GENERAL IS OUR GUEST LET’S GO ON THE RECORD. A FORMER CITY COUNCIL RESIDENT AND CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, SHE IS FOCUSED ON ATA STEWIDE OFFICE. CAN MENA RECOGNITION TRANSLATE INTO VOTES? THE CANDIDATE IS HERE TO MAKE HER CASE. >> THE INSIDE WORD FROM A WASHINGTON TO BEACON HL,IL NEWSMAKERS ARE GOING ON THE RECORD. JANE TT:HAT IS OFF. AS IS ANDREA CAMPBELL, NOW IAN HOTLY CONTESTED RE ACFOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE IS A FORMER MEMBERF O THE CITY COUNCIL. SHE IS BORN AND RAISEIND BOSTON. SHE IS A GRADUATE OF PRINCETON AND HAS A LOT OF GRAY FROM UCLA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING USN O THIS VERY HOT SUNDAY. ANDREA: IT’S GREAT TO BE INSIDE IT. >> POLLS SHOW YOU LEADINGHE T DEMOCRATIC RACE. THAT MAKES YOU A TART.GE YO OURPPONENTS ARE DENOUNCING SUPER PAC’S AND THEY WANT YOU TO ANNOUNCE BETTER BOSTON. ARE YOU GDLA THAT SUPER PAC IS SPENDING MONEY TO HELP Y?OU ANDREA: THERE IS SUCH MISINFORMATION AND IS DISAPPOINTED THAT MY OPPONENIST SPREADING LIES IN THE RACE. THERE IS NO SUPER PAC MONEY IN THE RACE. THERE IS NO CORPORATE FUNDING. I’VE RAID SETHE MOST OUT OF ANY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE, $800,000. WE AGREE THIS WILL BE BETWEEN $2.5 MILLION. I’M GLAD RESIDENTS INVEST IN ME. CLOSE TO 95% OF MY MONEY IS FROM MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS COMPARED TO MY OPPONENTS WHO COMING FROM STATE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD A GRASOOSR OPERATION. I’M NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO CORPORATIONS, I AM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE. JAT:NE A SUPER PAC IS SPENDING MONEY ON YOUR BALEHF, TRYING TO HELP YOUR CANDIDACY. ANDREA: WHEN I SAY BLATANT LIES, THERE IS NO SURPE PAC CONTRIBUTE OR DOING ANYTHING ONY MBEHALF. IMPOSSIBILITY. CANDACE CANNOT COORDINATE WHIT SUPER PAC’S. THE AVERAGE RESIDENT DOESN’T OF THE WEEDS OF THAT. WHEN I SAY MISINFORMATION, IT TRULY IS THAT. ALL OF MY DONATNSIO ARE FROM INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS. ALL OF THAT LIVEONS THE WEBSITE WHERE EREVY RESIDENT CAN GO ON THE SITE AND SEE JUST WHO IS CONTRIBUTE TO THE RACE. JAT:NE THEY’RE NOT GIVING MOYNE TO YOU AND YOU HAVEO N CONTROL OVER A SUPER PAC. TIFHEY SPENT MONEY ON YOUR BEHALF IN ETH FUTURE, WHICHS I LIKELY. ANDR:EA ACTUALLY, NO. JANET: BUT IF THEY DO, WHAT IS YOUREA RCTION? ANDR:EA I AM ACCOUNTABLE TOHE T PEOPLE. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN TO RAISE, ESPECLLIAY BLACK WOMEN AT A STATEWIDE RACE. THAT’S WHY I AM PROUD I HAVE RAISED THE MOST IN THE RACE. BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE WE ARE GAINING MOMENTUM, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ATTACK US. WE HAVE RAISED THE MT,OS WE EAR GOING TO KEEP GETTING OUT THERE TO EARN THE SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS AND DO THE WORK. >> WOULD YOU TO AMOUNTSNY A DASHED ANNOUNCE ANY SURPE PAC INVOLVEMENT? ANDR: THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF M ASSACHUSETTS HAVE ENDORSED ME IN THE RACE. IN PREVIOUS RACESTH, EY FUNDED CANDIDATES THEY BELIEVE WLDOU BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONME,NT INCLUDING THE MAYOR. I AM PROUD TO HAVE TIRHE ENDORSEMENT. MY FOCUS IS TO CONTINUE TO FUND RACE FROM THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO EARN THEIR SUPPORT. WHAT WILL YOU DO AS ATTORNEY GENERAL HELP THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF HOUSING, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCSES TO BABY FOULRMA. THAT’S WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON. MAKING YOUR PEOPLE KNOW WHO I AM AND I WANT TO EARN THEIR SUPPORT. JANET: SHE IS ACCUSING YOU OF FLIP-FLOPPING ON THE ISSUE OF SAFE CONSUMPTION SITES FOR DRUG USERS. LAST YEAR, YOU FILLED OUT A QUESTION THAT SDAI YES. NOW YOU SAY NO. WHY THE CHANGE? ANDREA: IN BOSTON, THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR SAFE INJECTION SITES TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS. NO WE HAVAE CRISIS IN THE STATE. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS, DGRU ABU,SE MENTAL HEALTH, DEPRESSION, SUICIDE. I RECOGNIZE THAT. ISTH IS A STATE WIDE RA. