Barnstable County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

September 1 primary result: Daniel A. Gessen won the Democratic nomination with about 42 percent over Ronald J. Bergstrom (about 40 percent) and Eric E. Schwaab; Bergstrom conceded, per CAI (Cape and Islands NPR), and Gessen meets Republican Adam Michael Hogue on the November 3 ballot. Counts are unofficial until the Secretary of the Commonwealth certifies the primary. One seat on the three-member Board of Regional Commissioners is up in 2026: three Democrats competed on September 1 and the nominee meets Republican Adam Hogue of Barnstable on November 3, per CAI and the certified lists. NO RESULT for the Democratic contest has been published in any source checked as of September 2, 2026; the Associated Press declared winners only in the Norfolk and Suffolk district attorney contests. All three Democrats are still listed. RE-VERIFY at certification.

• Daniel A. Gessen · Democratic▾

  Gessen is a 1st Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard who has deployed overseas, per the campaign site. Gessen currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates, representing Falmouth, per the campaign site.

  Priorities: Regional action on housing affordability and cost of living, per his campaign site · Wastewater funding and Title 5 septic cost relief, per CAI · Broadband and child care coordination, per his campaign site

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• Adam Michael Hogue · Republican▾

  

  Hogue is a 20-year U.S. Army veteran who deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom, per the campaign site. Hogue has since built businesses in the financial services industry and served on multiple nonprofit boards, per the campaign site.

  Priorities: Supports housing solutions for Cape Cod while opposing a proposed regional real estate transfer fee · Prioritizes county investment in aging infrastructure · Wants housing and zoning decisions left to individual towns while the county funds regional planning and infrastructure

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The only certified candidate in either party.

• Anastasia Welsh Perrino · Republican▾

  

  Perrino, an attorney, has served as Barnstable County Register of Probate since 2008 and was re-elected in 2014 and 2020, per the campaign site. Before her election she spent five years as an assistant register and assistant judicial case manager at the Barnstable Probate and Family Court, per the campaign site. She holds a law degree from Suffolk University Law School and an undergraduate degree from Boston College, per the campaign site.

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