State Representative 9th Bristol District
Source: electionstats.state.ma.us
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Republican · won
Dartmouth Town Meeting member and systems engineer with 25 years in technology across health care, software, finance, and pharmaceuticals. His priorities are lowering living costs and making state government more transparent and accountable.
Democratic · won
Dartmouth transportation director for a nonprofit serving people with intellectual disabilities and a former Dartmouth Town Meeting member. His priorities include state help for coastal wastewater upgrades and revising the 40B housing law to give towns more local control.
Republican · lost
Henry Bousquet is a culinary arts teacher at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech and a former New Bedford Ward 3 city councilor who later served on the city's Election Commission. His priorities include cutting state spending and ending lottery admissions at vocational schools.
Democratic · lost
Stephen J. Medeiros owns the real estate firm Spark TNS, Inc. and is a past president of the Realtor Association of Southeastern Massachusetts and the state Realtors association. His priorities include more local input on 40B housing projects and smart development that lets infrastructure catch up.
Sources: sec.state.ma.us23