Matt Andrade Raynham Select Board Candidate 2026

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Raynham’s biggest debates are not happening in theory, they’re showing up in crowded classrooms, aging public safety spaces, and the uneasy feeling that the budget never quite catches up. We sit down with Matt Andrade, candidate for the open seat on the Raynham Select Board, to hear why he’s running now and what he thinks has to change for the town to move forward.

Matt shares his Raynham roots, his years on the Planning Board, and the personal motivation that comes with raising two kids in the local school system. We talk about what families are telling him at games, meetings, and parent teacher conferences, and why he believes Select Board leadership should be directly engaged in the real world impact of school funding decisions, staffing cuts, and growing class sizes. He also explains why he sees advocacy for families as a turnout problem too, and why participation matters when no one else is “coming to save us.”

From there, we dig into town wide priorities: modern resources for police and fire, meaningful support for seniors who worry about tax increases, and the hard math behind Raynham’s finances. Matt lays out his view that the town has an income problem, not just a spending problem, and he talks through development tradeoffs, the difference between residential and commercial tax impact, and ideas for strengthening local receipts and fee structures without losing the town’s character. If you care about Raynham schools, public safety, municipal budgeting, and smart growth, this conversation brings the stakes into focus.

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