
Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024. Incumbent Maura Doyle (D), who was appointed in 1996, is not running for re-election.
The Boston Herald’s Gayla Cawley wrote that the race “is shaping up to be a battle of the more progressive contingent for Cartwright and the more moderate sector for Murphy.” U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell (D) endorsed Cartwright. U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), former Mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn, and Boston City Councilor Edward Flynn endorsed Murphy.