Governor’s Council, Second District: the constitutional board that confirms Massachusetts judges — it covers Halifax and dozens of towns across four counties. Every line on this page is the candidate’s own words on their own website. Tap any receipt.
Frank Crimmins, on the job this seat does: “The Governor’s Council is not a place for on-the-job training.”
Receipts
- “served for nearly two decades as a Massachusetts District Court Judge, including service as First Justice of the Stoughton District Court”, admitted to practice in 1981 with four-plus decades in the law: crimminsforcouncil.com, About Frank
- “The Governor’s Council is not a place for on-the-job training”: crimminsforcouncil.com
An “Associate Probation Officer in the trial courts” and a former “Victim Witness Advocate for the Suffolk” DA. She holds no law degree.
Bench
“He has seen the law from both sides of the bench” — nearly two decades a District Court judge, a First Justice, and a lawyer for forty years.
Receipts
- Civil, in her own words, an associate probation officer and former victim-witness advocate: tamishacivil.com, Priorities. She holds a master’s in criminal justice, not a law degree: BallotReady.
- Crimmins: “He has seen the law from both sides of the bench”; nearly two decades a District Court judge and First Justice: crimminsforcouncil.com, About Frank
“will only vote for pro-choice judges” and has “pledged to vet every judge to ensure they are pro-choice.”
Judges
The Council “should be a check, not a rubber stamp.” Judge nominees on qualifications and temperament — “Not ideology.”
Receipts
- Civil: tamishacivil.com, Priorities
- Crimmins: “should be a check, not a rubber stamp” (crimminsforcouncil.com); nominees judged on merit, “Not political connections. Not ideology. Not rubber-stamp politics.” (About Frank)
Frames the courts around “keeping the community safe, reducing recidivism” and backing “judges who prioritize equal justice.”
Safety
“Judicial appointments are public safety decisions” — they decide “whether dangerous offenders are held accountable.”
Receipts
- Civil: tamishacivil.com, Priorities
- Crimmins: crimminsforcouncil.com, About Frank
Says her cousin was “wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years”; the “first woman of color to be sworn into the District 2 seat.”
Running
Judicial confirmations are “too important to become routine political votes” — the judges confirmed today “can serve for decades.”
Receipts
- Civil: tamishacivil.com; About Tamisha
- Crimmins: crimminsforcouncil.com, About Frank
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Election Day
The Governor’s Council confirms Massachusetts judges and does not pass laws, so there are no roll-call votes for this office; each candidate’s positions here are their own words on their own campaign websites. Civil is the incumbent, sworn in January 2025; Crimmins is a former Massachusetts District Court judge and First Justice of the Stoughton District Court. Quotations are trimmed for length only, never reworded. Sources were read on October 6, 2026. Photos: each candidate’s campaign photo.