Candidate · November 3, 2026
Andrea James
On the ballot for Governor · Massachusetts
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Massachusetts1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Independent1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Andrea James is running for governor as an independent and says her family has lived in Massachusetts for seven generations.4 She says she has executive experience leading organizations and managing staff and budgets, and Wikipedia's article on the race lists her as a criminal justice nonprofit executive.4,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running to build a Commonwealth that works for everyone, not just the people at the top, with state government focused on housing, health care, child care, education and quality of life.6,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteajforma.com5,
7 - Facebookfacebook.com/andreaforgovernor7
- Instagraminstagram.com/andreaforgovernor7
- X (Twitter)x.com/ajforma7
- TikToktiktok.com/@ajforma7
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/andreaforgovernor.bsky.social7
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Health Care
Her campaign website says she would pursue a state single-payer health care system, Medicare for All in Massachusetts, covering all residents without premiums, co-pays or deductibles.8
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says Massachusetts should provide quality child care for free, and that she would expand publicly funded child care centers and raise wages for child care workers.9
- Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
- Expand help for lower- and middle-income families through grants and tax credits
- Keep current child care funding and tax credits
- Lower costs mainly by easing rules on providers, not with new federal spending
Housing
Her campaign website says she would support rent stabilization policies, declare a statewide housing emergency and create a Social Housing Authority to build permanently affordable housing.10
Immigration
Her campaign website calls for abolishing ICE.11
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she supports a moratorium on building new data centers and would require data center companies to pay for any added energy or water costs so they are not passed on to consumers.12
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
State Government
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance reports and filers search — Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.16