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4 candidates are tracked for Barnstable County Commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Ronald J. Bergstrom, Daniel A. Gessen, Eric E. Schwaab and Adam Michael Hogue. Candidate information follows official Barnstable County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
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.
Democratic · Incumbent
Ronald J. Bergstrom is vice chair of the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners, serving since 2019 after 12 years on the county Assembly of Delegates and service on the Chatham select board, per the Provincetown Independent and CAI.
Democratic
Daniel A. Gessen is Falmouth's delegate to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates, its deputy speaker, and an infantry officer in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, per his campaign site and CAI. He cites securing $1.3 million in federal wastewater funding while on the Assembly, per CAI.
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-02.
Campaign site →Democratic
Eric E. Schwaab is a Barnstable Housing Authority member elected in 2025, running largely self-funded without prior county government experience, per the Provincetown Independent and CAI. He argues the county should push back on dense housing development he says exceeds the Cape's carrying capacity, per CAI.
Republican
Adam Michael Hogue of Barnstable is the certified Republican candidate for county commissioner and advances directly to the November 3 ballot, per the Secretary of the Commonwealth's certified lists.