Massachusetts primary

[redbird]

I have made decisions, and filled in and mailed my ballot. (Some of my thoughts on the candidates.)

Governor: Healey

Lieutenant Governor: Gouveia

Attorney General: Campbell

Secretary of State: Sullivan

Auditor: Dempsey

Congress: Pressley (she's unopposed, and I like her enough that I filled in the oval anyway.)

Governor's Council: Dolan (The more I hear about the incumbent, the less I like her.)

State Senate: Brownsberger (unopposed, and I like him enough that I filled in the oval anyway)

District Attorney: Arroyo

Sheriff: Zamor-Calixte

Comments

[gingicat]

For those still deciding:

Labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan said she shares the profound worries of civil libertarians that an expansion of the law could lead to unintended consequences and an infringement on privacy protections. “I’m with the ACLU,” she said, referring to the American Civil Liberties Union, which opposes expanded wiretap usage.

Former Boston city councilor Andrea Campbell declined to even comment on the issue, with a spokeswoman refusing to answer questions about the candidate’s stance.

But Quentin Palfrey, who worked in the attorney general’s office under Martha Coakley, said it makes sense to update the law because the way people communicate has “changed dramatically” since it was written.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/28/metro/decades-mass-attorneys-general-have-tried-expand-states-wiretap-law-next-top-cop-might-not-follow-suit/