Rayla Campbell plans to run for secretary of the commonwealth now instead of lieutenant governor.
The Republican from Randolph changed the purpose of her political committee in a letter to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance on Thursday. Campbell had been running for lieutenant governor since March. Before that, she planned on running for Congress once again in the Seventh Congressional District against U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester).
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that the Massachusetts Newborn Protection Coalition can collect signatures for the time being in a push to get their born-alive protection question onto the November 2022 ballot.
The state's highest court granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday afternoon, allowing the process to continue while the court considers the appeal.
