Editing Lakeville, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
[[File:Lakeville MA Town Hall.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lakeville Town Hall]]
Lakeville is governed with the [[Open Town Meeting]] form of government, and is led by a town administrator and a [[board of selectmen]].  The town has its own police department and a single [[fire station]], located next to the town hall.  The "new" library is located behind the old town hall, just across Route 18 from its former location at the junction of Routes 18 and 105.  The town of Lakeville also has other services, such as a Council on Aging and a historical commission. Lakeville is one of the few towns in Massachusetts to have more registered Republicans than registered Democrats.<ref>https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20200212.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

On the state level, Lakeville is represented by [[Norman Orrall]] in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of the Twelfth Bristol District.  The town is represented in the State Senate by Senator [[Michael J. Rodrigues]] (D-Westport), as a part of the First Bristol and Plymouth District, which also includes Fall River, Freetown, Rochester, Somerset, Swansea and Westport.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from Mass.gov |access-date=February 20, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d4&csid=Eeops Station D-4, SP Middleborough]</ref>

On the national level, Lakeville is a part of [[Massachusetts's 4th congressional district]], and is currently represented by [[Jake Auchincloss]].  The state's senior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class I|Class I]]) member of the [[United States Senate]], elected in 2012, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The junior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class I|Class II]]) senator, elected in 2013, is [[Ed Markey]].