Today's Boston Herald is reporting that James McKenna, a former prosecutor from Millbury, has run a successful write-in primary campaign for state Attorney General and will be running against incumbent Martha Coakley.
The article reports:
"McKenna worked for 10 years as a prosecutor, including three years as an assistant district attorney in the organized crime division of the Suffolk County district attorney's office and six years as a prosecutor in the Worcester County district attorney's office.
"In 1998 he moved to a private practice in insurance law and criminal appeals, but also served as a special assistant district attorney to ask the Supreme Judicial Court to affirm the conviction of the man found guilty of the 1994 murder of Paxton Police Chief Robert Mortell."
Attorney McKenna stated that he decided to attempt a write-in campaign after the Republicans failed to recruit a candidate to run against Martha Coakley. Successful write-in campaigns are unusual and require a lot of organization. Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Nassour has stated that the party will support McKenna in the November election.
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