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Seth Thomas Aitken
Republican · Massachusetts · 2026Seth Thomas Aitken is a Fall River attorney, Army veteran, and longtime Swansea resident who served eight years as an Army combat engineer officer, per his campaign site. He served two stints as a Bristol County assistant district attorney, including as a supervisor overseeing Fall River District Court trials, taught trial practice at UMass Dartmouth School of Law, and spent three years as Fall River City Administrator, per his campaign site; he is the first Republican to seek the office since 1974, per the New Bedford Guide.
Priorities
- Increasing personnel, resources, and training for district court prosecutors, per his campaign site
- New partnerships with state and federal agencies to target drugs, guns, gangs, and violence, per his campaign site
- A financial-crimes team to pursue public corruption and fraud against businesses and the elderly, per his campaign site
On the ballot
District Attorney, Bristol District · Massachusetts · 2026
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