Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 797,936,making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston,Chelsea,and Revere,and the town of Winthrop. The traditional county seat is Boston,the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in 1999,resulting in Suffolk County now functioning only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
Daniel F. Conley is an American attorney and politician who served as the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts from 2002 to 2018. Appointed to the office in February 2002,Conley was later elected on November 5,2002,and again in 2006,2010,and 2014. He retired in 2018 to enter private practice.
Andrea J. Cabral is an American lawyer and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and sheriff of Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
John Austin Keliher was a U.S. Democratic politician.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral General Court,which is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The governor exercises executive power with other independently elected officers:the Attorney General,Secretary of the Commonwealth,and Auditor. The state's judicial power rests in the Supreme Judicial Court,which manages its court system. Cities and towns act through local governmental bodies to the extent that they are authorized by the Commonwealth on local issues,including limited home-rule authority. Although most county governments were abolished during the 1990s and 2000s,a handful remain.
The Deer Island Prison in Suffolk County,Massachusetts was located on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Once known as the Deer Island House of Industry and later,House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness,illegal possession of drugs,disorderly conduct,larceny,and other crimes subject to relatively short-term sentencing. When it closed in 1991,some 1,500 inmates were being held at Deer Island.
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts who previously served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald after her 1992 election. She is a perennial candidate,having been an unsuccessful candidate for political office more than forty times.
John R. Granara is an American attorney who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Special Sheriff of Middlesex County,Massachusetts.
Clifford Holmes Marshall was an American politician who served as a State Representative and Sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts.
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.
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth,or "MassINC," is registered as a non-profit 501(c) organization that functions as a nonpartisan,evidence-based think tank. Its mission is to develop a public agenda for Massachusetts that promotes the growth and vitality of the middle class. Its governing philosophy is rooted in the ideals embodied in the American Dream:equality of opportunity,personal responsibility,and a strong commonwealth. Their mission is to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American dream.
Thomas M. Hodgson is an American politician who served as Sheriff of Bristol County Massachusetts from 1997 to 2022.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Before that,she was the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Milton in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Brandy Fluker Oakley of Dorchester has represented the district since 2020.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Essex County and Suffolk County. Democrat RoseLee Vincent of Revere has represented the district since 2015. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Joseph Gravellese and Jessica Giannino.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Angelo M. Scaccia has represented the district since 1995. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Gretchen Van Ness.
Massachusetts Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative,also known as Question 2,was an initiative at the 2020 Massachusetts general election that would have changed primaries and elections in Massachusetts from plurality voting to ranked-choice voting (RCV) for all Massachusetts statewide offices,state legislative offices,federal congressional offices,and certain other offices beginning in 2022. RCV would not be extended to elections for president,county commissioner,or regional district school committee member. The initiative failed,with 54.8% of voters voting 'No' and 45.2% 'Yes'.
Mass. and Cass,also known as Methadone Mile or Recovery Road,is an area in Boston,Massachusetts,located at and around the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue. Due to its concentration of neighborhood services providing help,the area around Mass. and Cass has long attracted a large number of people struggling with homelessness and drug addiction,especially after the closure of facilities on Long Island. It has been characterized as "the epicenter of the region's opioid addiction crisis".
Kevin R. Hayden is an American lawyer currently serving as District Attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts,after being appointed by Governor Charlie Baker. Hayden was elected District Attorney in 2022 after winning the Democratic primary and running unopposed in the general election.
