Norfolk District Attorney Democratic Primary
Source: electionstats.state.ma.us
What does this office do?
- Deciding which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Adam W. Deitch
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Former federal prosecutor in Boston's U.S. Attorney's Office and former private-practice attorney whose work included public-corruption, fraud, firearms, child-exploitation, and civil-rights-related innocence cases; 2026 Democratic candidate for Norfolk District Attorney.
Records: Anti-Corruption 2 for
Craig J. MacLellan
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Cohasset School Committee member and former chair, former Suffolk County assistant district attorney and Commission on Judicial Conduct investigating attorney, private-practice lawyer, and 2026 Democratic candidate for Norfolk District Attorney.
Records: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 2 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for
Djuna Elizabeth Perkins
AdvancedDemocratic · advanced
Djuna Perkins is a Massachusetts attorney with her own law practice who earlier served as a Suffolk County assistant district attorney and state assistant attorney general. She focuses on equal treatment under the law and rebuilding public trust in the justice system.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Gregory P. Connor
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Career prosecutor who spent 25 years in the Norfolk District Attorney's Office, rose from intern to chief trial counsel, received the 2024 Massachusetts Prosecutor of the Year award, and is a 2026 Democratic candidate for District Attorney.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Jim Barakat
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Braintree public-defense attorney with more than a decade representing accused and marginalized people across Massachusetts, and a 2026 Democratic candidate for Norfolk District Attorney.
Macy Lee
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Milton attorney and former prosecutor with more than 30 years in law, two decades of management and leadership experience, and a 2026 Democratic candidacy for Norfolk District Attorney.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Robert Louis Jubinville
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
Framingham District Court clerk-magistrate on campaign leave, former elected Governor's Council member, Army veteran, board-certified criminal trial attorney with more than 40 years of legal experience, and 2026 Democratic candidate for Norfolk District Attorney.
Records: Anti-Corruption 1 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: sec.state.ma.us23