2024 Middlesex County Elections

2024 Middlesex County Elections

Register of Deeds - Middlesex Northern

What Does the Register Do: The Register is in charge of record-keeping related to real estate transactions: deeds, mortgages, tax liens, water liens, declaration of homestead, and many other kinds of documents regarding the title and ownership of real estate, which are noted permanently in official records.

Towns Covered: Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Westford, Wilmington

Incumbent (retiring): Richard Howe
 
*Sokhary Chau did not submit a questionnaire.

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2024 MA House Elections

2024 MA House Elections

Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket

The District: Falmouth (Pcts 1, 2, 6); Martha’s Vineyard (Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Gosnold, Oakl Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury), Nantucket

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Dylan Fernandes (D)

 

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4th Barnstable

The District: Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Sarah Peake (D)

Michael Herman submitted a questionnaire but has since dropped out of the race.

 

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3rd Berkshire

The District: Alford, Becket, Dalton, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, and West Stockbridge

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Smitty Pignatelli (D)

Jamie Minacci (D) and Marybeth Mitts (U) did not submit questionnaires.

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1st Bristol

The District: Mansfield (Pct 2, 3, 6, 7) Norton (Pct 3-5), Foxborough

Outgoing Rep: F. Jay Barrows (R)

David Martin (D), Michael Toole (D), and Michael Chaisson (R) did not submit questionnaires.

 

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11th Essex

The District: Lynn (Ward 4 Pct 3; Ward 5 Pcts 1, 2, 4; Ward 6; Ward 7); Nahant

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Pete Capano (D)

Sean Reid (D) did not submit a questionniare.

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7th Middlesex

The District: Ashland, Framingham (Pcts 9, 11A, 17-20, 23-27)

Incumbent: Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis (D)

Jack Patrick Lewis did not submit a questionnaire.

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9th Middlesex

The District: Waltham (Ward 1 Pcts 1, 2; Ward 2; Ward 3 Pcts 1, 2; Ward 4 Pct 1; Ward 5 Pct 2; Ward 6 Pcts 1, 2A; Ward 7; Ward 8 Pcts 1, 2A)

Incumbent: Rep. Tom Stanley (D)

Tom Stanley did not submit a questionnaire.

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11th Middlesex

The District: Newton (Ward 1 Pcts 2&3; Ward 2 Pcts 1-4; Ward 3 Pcts 1-3; Ward 4; Ward 7 Pcts  2-4)

Incumbent: Rep. Kay Khan (D)

Alex Jablon did not submit a questionnaire.

See Amy Mah Sangiolo’s answers to Progressive Newton’s questionnaire supplement.

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12th Middlesex

The District: Newton (Ward 5, Ward 6, Ward 7 Pct 1, Ward 8), Brookline (Pcts 5, 13A, 14, 15)

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Ruth Balser (D)

Rick Lipof (D) and Greg Schwartz (D) did not submit a questionnaire.

See Bill Humphrey’s answers to Progressive Newton’s questionnaire supplement.

 

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18th Middlesex

The District: Lowell (Ward 1 Pct 1A, Ward 4 Pcts 3, 4A, Ward 5 Pct 1A, Ward 6, Pcts 1, 2, 3A, 4, Ward 7 Pcts 1, 2, 3, 4, Ward 8 Pct 1, 2, 3, and 4)

Incumbent:  Rep. Rady Mom (D)

Rep. Rady Mom, David Ouellette (U), and Andrew Kollar (D) did not submit questionnaires

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25th Middlesex

The District: Cambridge (Central Square, Riverside, Central Square, Mid-Cambridge, Porter Square, Agassiz-Baldwin, Harvard Square, West Cambridge, North Cambridge: Ward 3 Pct 3A; Ward 4 Pcts 2, 2A, 3; Ward 6 Pcts 2, 3; Ward 7; Ward 8; Ward 10 Pcts 1A, 2)

Incumbent: Rep. Marjorie Decker (D)

Marjorie Decker did not submit a questionnaire.

 

 

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27th Middlesex

The District: Somerville (Ward 1 Precinct 4A; Ward 2 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4; Ward 3; Ward 4 Precinct 2A; Ward 5; Ward 6 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4)

Incumbent: Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven (D)


 

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35th Middlesex

The District: Malden (Ward 1; Ward 3 Pcts 1A, 3; Ward 7 Pcts 1, 3A); Medford (Ward 1; Ward 2; Ward 3 ct 1; Ward 6 Pct 2A; Ward 7 Pct 2; Ward 8 Pct 1)

Incumbent: Rep. Paul Donato (D)

Paul Donato did not submit a questionnaire.

