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Michael Giardino

Democratic · Massachusetts · 2026

Running for District Attorney, Cape and Islands District, Massachusetts

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Stability and staff retention in the office, per the Provincetown Independent
  • Rebuilding the victim witness advocate unit, per the Provincetown Independent and Cape News
  • Continuing the mental health court, elder fraud, and human trafficking initiatives, per the Provincetown Independent
Biography

Michael Giardino is a superior court prosecutor in the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office and a Cape Cod native who previously rose to chief prosecutor of the district courts in the Cape and Islands office, leaving in October 2024, per the Provincetown Independent. He is running on restoring stability after what he says were 35 staff departures in two years, per the Provincetown Independent.

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