Provincetown Board of Selectemen

Provincetown is governed by the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a town manager and a board of selectmen.

Michele Couture (from left to right), Elaine Anderson, David C. Bedard, and Mary-Jo Avellar.
Austin P. Knight is sitting behind Michele Couture. The driver is Town Manager Sharon Lynn.

Provincetown is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Fourth Barnstable district, which includes (with the exception of Brewster) all the towns east and north of Harwich on the Cape. The seat is held by Democrat Sarah Peake, a former Provincetown selectman. The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and a portion of Barnstable. The Senate seat is held by Democrat Robert A. O'Leary. Provincetown is patrolled by the Second (Yarmouth) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police.

On the national level, Provincetown is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is currently represented by Bill Delahunt. The state's senior (Class I) member of the United States Senate, re-elected in 2006, is Ted Kennedy. The junior (Class II) Senator, up for re-election in 2008, is John Kerry.