Government
Acushnet uses the town meeting form of government, with open town meetings and the Board of Selectmen leading the Town Administrator. The town has its own police force, and two fire stations, near the population center of town and in the northeast corner of town.
Acushnet is located in the Eleventh Bristol state representative district, which includes all of Acushnet and a large part of New Bedford. The town is represented in the state senate in the Second Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes the city of New Bedford and the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett. Acushnet is patrolled by Troop D (Southeast District), 3rd Barracks (located in Dartmouth) of the Massachusetts State Police.
On the national level, the town is part of Massachusetts's 4th congressional district, which is represented by Barney Frank. In 2013, the town will transfer to the 9th district, itself a reassignment of the current 10th district, due to redistricting following the 2010 United States Census. The state's junior (Class I) Senator until January 2013, is Scott Brown, and the state's senior (Class II) Senator is John Kerry.
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