Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Location

Information
Seat: Boston
Population (2020): 797,936
County Commissioners: 0
County Website: Official website

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The county seat of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, is in Boston. The county government of Suffolk County has been abolished, meaning that there is no separate county budget and administrative supervision of county functions is done by various state departments.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 1.1 2022
* 1.2 2020
* 1.3 2018
* 2 Elected officials
* 2.1 Other elected officials
* 3 Recent news
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

### 2022[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2022)

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, is holding general elections for district attorney and sheriff on November 8, 2022. A primary is scheduled for September 6, 2022. The filing deadline for this election is May 31, 2022.

### 2020[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2020)

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, held a partisan general election for register of probate on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for September 15, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was June 2, 2020.

### 2018[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2018)

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, held general elections for district attorney, register of deeds, and clerk of courts on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on September 4, 2018.

## Elected officials[edit]

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### Other elected officials[edit]

Suffolk County residents elect the following county officials:

Office title | Officeholder name | Date assumed office | Party affiliation

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Suffolk County Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court

Maura Doyle

October 21, 1996

Democratic Party

Suffolk County District Attorney

Rachael Rollins

2019

Democratic Party

Suffolk County Register of Deeds

Stephen Murphy

2016

Democratic Party

Suffolk County Register of Probate

Felix Arroyo

2014

Democratic Party

Suffolk County Sheriff

Steven Tompkins

2013

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Suffolk County Massachusetts. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Google News

## See also[edit]

Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Suffolk Probate and Family Court website
* Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department website
* Clerk's Office for The County of Suffolk

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "County Government," accessed October 25, 2017

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