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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 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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State AGs Redouble Efforts to Snuff Out Flavored Tobacco Products

A group of 20 Democratic AGs, led by Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell, has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC., dba Triton Distribution, et al., No. 23-1038, urging the Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit opinion that set aside the FDA’s…

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