Updated: 7:01 PM EDT Jun 13, 2021 A second Democrat is entering the 2022 race for governor of Massachusetts. WCVB has confirmed that Harvard University political science professor Danielle Allen will officially launch her gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday.During a May 30 guest appearance on WCVB s On the Record, Allen said she was just a few weeks away from making a decision about whether to move forward with a run for governor.Former State Sen. Ben Downing, also a Democrat, declared his gubernatorial candidacy in February.Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, has yet to announce if he will seek a third term.During her OTR appearance, Allen says her COVID-19 pandemic policy work inspired to explore a run for governor of Massachusetts.According to Allen, she built the first national policy roadmap that advocated for the accelerated ramp-up of investment in testing and contact tracing, policies which have ended up in the Biden administration s COVID-19 response