Quentin Palfrey, a Democrat running for Massachusetts attorney general, has ended his campaign.
The former health care division chief announced on Tuesday his decision to drop out of the race while endorsing his former opponent Andrea Campbell.
“Andrea's lived experience has shaped her in ways that allow her to connect with families across our Commonwealth,” Palfrey said in a statement. “Her devotion to public service is admirable. She will continue the legacy of Maura Healey and be a fighter for justice for all.”
Palfrey's decision to exit the race comes on the heels of a series of brutal polls putting him behind other opponents.
According to MassLive:
Just 10% of likely Democratic primary voters said they would cast their ballots for Palfrey in a poll released last week from the MassINC polling group. Meanwhile, 28% said they would vote for Campbell, compared to 26% for labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan and 32% who are undecided.
Liss-Riordan had only wooed 6% of voters in June, according to the poll. Yet after pouring millions of dollars of her own money into campaign advertising, Liss-Riordan managed to boost her polling performance by 20 percentage points within two months.
Palfrey's decision to end his campaign was all but assured over the weekend when he failed to secure endorsements from Sen. Elizabeth Warren or former Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey. Despite receiving the state party's endorsement in June, their late-breaking move effectively recast the primary as a two-woman race between the Brookline labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan and Campbell, the former Boston city councilor who's backed by Healey, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Sen. Ed Markey, and other prominent Democrats.
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