2022 Massachusetts Primary: Meet the candidates
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
Geoff Diehl
Republican Candidate for Governor
Diehl is a former state representative. He served from 2011-2018 representing the 7th Plymouth district representing Abington, East Bridgewater, and Whitman. Diehl previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2018. Diehl is currently the Director of Business Development for 1A Auto of Pepperell. Diehl was previously a member of the Whitman Finance Committee.
Personal: Married, two children. Diehl is a native of Pennsylvania. Diehl lives in Whitman.
Education: Lehigh University
Watch Diehl’s Coffee With Candidates interview
Chris Doughty
Republican Candidate for Governor
Doughty is president and partner of Capstan Atlantic, a multinational manufacturer. based in Wrentham. Doughty has served on the Board of Directors for the Metal Powder Industry Federation, Franklin Interfaith Council, and The Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts.
Personal: Married with six children and four grandchildren. Doughty lives in Wrentham
Education: Harvard Business School, Brigham Young University
Watch Doughty’s Coffee With Candidates interview
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Leah Cole Allen
Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Allen worked as a licensed nurse before she entered politics in 2013 by declaring her intention to run in a special election for State Representative. She went on to win the primary, and then the general election. Allen proudly served the people of Peabody for several years before returning to nursing.
Personal: A life-long resident of Massachusetts grew up in Lynn. Lives in Danvers with her husband and two young kids.
Education: N/A
Coffee with Candidates: Lt. Gubernatorial Candidate, Leah Allen
Kate Campanale
Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Campanale began her career in 2007 in the legislative and regulatory department of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in Washington, D.C. She returned to the Bay State in 2010 and shifted gears to the private sector as a business management coordinator for Tutor Perini Corporation in Framingham. She later ran and won her first campaign as state representative for the 17th Worcester District.
Personal: A native of Leicester who now lives in Spencer with her husband.
Education: Sweet Briar College
Watch Campanale’s Coffee With Candidates interview
ATTORNEY GENERAL
James R. McMahon
Republican Candidate for Attorney General
McMahon has more than 30 years of combined legal, law enforcement, and military experience. He has litigated cases at every level in the Massachusetts court system, as well as within the federal system. He currently runs a law office in Buzzards Bay.
Personal: A lifelong resident of Cape Cod who has been married to his wife, Shelley, for 29 years.
Education: Massachusetts Military Academy, University of Massachusetts, Suffolk University Law School
SECRETARY OF STATE
Rayla Campbell
Republican Candidate for Secretary of State
Campbell went directly into the Boston workforce after graduating high school. She returned to school and became a DANB Certified Dental Assistant. She later transitioned to insurance and claims management while volunteering for many causes.
Personal: Native of Boston who grew up in Scituate. She currently lives in Randolph with her husband John and their three kids.
Education: Porter and Chester Institute of Canton
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
Sonia Rosa Chang-Diaz
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Chang-Diaz is the first Latina and Asian-American elected to the Massachusetts State Senate where she serves for the 2nd district. Prior to elected office, Sonia served as a public school teacher in the Lynn and Boston school systems
Personal: Married, two children. Chang-Diaz is a native of Boston and lives in Jamaica Plain.
Education: University of Virginia
Maura Healey
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Healey has been serving as the Massachusetts Attorney General since her re-election in 2014. Prior to her current role, Healy served as chief of the Civil Rights Division, where she spearheaded the state’s challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. She was then appointed chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau and then chief of the Business and Labor Bureau before resigning in 2013.
Personal: Grew up in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and was the oldest of 5 siblings. She currently lives in Charlestown.
Education: Harvard College, Northeastern University School of Law.
Coffee with Candidates: MA Gubernatorial Candidate Maura Healey
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Kimberley Driscoll
Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Driscoll is currently serving her fifth term as Salem’s first woman Mayor after being elected in 2005. Driscoll has been a regional leader on issues such as housing affordability, combating climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusivity.
Personal: A native from Hawaii who currently lives in Salem with her husband and three children. with her husband and two young kids.
Education: Salem State College
Coffee with Candidates: Lt. Gubernatorial Candidate, Kim Driscoll
Tami Gouveia
Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Gouveia is a State Representative who represents the 14th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She represents the towns of Concord and Carlisle and parts of the towns of Acton and Chelmsford. Prior to her current position, Gouveia was a Social Worker for 25 years at Greater Lawrence Community Health Center.
Personal: A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, and a single mother of two who currently resides in Acton.
Education: Mount Holyoke College, and Doctorate at Boston University of Public Health.
Coffee with Candidates: Lt. Gubernatorial Candidate, Tami Gouveia
Eric P. Lesser
Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Lesser is serving in the Massachusetts State Senate representing communities in the Greater-Springfield area. Lesser worked as a White House aide during the Obama administration. While in the State Senate, Lesser lead the fight for a high-speed rail connection between eastern and western Mass. He proposed and passed the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights.
Personal: Lesser is a lifelong native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He is married with three children.
Education: Harvard College
Coffee with Candidates: Lt. Gubernatorial Candidate, Eric Lesser
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Andrea Joy Campbell
Democratic Candidate for Attorney General
Campbell is a former member of the Boston City Council where she represented District 4, which includes parts of Boston’s Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, and Roslindale neighborhoods. In 2018, she was unanimously elected City Council President – the first Black woman to hold the title.
Personal: Born and raised in Boston where she currently resides with her husband and two children.
Education: Princeton University and UCLA Law School.
Shannon Erika Liss-Riordan
Democratic Candidate for Attorney General
Liss-Riordan is an attorney and former U.S. Senate candidate. She is best known for being one of the top plaintiff lawyers in the country, winning groundbreaking lawsuits on behalf of waitresses, truck drivers, firefighters, janitors, and Uber drivers who have been denied overtime, minimum wage, and other wage protections.
Personal: Raised in Texas but now lives in Brookline with her husband and three children.
Education: Harvard College, Harvard Law School
SECRETARY OF STATE
William F. Galvin
Democratic Candidate for Secretary of State
Galvin serves as the 27th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. He was first elected Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1994, and has retained this title longer than any other politician in Massachusetts history.
Personal: Galvin was raised in Brighton where he currently lives with his wife and child.
Education: Boston College, Suffolk Law School
Tanisha M. Sullivan
Democratic Candidate for Secretary of State
Sullivan has served as Chief Equity Officer for Boston Public Schools, president of the Boston Branch of the NAACP, as a corporate counsel for Sanofi Genzyme, and a fellow for CEO Action for Racial Equity
Personal: She was raised in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Education: University of Virginia, Boston College
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