 In the race towards becoming Massachusetts next Attorney General, a lot is at stake in 2014. Democratic candidate Mora Healy is letting her experience pave the way in her campaign towards becoming the state's top law enforcement official. Massachusetts needs someone that can actually be the people's lawyer that actually knows what they're doing and doesn't just hide behind a desk all day. While Healy is up for Attorney General, she is no stranger to the office. Healy holds seven years of experience working in the Attorney General's office, where she has served as the head of civil rights, public protection, and business and labor divisions. I ran this campaign, and I'm glad to still be running the campaign, to be the people's lawyer, to be the people's advocate. But I learned that firsthand from one person, and that is Martha Coakley, who will be the president. Working closely with the former Attorney General turned Democratic gubernatorial candidate, in 2009, Healy joined Martha Coakley in the fight to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, a law that discriminated against same-sex marriage couples. We brought a lawsuit here, we were successful, still the only state in the country to ever challenge that law, and we've seen what's happened. In the wake of that, we've now grown from three states with marriage equality to well over 30, and that's about leadership, and that's about an Attorney General who's willing to lead. If elected, Healy plans to hit the ground running from day one, tackling the most critical issues that her supporters feel plague the justice system. In terms of the issues facing us there are so many issues, so many challenges, but I'm really focused on standing up for civil rights, standing up for people with disabilities, and working to do all we can to expand services and programs for people with mental health issues, people with behavioral health issues, and also people who are dealing with heroin and prescription drug misuse and abuse issues. That's really, really important to me. If elected over Republican candidate John Miller, Mora Healy will be the first openly gay Attorney General in the United States. Among her priorities, she hopes to make equal treatment under the law so that the LGBT community here in the Commonwealth can feel safe. Reporting for BUTV News, I'm Supreme Appala.