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Patrick Thomas Roath
Democratic · Massachusetts · 2026Patrick Thomas Roath is an attorney and voting-rights advocate from Jamaica Plain who previously served as an aide to Gov. Deval Patrick and in the Obama administration, per WBUR and his campaign site. He is a past board chair of Common Cause Massachusetts and worked on the state's automatic voter registration and universal mail-in voting laws, per his campaign site, which says it takes no corporate PAC money.
Priorities
- Affordable housing, including a federal building campaign and first-time buyer assistance, per his campaign site
- Family affordability and child care, per his campaign site
- Affordable health care moving toward universal coverage, per his campaign site
On the ballot
U.S. House, MA-8 · Massachusetts · 2026
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