Commonwealth · Governor’s Council
Joseph C. Ferreira
Governor's Council, 1st District
The Governor’s Council confirms the governor’s judicial nominations, including clerk-magistrates, acts on pardons and commutations, and approves the warrants for the state’s payments.
Democrat · Took office in 2019.
Campaign money in
Joseph C. Ferreira’s committee reported $170,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years in office, 2019–2026.
| Year | Contributions |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $26,000 |
| 2020 | $2,250 |
| 2021 | $22,000 |
| 2022 | $6,971 |
| 2023 | $42,000 |
| 2024 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | $26,000 |
| 2026 | $23,000 |
| Kind | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | $162,000 | 96% |
| Unions and associations | $4,250 | 3% |
| Political committees and PACs | $3,000 | 2% |
| Employer reported | Share |
|---|---|
| A named employer | 33% |
| Self-employed | 38% |
| Retired | 15% |
| Not employed | under 1% |
| Homemaker or at home | 1% |
| Not reported or withheld | 13% |
Not counted as contributions: $934 in other receipts of $250 or more in the same years (candidate loans and the candidate’s own money, transfers, refunds, bank interest and aggregated small receipts).
The same committee also reported $118,000 in years before taking this office (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.
| Organization | Kind | Total | Contributions | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA POLICE ASSOC POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $1,500 | 3 | 2021, 2023, 2025 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | union or association | $1,000 | 2 | 2020, 2025 |
| BOSTON POLICE PATROLMENS ASSOC POL ACTION COMM | union or association | $1,000 | 2 | 2024, 2026 |
| MASS AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL | union or association | $1,000 | 2 | 2024, 2026 |
| ASSOCIATION OF MAGISTRATES & ASST CLERKS | union or association | $1,000 | 1 | 2026 |
| PAINTERS ALLIED TRADES DC | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2020 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2022 |
| BOSTON POLICE PATROLMENS ASSOC POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2023 |
| COALITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY | union or association | $250 | 1 | 2020 |
Individual contributors are not named here. Their itemized contributions are public at the Office of Campaign and Political Finance: Joseph C. Ferreira (CPF 15814).
Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Joseph C. Ferreira (CPF 15814). Individuals are grouped by the employer they reported; no individual contributor is named, and an employer field that is a person’s name is withheld. Massachusetts bars business contributions to candidates. Employer shows affiliation, not instruction.
Sources
Every figure traces to a public record.
- Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, constitutional officers
- Governor’s Council, councillors
Officeholders only: candidates who do not hold the office are not covered. Money spent by others, including independent-expenditure PACs and party committees, is not in these totals.