Election Results: Barrows Leads In 1st Bristol District

Last updated at 12:40 a.m.

MANSFIELD, MA — As results start pouring into the 1st Bristol District race, Republican incumbent Fred Barrows holds a lead over Democrat Brendan Roche.

The 1st Bristol District includes Foxborough, Mansfield and Norton.

Only Foxborough and Mansfield have reported results with Barrows taking the lead in both towns and earning 56 percent of the vote so far.

Democrat Brendan Roche is challenging incumbent Fred "Jay" Barrows. Barrows is a seven-term incumbent who took office in 2007. Barrows is also one of the Republican incumbents in the House facing a challenger — there are 42 contested House seats and nearly half are Republican incumbents facing a challenge.

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Both Barrows and Roche are from Mansfield.

Roche has billed himself as a fresh perspective to the State House, ready to address the challenges of the pandemic faster. Roche told Patch he supports more investment from the state into affordable housing. "In Mansfield alone, there is a 3-year wait to receive a voucher for families. That is unacceptable," Roche told Patch in a candidate profile.

Barrows points to his seven terms in office and support for communities with state funding in his campaign bio. Among the funding Barrows has pushed through includes $14 million to the Burrell School renovation, $20 million to Norton High School for their renovations and money to study the conversion of the Mansfield Police Department Building to a Senior Center.

Unofficial Election Results

72 percent of the vote in:

Fred Barrows (R) Incumbent- 9,779

Brendan Roche (D)- 7,631

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