Andrea Campbell has entered the race to become the next mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
“I’m running for mayor because every neighborhood deserves real change and a real chance,” Campbell told a small group of supporters this week.
Campbell is a city councilwoman representing the city’s Dorchester, Mattapan, Roslindale and Jamaica Plai neighborhoods. She is a Boston native who spent time in foster care after her mother died. The city councilwoman would go on to graduate from the Boston Latin School, Princeton University and the UCLA School of Law.
Campbell is running as a candidate that will look to relate the city’s often overlooked neighborhoods and communities. Having experienced foster care and see her brother die in police custody, she has dealt with horrors that can occur in the city of Boston. Still, she wants to be a voice for change.
“I think we are in a profound moment of reckoning in our country and our city,” she said.
“People are rising up and demanding change, and I think Boston needs leadership that not only understands the systemic inequities that are facing residents but also has lived them, so I am running for mayor to be that leader.”
Campbell will face off with fellow city councilwoman Michelle Wu and current Mayor Marty Walsh in next November’s election.
“We’ve worked on a lot of different issues together,” Walsh said after learning of Campbell’s mayoral bid.
“You know, I look forward to having the conversations about advancing Boston at some point in the future.”
Campbell has raised approximately $50,000 in her first day of fundraising. She has already become the first Black woman to serve as city council president. She will now look to become the first Black woman to be elected mayor.
