David Michael Golden, Jr.
Republican · MA · Plymouth Select Board Member
David Golden serves on the Plymouth Select Board, which he previously chaired, and works for a company that provides property appraisals for towns. His priorities are ending the Mass Save program and requiring legislative approval of utility rate increases.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Voted against a new civil conduct policy for town meetings, which the Select Board passed 3-2 on August 11, 2026. He said the policy could chill free speech.
August 11, 2026
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Swore at fellow Select Board member Bill Keohan during a July 28, 2026 meeting after Keohan voted against euthanizing an aggressive dog, then apologized to the board.
July 28, 2026
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Voted with a 3-2 Select Board majority on June 9, 2026 to waive the town's right to buy 138 acres at Landers Farm Road, letting developer Matt Sheridan buy it. Sheridan was managing Golden's state representative campaign; Golden had filed a conflict disclosure with the state ethics commission but did not recuse.
June 9, 2026
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Endorsed Betty Cavacco and Dick Quintal in Plymouth's May 2026 Select Board election.
May 17, 2026
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Became chair of the Plymouth Select Board on September 16, 2025, by leading a 3-2 vote that removed Kevin Canty as chair four months into his term.
September 16, 2025
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Was chosen vice chair of the Plymouth Select Board on May 20, 2025, after that year's town election.
May 20, 2025
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Moved to cancel a nonbinding May 2025 ballot question on exempting Plymouth from the state ban on guns in town buildings and parks. The Select Board agreed 5-0 after Town Meeting rejected the exemption 112-33.
April 8, 2025
Source: plymouthindependent.org
Past race David Michael Golden, Jr. ran in:
- Massachusetts State House of Representatives District 1st Plymouth · November 3, 2026 · 1st Plymouth District; Massachusetts