"It's time we start using the tremendous wealth in this state to invest in people's needs."
"The path that I'm on today didn't start with a serious mistake that I made long ago in my law practice. I was raised in Roxbury. My family's been here for seven generations. We've lived in the same house for five. I come from a family of activists and educators, and my grandmother broke the color barrier for black nurses here at Boston City Hospital."
Andrea James, a community organizer and criminal justice advocate, is running as an independent candidate for Massachusetts governor against incumbent Gov. Maura Healey and Republican primary candidates. James was previously convicted of federal wire fraud charges and served two years in prison after being disbarred as a real estate attorney in 2010 for misappropriating client funds. Since her release, she has openly embraced her history and channeled it into advocacy work supporting incarcerated women. Running on a populist, progressive platform centered on putting "people before profit," James is making her first bid for political office. Raised in Roxbury in a family of activists and educators, she frames her campaign around investing state wealth in addressing people's needs and criminal justice reform.
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