2026 Election – Orleans Republican Town Committee

YES creates a 19-member Charter Study Commission that could recommend fundamental, wholesale changes to county government. NO does not create it. Question A comes first on your ballot, before Question 1, and it is not in the state’s voter booklet. Barnstable County’s explainer →

VOTE YES

Expanding the Public Records Law

Government should be more transparent and accountable to taxpayers.

VOTE NO

Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees

Expands public-sector unions and could increase long-term taxpayer costs.

VOTE NO

State Primary Elections

Preserves party primaries and prevents weakening political parties through a top-two system.

VOTE NO

Election Day Registration

Protects election integrity by allowing time to verify voter eligibility before ballots are cast.

VOTE YES

State Revenue Limit & Rebate

Returns excess tax collections to taxpayers instead of letting government spending keep growing.

VOTE NO

Natural Resource Conservation Fund

Conservation matters, but existing funds should be managed responsibly before more is dedicated.

VOTE NO

Single Family Homes

Local communities, not Beacon Hill, should keep control over zoning and development.

VOTE YES

Prohibit Retail Sale of Adult-Use Marijuana

MA is cashing in on cannabis while public health pays the price.

A YES vote stops retail sales. A NO vote keeps them.

VOTE NO

Firearms Regulation

Vote NO to restore your Second Amendment rights.

Asked backwards: YES keeps Chapter 135, NO repeals it.

The ballot will likely run three pages. Read every question to the end, and finish every page.

On Orleans’s ballot

The Republican Slate

Statewide Office

Governor

Mike Minogue

Combat veteran and former Abiomed CEO who built a heart-pump company and sold it to Johnson & Johnson.

See Healey vs. Minogue, side by side »minogueforma.com →

Lieutenant Governor

Shawn Oliver

New Bedford city councilor and state correction officer. Runs on the ticket with Mike Minogue.

Secretary of State

Anne Brensley

Wayland Select Board member and CEO of DevCo North America; Suffolk Law graduate.

annebrensley.com →

Attorney General

Michael Walsh

Massachusetts attorney. Backs the voter-approved audit of the Legislature and local control over zoning.

mikewalshforag.com →

Treasurer

Elizabeth Dionne

Attorney and former chair of the Belmont Select Board, running as “the Taxpayers’ Treasurer.”

votedionne.com →

Federal Office

U.S. Senate

John Deaton

Trial attorney, U.S. Marine veteran and cancer survivor.

See Markey vs. Deaton, side by side »johndeatonforsenate.com →

Congress · 9th District

Tyler Macallister

Former chair of the Mattapoisett Select Board; works in the marine industry.

See Keating vs. Macallister, side by side »macallister4congress.com →

County Office

Barnstable County Commissioner

Adam Hogue

Barnstable small-business owner and 20-year Army veteran, running for the one County Commissioner seat on the ballot.

See Hogue vs. Gessen, side by side »hogue4thecape.com →

Anastasia Welsh Perrino

Barnstable County’s Register of Probate since 2008. Practiced law on the Cape for fourteen years before joining the court.

electanastasia.com →

State Senate (Cape & Islands) and State Representative (4th Barnstable): no Republican is on the ballot.

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