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Marian T. Ryan

Democratic · Massachusetts · 2026 · Incumbent

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District Attorney, Northern District (Middlesex)Massachusetts · 2026Middlesex County sample ballot

Top priorities

  • Not requesting cash bail in low-level nonviolent cases
  • Juvenile, young adult, and drug diversion plus restorative justice programming
  • Opposing mandatory minimum sentences while prosecuting the county's most violent cases

Per Axios Boston.

Biography

Marian T. Ryan has been Middlesex District Attorney since 2013 and is a career trial and appellate prosecutor seeking a fourth term, per the Waltham Times. She runs on cash bail reform for low-level offenses, diversion programs, and her refusal to back mandatory minimums, per Axios Boston.

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