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One of the concerns we had was that if people came to see AGs as being as political as governors, it would weaken us in our states. That's begun to happen.

Scott Harshbarger, who served as Massachusetts' Democratic attorney general in the 1990s

Scott Harshbarger, who served as Massachusetts' Democratic attorney general in the 1990s

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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