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  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY DECISIONS, DECISIONS —  A Donald Trump-backed conservative former state representative or a less-conservative businessman who’s largely self-funding his first political run. A prominent labor attorney who’s  poured at least $9.3 million  of her own money  into her campaign or a former Boston city councilor with less legal experience but who could shatter a glass ceiling in November. A senator from western Massachusetts whose main pitch  is connecting the two halves of the state by high-speed rail, a North Shore mayor who’s leaning into her executive experience, or a social-worker-turned-state-representative who’s won over progressive groups. Voters are already heading to the polls  to make their picks in the Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and auditor, and the Republican primaries for governor and lieutenant governor. And if you don’t know who I’m referr...

  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY GRUDGE MATCHES —  So much for a sleepy primary season. Simmering feuds in the Democratic primaries  for lieutenant governor and attorney general are boiling over once more as candidates criss-cross the state in a mad dash to lock up votes. Attorney general rivals Andrea Campbell and Shannon Liss-Riordan  spent the weekend criticizing each other over self-funding and super PAC spending . And that was  before  Liss-Riordan’s updated state campaign finance report showed that she’s now poured an eye-popping $9.3 million of her own money into her campaign. Campbell’s supporters, including new endorser former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy,  the first woman to hold constitutional office in Massachusetts, are accusing Liss-Riordan of trying to buy her way into office by flooding mailboxes and putting more than $5.5 million into advertising, according to tracker firm AdImpact. “The attorney general office shouldn’t be b...