Promising 'Bold, Transformative Change,' State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz Launches Bid For Governor

State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Boston) became the third candidate to officially enter the 2022 Massachusetts governor’s race Wednesday, casting herself as a candidate with a proven track record of pushing the often sluggish state Legislature to act on big systemic challenges facing the Commonwealth.

Chang-Diaz spoke at English High School, in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, after campaign stops in Springfield and Worcester, where she met with leaders of color and small-business owners and employees.

In Jamaica Plain, Chang-Diaz touted her work on the Student Opportunity Act, which created $1.5 billion in new education funding and prioritized schools serving lower-income students, many of whom do not speak English. Gov. Charlie Baker, the Republican incumbent who has not yet announced whether he is planning to run for a third term, signed that legislation into law at English High School in 2019.

“For four years, we had to drag Governor Baker to the altar,” Chang-Diaz said. “But from Boston to the South Shore to Leominster to Easthampton, we built a movement to get it done. We made it impossible for Beacon Hill to ignore working families and their kids.

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