators

City officials

City councilmembers

  • Jesse Clingan, Somerville councilman[28]
  • Ben Ewen-Campen, Somerville councilman[28]
  • Matt McLaughlin, Somerville councilman[28]
  • Jonathan Paz, Waltham city councilman[28]
  • Holly Ryan, Newton city councilor (previously endorsed Palfrey)[29]
  • Jake Wilson, Somerville councilman[28]

Individuals

Unions

Organizations

Quentin Palfrey (withdrew)

State officials

State legislators

Local officials

  • Susan Albright, Newton city council president[42]
  • Caroline Bays, Watertown city councilor[41]
  • Susan Falkoff, former Watertown at-large councilor[41]
  • Bill Humphrey, Newton city councilor[42]
  • David Kalis, Newton city councilor[42]
  • Jesse Lederman, member of the Springfield, Massachusetts city council[21]
  • Richard Lipof, Newton city council vice-president[42]
  • Holly Ryan, Newton city councilor[42] (switched endorsements to Liss-Riordan after Palfrey withdrew)
  • Greg Schwartz, former Newton city councilor[42]
  • Adam Steiner, Framingham city councilman[44]
  • Cesar Stewart-Morales, Framingham city councilman[44]
  • Ty Waterman, Attleboro city councilor[43]

Individuals

Organizations

Debates

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General Democratic primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Andrea Campbell Shannon Liss-Riordan Quentin Palfrey
1 Aug. 1, 2022 WGBH-TV Jim Braude YouTube P P P
2[46] Aug. 10, 2022 WBUR-FM
The Boston Globe
WCVB-TV 		Tiziana Dearing
Sharman Sacheti 		YouTube P P P

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Andrea
Campbell 		Shannon
Liss-Riordan 		Quentin
Palfrey 		Other Undecided
UMass Amherst[47] August 26–29, 2022 500 (LV) ± 5.1% 28% 29% 11% 1% 31%
UMass Lowell[48] August 16–25, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.9% 32% 30% 11% 2% 25%
Advantage, Inc. (R)[49][A] August 22–23, 2022 563 (LV) ± 4.1% 25% 20% 5% – 49%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[50][B] August 19–21, 2022 401 (LV) ± 4.9% 28% 26% 10% 2% 32%
MassINC Polling Group[51] August 5–9, 2022 520 (LV) ± 5.1% 24% 16% 4% 4% 50%
UMass Amherst[52] June 15–21, 2022 557 (LV) ± 4.7% 21% 11% 9% 0% 59%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[50][B] June 2022 – (LV) – 24% 6% 12% 4% 50%
UMass Lowell[53] April 2–11, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.9% 30% 11% 6% 2% 52%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[54][B] January 18–20, 2022 310 (LV) ± 5.6% 31% 3% 2% 2% 54%

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote first round, June 4[55]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrea Campbell 1,622 39.2
Democratic Quentin Palfrey 1,605 38.8
Democratic Shannon Liss-Riordan 906 21.9
Total votes 4,133 100.0%
Democratic convention vote second round, June 4[55]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Quentin Palfrey 1,920 54
Democratic Andrea Campbell 1,631 46
Total votes 3,551 100%

Primary

Democratic primary results[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrea Campbell 365,362 50.10%
Democratic Shannon Liss-Riordan 248,648 34.10%
Democratic Quentin Palfrey (withdrawn) 115,200 15.80%
Total votes 729,210 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Jay McMahon

Former Elected Officials

Labor Unions

  • Massachusetts Fraternal Order of Police [60]

Declined

Results

Republican primary results[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James R. McMahon, III 215,283 100.0%
Total votes 215,283 100.0%

General election

Pre-primary candidate forum

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General pre-primary candidate forum
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Andrea Campbell Shannon Liss-Riordan James McMahon Quentin Palfrey
1 May 23, 2022 Rappaport Center for Law
and Public Policy 		Kimberly Atkins
Stohr 		YouTube P P A P

Debate

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Andrea Campbell James McMahon
1 Oct. 21, 2022 WBZ-TV Jon Keller YouTube P P

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[62] Safe D September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[63] Safe D November 1, 2022

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Andrea
Campbell (D) 		James
McMahon (R) 		Other Undecided
UMass Amherst/YouGov[64] October 20–26, 2022 700 (RV) ± 4.3% 58% 33% 1%[c] 7%
UMass Lowell/YouGov[65] October 18–25, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 4.1% 55% 28% – 16%
Suffolk University[66] October 13–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 50% 30% 1%[d] 19%
Suffolk University[67] September 10–13, 2022 500 (RV) ± 4.4% 50% 24% 1%[d] 25%

Results

2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election[68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Andrea Campbell 1,539,624 62.85% −7.06%
Republican James R. McMahon, III 908,608 37.09% +7.07%
Write-in 1,550 0.06% -0.01%
Total votes 2,449,782 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Campbell won all nine congressional districts.[69]

District Campbell McMahon Representative
1st 57% 43% Richard Neal
2nd 62% 38% Jim McGovern
3rd 60% 40% Lori Trahan
4th 61% 39% Jake Auchincloss
5th 73% 27% Katherine Clark
6th 60% 40% Seth Moulton
7th 85% 15% Ayanna Pressley
8th 63% 37% Stephen Lynch
9th 54% 46% Bill Keating

Notes

  1. ^ Numbered as the 9th district from 2001–2013
  2. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "Other" with 1%
  4. ^ a b "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a Republican-aligned group.
  2. ^ a b c This poll was sponsored by Priorities for Progress, a Democratic-aligned group.

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