Since he was elected in 2002, District Attorney Blodgett has been a leader in confronting a range of issues including the opioid epidemic, domestic violence, human trafficking, auto insurance fraud, animal cruelty and gun violence, both through prosecution, diversion, and partnerships with schools, police, and community leaders.   

District Attorney Blodgett has an innovative and effective approach to fighting crime. In 2007, he instituted an adult drug diversion program, which offers drug treatment to non-violent offenders.  The program is now open to people of all ages. He also expanded juvenile and youthful diversion programs throughout the county.   He initiated a special Gun Court session in Lynn District Court that has eliminated the backlog in gun cases in Lynn.  He partnered with the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts and local police to prosecute auto insurance fraud which has not only saved rate payers millions of dollars but has made the streets safer.  His Office has also expanded the use of High-Risk Assessment Teams to better protect victims of domestic violence and hold batterers accountable. 

He is the Chairman of the Board of the Addiction Policy Forum and is past president and member of the executive committee of the National District Attorneys Association.  He was president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association twice and has been a member of the Board of the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance since 2005. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.   He also serves as the DA’s liaison to the state Adult Drug Court Advisory Committee.  

He has been recognized by the Animal Rights Defense League, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Massachusetts Anti-Defamation League, the Massachusetts Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Addiction Policy Forum, Healing Abuse and Working for Change, and has received honorary degrees from Endicott College and Salem State University.

He is a graduate of Peabody High School, Princeton University and Suffolk Law School.  He lives in Peabody with his wife, Judy.  They have three children and four grandchildren.