Truro is a town in Barnstable County,Massachusetts,United States,comprising two villages:Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston,it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod,in an area known as the "Outer Cape". English colonists named it after Truro in Cornwall,United Kingdom.
William David Delahunt was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. Delahunt did not seek re-election in 2010,and left Congress in January 2011. He was succeeded by Norfolk County District Attorney Bill Keating.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court,the state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital of Massachusetts.
Elections in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are held at national,state and local level. The state holds the first presidential primary in the national cycle. Elections for a range of state positions coincide with biennial elections for the House of Representatives.
Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2024. She represented the Fourth Barnstable district,a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.
Viriato Manuel Pereira de Macedo,also popularly known as Vinny deMacedo,is a Cape Verdean American politician,and was the Massachusetts State Senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable District,which comprises the communities of Bourne,Falmouth,Kingston,Pembroke,Plymouth,and Sandwich. He is a Republican who was sworn into the Massachusetts Senate on January 7,2015. In November 2019 deMacedo resigned from the Massachusetts Senate to take a job in higher education.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County,where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.
Susan Williams Gifford was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She represented the Second Plymouth from 2003 until her death in 2024.
Robert A. O'Leary is a former member of the Massachusetts Senate (D-Barnstable) who served from 2001 to 2011. He was a candidate in the 2010 Democratic primary for Massachusetts's 10th congressional district.
Daniel A. Wolf is an American entrepreneur,aircraft pilot,and politician. In 1989,he founded the Cape Cod-based airline Cape Air,which originally flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts,and has since expanded internationally. In 2010,he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate to represent the Cape and Islands district. He ran unopposed in 2012,and was subsequently re-elected to a third term in 2014. During his tenure,he has emerged as a progressive leader in the Senate,advocating for renewable energy,increased minimum wage,and universal health care.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland since 2022. Prior to this,Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's South Coast. He worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County,Massachusetts,offices before his election to Congress. In January 2021,he became a CNN commentator.
Diana DiZoglio is an American politician who is the current Massachusetts State Auditor. A member of the Democratic Party,DiZoglio had previously represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts Senate from 2019 to 2023. The district included her home city of Methuen as well as Newburyport,Haverhill,Merrimac,Amesbury,Salisbury,and four of eight precincts in North Andover.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
Joan Meschino is an attorney and American politician from Hull,Massachusetts. On November 8,2016,she was elected the state representative for the Third Plymouth district.
Dylan A. Fernandes is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing Martha's Vineyard,the Elizabeth Islands,four precincts of Falmouth,and Nantucket. Serving since 2017,he is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently a Member-elect of the Massachusetts Senate from the Plymouth and Barnstable district,having won a close contest during the 2024 elections.
Edward J. Kennedy Jr. is an American politician,and member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Middlesex district. He has previously served as the 90th Mayor of Lowell (2016–2018).
Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County,all of Dukes County,and all of Nantucket County population in 2010. Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017. He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
Marc Julian Bradley is an American businessman and Republican politician from Milwaukee County,Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 28th Senate district since 2021. He is the first black Republican to serve in the Wisconsin Senate and only the second black Republican to serve in the Wisconsin Legislature.
The 2022 Massachusetts State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,with the primary election having been held on Tuesday,September 6,2022. Massachusetts voters selected all 40 members of the State Senate to serve two-year terms in the 2023–2024 Massachusetts legislature. The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections,including U.S. House,Governor,and Massachusetts House.
