Andrea James
What this job does: The governor runs the state government, proposes the budget, signs or vetoes bills and nominates judges. The lieutenant governor steps in when the governor is away and leads the Governor's Council. In Massachusetts the two are elected together as one ticket. A term is four years.
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- Founder and executive director, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Background
- Founder and executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls; also founded Families for Justice as Healing source: wbur.org
- Law degree from Northeastern University School of Law (class of 1998) source: bostonglobe.com
- Was disbarred after a 2008 accusation of misappropriating client funds, and was sentenced in 2010 to two years in federal prison for wire fraud source: wbur.org
- Changed enrollment from Democratic to unenrolled in November 2025 and is running for governor as an independent source: wbur.org
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- Housing for all source: ajforma.com
- Universal health care source: ajforma.com
- Universal child care source: ajforma.com
- Equitable funding for education source: ajforma.com
- End state cooperation with ICE source: ajforma.com
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