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DO SAFE INJECTION SITES, I WLDOU NOT STAY IN THE WAY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DNGOI THIS AS A STATEWIDE EFFORT. WE DO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AUTBO COSTS, LOCATION, MANY PEOP TLEHINK THESE LOCATIONS WILL GO IN THEIR COMMUNITIE S.THERE IS NO FLIP-FLOPPING. I HAVE NOT FLIP-FLOPPED ON THE ISSUES. I KEEP MY WORD AND MAINTAIN INTEGRITY IN THE WORK. >> SHE SAID SHE WILL SPEND WHATEVER IS NECESSARY OF HER OWN MONEY IN THE RACE. ANDREA: THAT IS ALMOST LIKE A SUPER PAC. I HAVE BEEN STRESSING IT TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE PDGLEE, WE ARE THE LYON CAMPAIGN THAT IS GETTING THE RESOURCES FROM THE PEOPLE. I THINK IT’S OVER 14,000 DONATIONS. AL OLF THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE. I DON’T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SELF FUNDING. I STRESSE W WILL BUILD A GRASSROOTS OPERATION THAT WILL GET OUT THERE. >> SHE HAS BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR, HEALTH CARE, THE GUN LOBBY. WHERE HE/SHE NOT GONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO? ANDREA: EVERY AG BUILDS ON THE ONE THAT HAS COME BEFORE. FRANK SAID THE SAME. HE TURNS 99 THIS YEAR. I AM PROUD TO HAVE HIS SUPPORT IN THE RACE. FOR ME, THERE ARE ISSUES ATTH NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON .IT WE KNOW RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST. IF YOU FOLLOW THE FLOW, RACISM IS REAL. THERE IS A LOT MORE TO RELATES -- FACE DISPARITIES. WE WENT OUT TO COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE BOSTON THE FEEL FTLE OUT. I’VE BEEN IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, WESTERN MASS. FALL RIVER, NEW BEDFORD, MAKING SUREHE TY FEEL SEEN AND HEARD. THERE DEALING WITH HOUSING ISSUES THAT THE AG CAN GRAPPLE WITH. THE PLACE I WOULD FOCUS ON HIS CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM. THE LOSS OF MY TWIN BROTHER, THIS MARKS 10 YEARSIS NCE HE PASSED AWAY WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. HE WAS ONLY 29 YEARS OLD. HE RECEIVED INACCURATE -- INADEQUATE HEALTH CARE. WE CAN DO BETTERFOR ALL FAMILIES. JAT:NE YOU BRING UP BUFFALO, WHICH IS ON THE MINDS OF ALL OF US. PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN FOR A LOT OF BLACK VOTERS. A FEW BELIEVE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE AFTER THIS. WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS? ANDREA: IT WON’T CHANGE IF WE JUST PUT OUT TWEETS AND SAY WE ARE HOLDING THE FAMILIES IN PRAYER. THERE HAS TO BE ACTION. A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, NAMING THE FACT THT WHITE SUPREMACY AND RACISM STILL EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SUGGEST IT DOESN’T. WHEN PEOPLE SAY BCKLA LIVES MATTER, THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. PEOPLE BEI TNGARGETED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SK.IN WE HAVE RACIAL DISPARITIES RIGHT HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SO MYAN ISSUES TO ADDRESS, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TSHI OFFICE, THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND THE TALENT TO MA SKEURE EVERY FAMILY HAS ACCESS TO HOUSING, A LIVING WAGE, HETHAL CARE, PREDATORY PRACTICES. TH EY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED TO THRIVE AND BE SUCCESSFUL. TO ENSURE BASIC FAIRNESS. THAT’S WHAT RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE. THAT’S THE ACTION THAT CAN COME OU T OF THE OFFICE. WHEN I HEAR THE TERM REPLACEMENT THEORY? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON’T PAY MUCH OF ATTENONTI. I’M TALKING TO THE PEOPLE. WHAT I STRSES THIS, IT IS IMPORTANTOT ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE. WHAT I KNOW BTO TRUE, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE OTHR EIR DEMOGRAPHIC, THEY WANT EVERYEON TO HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNI.TY THEY WANT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. THE AG HAS AN UP -- OBLIGATION TO ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT YSSA YOU ARE GUARANTEED OPPORTUNY.IT IT SHOULD BE FAIR AND EQUITAE.BL THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE CAN ENRCFOE THAT. I WOULD BRING EVERYE ONINTO THE FO LD TO BE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATION