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.
Cities & Towns Covered: Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Westford, Wilmington
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.
Cities & Towns Covered: Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Concord, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Malden, Marlborough, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester, Woburn
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
The District: Ashland, Framingham (Pcts 9, 11A, 17-20, 23-27)
Incumbent: Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis (D)
Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis did not submit a questionnaire.
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)
Rep. Tom Stanley did not submit a questionnaire.
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.
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.
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
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)
Rep. Marjorie Decker did not submit a questionnaire.
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)
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)
Rep. Paul Donato did not submit a questionnaire.
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.
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)
Rep. Russell Holmes did not submit a questionnaire.
The District: Boston — West End (Ward 3 Precincts 5 & 9), Beacon Hill (Ward 3 Precinct 17; Ward 5 Precincts 3-5, 11), Back Bay (Ward 5 Precincts 6-9, 15), Fenway (Ward 4 Precincts 7, 8, 11, 12; Ward 5 Precinct 2)
Incumbent: Rep. Jay Livingstone (D)
Rep. Jay Livingstone did not submit a questionnaire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Faustina “Kathy” Gabriel did not return a questionnaire.
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.
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.
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 D4: Nick Collins, John Keenan, Liz Miranda, Patrick O’Connor, Mike Rush
No questionnaire was received from Chris Iannella or Ronald Iacobucci.
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