Your Representatives
Who represents Orleans — and how to reach them
Orleans is represented at four levels of government. Unlike some of our neighbors, Orleans is not split between districts — the whole town sits in one State House district, one State Senate district, and one Congressional district. Here is who currently holds each seat.
Checking your own address? All of Orleans sits in the same state and federal districts, so every Orleans voter has the same representatives listed above. You can confirm yours by address at malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator, or ask the Orleans Town Clerk.
Town Government
Orleans governs itself the way it has since 1797 — by open Town Meeting, where every registered voter has a voice and a vote, and by the boards and committees that carry the town’s business between meetings. Agendas and minutes are published by the Town at town.orleans.ma.us — and we track every upcoming board and committee meeting for you on our Town Meetings page.
A Ballot Worth Voting On
Here is the plain fact about elections in Orleans: at the last annual town election, not one office on the ballot was contested — not the Select Board, not the Board of Health, not the school committees, not the library trustees. Our state representative ran unopposed as well. That happens again and again here.
An uncontested ballot isn’t a sign that everyone agrees. It’s a sign that nobody was asked to run. With 3,467 Orleans voters registered to no party at all — six in ten — there is no shortage of people with something to say about how this town is run.
The Orleans Republican Town Committee works to recruit and elect candidates who will fight for our families, taxpayers, and values — and, just as importantly, to make sure Orleans voters get more than one name to choose from. Get involved and help us build the bench.