 

 

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13th Norfolk

The District: Needham, Dover, Medfield (Pcts 1 &2)

Outgoing Rep:  Rep. Denise Garlick (D)

Ken Ruetenik (D) and William Dermody (U) did not submit questionnaires.

 

 

6th Suffolk

The District: Boston — parts of the neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, and Roslindale (W14 Pcts 2, 5-14; W17 Pcts 1-3, 5-7; W18 Pcts 7&8; W19 Pct 12)  

Incumbent: Rep. Russell Holmes (D)

Russell Holmes did not submit a questionnaire.

 

 

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1st Plymouth

The District: Plymouth (Pcts 4, 6-12, 14-18)

Outgoing Rep: Rep. Mathew Muratore (R)

Art Desloges (D), Jesse Brown (R), Dee Wallace Spencer (R) did not submit questionnaires.

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2024 MA Senate Elections

2024 MA Senate Elections

Norfolk, Plymouth & Bristol

The District: Braintree (Pcts 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B1, 4A, 5A, 5B, 6B), Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph (Pcts 4-6, 9-12), Stoughton, West Bridgewater

Outgoing Senator: Sen. Walter Timilty (D) 

Bill Driscoll and Marcquis Johnson did not submit questionnaires.

2024 Suffolk County Elections

2024 Suffolk County Elections

Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court

What the Clerk of the SJC Does:The SJC clerk for Suffolk County works on the SJC’s single-justice sessions, i.e., when just one SJC justice acts as a trial judge to review various lower court rulings, and they oversee lawyer discipline and bar admission.

*No questionnaire was received from Erin Murphy.

Incumbent (retiring): Maura Doyle
 

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Register of Probate and Family Court

What the Register Does: The Register runs the county’s Probate and Family Court system, which oversees matters like divorce, wills, inheritance, custody, adoption, and name changes.

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2024 Governor’s Council

Governor's Council
2024 Elections

District 2

Cities and Towns in District 2: Ashland, Attleboro, Avon, Bellingham, Braintree (Pct. 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 4A, 5A, 5B, 6B), Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Dover, East Bridgewater, Easton, Foxborough, Framingham, Halifax, Hanson, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Norton, Plainville, Randolph, Sharon, Sherborn, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman, Wrentham

State Senators’ Districts within D2: Mike Brady, Paul Feeney, Becca Rausch, Karen Spilka, Walter Timilty

*No questionnaire was received from Sean Murphy or Francis Crimmins.

District 3

Boston neighborhoods in District 3: Boston — Fenway (W4P10, 12; W5P2, 10, 12, 15; W21P1); Boston – Allston/Brighton (W21P2-16, W22)

Other cities and towns in District 3: Acton, Arlington, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge – West Cambridge (W8P2; W9); Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Harvard, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Newton, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, Woburn 

State Senators’ Districts within D7: Mike Barrett, Will Brownsberger, Cindy Creem, Jamie Eldridge, Cindy Friedman

No questionnaire was received from Marilyn Petitto Devaney.

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District 4

Boston neighborhoods in District 4: Bay Village, Chinatown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan Mission Hill, Roslindale, South Boston, South End, West Roxbury  (W1P15; W3P7–8, 14–16; W4P1–5,9,11; W5P1, 13, 14; W6–W20)

Other cities and towns in District 4: Braintree, (Pcts. 3B, 4B, 6A); Cohasset, Dedham, Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Norwood, Quincy, Rockland, Scituate, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth

State Senators’ Districts within D7: Mike Barrett, Will Brownsberger, Cindy Creem, Jamie Eldridge, Cindy Friedman

No questionnaire was received from Chris Iannella or Ronald Iacobucci.

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What the Governor’s Council Does

The Massachusetts Governor’s Council consists of eight individuals elected from districts each consisting of five state senate districts. The Council is responsible for confirming judges and members of the Parole Board, among other nominees, and of approving pardons and commutations. If you care about the present and future of courts in Massachusetts, then you should care about the Governor’s Council.