Editing New Bedford, Massachusetts (section)

===State and federal===
New Bedford is represented in the [[Massachusetts General Court|state legislature]] by officials elected from the following districts:
* [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Bristol and Plymouth district]]<ref name="Acts2011">{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |work=Session Laws: Acts (2011) |title=An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts |author=Massachusetts General Court |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331163214/https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Bristol district]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date=August 23, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520200244/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Bristol district]]
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district]]
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol district]]
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Bristol district]]

The Third Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]], located nearby in Dartmouth, patrol New Bedford.

The city is part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[William R. Keating]]. The state's junior (Class I) [[U.S. Senator]] is Democrat [[Ed Markey]], elected in a special election in 2013. The state's senior senator is Democrat [[Elizabeth Warren]], re-elected in 2024. The city is part of the 1st Governor's Council district, represented by Democrat Joseph Ferreira.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 23, 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/enrollment_count_20241105.pdf|title=Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 23, 2024|publisher=Massachusetts Elections Division|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-date=January 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051327/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20181017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Unenrolled voter|Unenrolled]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 45,613
| style="text-align:center;" | 64.34%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 19,978
| style="text-align:center;" | 28.18%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 4,326
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.10%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 285
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.40%
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:center;" | 70,890
! style="text-align:center;" | 100%
|}