May 13th, 2025 and June 10th, 2025
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MASSACHUSETTS ELECTORAL RACE INDEX*
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Special: 3rd Bristol, May 13th & June 10th Special: 6th Essex, May 13th |
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PRESIDENT COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current President of the United States, previously served as President of the United States of America from 2017-21, real estate developer and TV personality |
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President - Massachusetts
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Donald J. Trump Republican, Palm Beach, FL, Incumbent NOTE: How this candidate's ratings were determined |
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NO! 3 |
 NO! 4 |
NO! 5 |
NO! 6 |
NO! 7 |
This candidate's instincts appear very liberal. He sometimes corrects course depending on which advisers he listens to. Voters should hope he listens to the conservative advisors and not his left-wing daughter and son-in-law. See footnotes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 |
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VICE PRESIDENT COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Vice President, former U.S. Senator from Ohio, Marine Corps Public Affairs Corporal, PoliSci Major at The Ohio State University, Yale Law School Graduate, author of Hillbilly Elegy and former venture capital associate of Peter Thiel |
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Vice President - Massachusetts
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J.D. Vance Republican, Columbus, OH, Incumbent |
 YES! |
NO! |
NO! |
YES! |
YES! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate was against the #BranchTrumpidianCult, before he decided to kiss Trump's posterior. We are not alone in concluding that he is driven more by opportunism than ideology. |
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GOVERNOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Governor and Democratic State Committee Woman, former Attorney General, women's basketball player and lesbian | |||
| Former Secretary of Housing and Economic Development in the Baker Administration, former Special Advisor for the turnaround of Lawrence Public Schools and former Private Equity Managing Director at Spectrum Equity |
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Governor - Massachusetts
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Maura Healey Democrat, Arlington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue whose most famous remark was Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow. |
Michael Kennealy Republican, Lexington, Unelected |
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None |
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None |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets by virtue of his role in the MBTA Communities Act and based on his efforts to raise money for the UniParty slate of State Committee candidates in 2024 against their reform-oriented challengers. |
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Lieutenant Governor and Democratic State Committee Woman, former Mayor of Salem, Salem City Councilor and Deputy City Manager of Chelsea, MA |
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Lieutenant Governor - Massachusetts
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Kimberly Driscoll Democrat, Salem, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat. |
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U.S. SENATOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and Democratic State Committee Man, former U.S. Rep (1977-2013) and former State Rep (1973-1977). Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus as a Rep, before his election to serve as a Senator. | |||
| Current U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and Democratic State Committee Woman, former Harvard professor. You can tell she is a Harvard Woman because you can't tell her much. |
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U.S. Senator - Massachusetts
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Edward J. Markey Democrat, Malden, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a contemptible hard-left ideologue Democrat. We do not understand why Joe Kennedy the Third primaried Markey in 2020 considering they are both hard-left ideologue Democrats. |
Elizabeth Ann Warren Democrat, Cambridge, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. We believe she unethically checked the American Indian/Native American affirmative action quota box to aid the advancement of her career |
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ATTORNEY GENERAL COMPARISON INDEX
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| Lawyer, Current Attorney General and Democratic State Committee Woman and former Boston City Council President |
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Attorney General - Massachusetts
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Andrea Joy Campbell Democrat, Dartmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who put the Town of Milton through a #StruggleSession because Miltonites voted against adopting new zoning that would allow high-density stack-and-pack multi-family housing according to the diktats of the MBTA Communities Zoning Law |
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SECRETARY OF STATE COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Secretary of State and State Committee Man, former State Rep, former candidate for Treasurer, former Governor's Council aide |
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Secretary of State - Massachusetts
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William Francis Galvin Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
None |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an old-school, Urban Machine Establishment Democrat |
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TREASURER COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Treasurer, Stop & Shop heiress, DNC National Committee Woman and State Committee Woman (Norfolk & Middlesex District), former Chairwoman of the Brookline Board of Selectmen |
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Treasurer - Massachusetts
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Deborah B. Goldberg Democrat, Brookline, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, limousine liberal Democrat, which explains why she sought Progressive MA's endorsement in 2014. |
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AUDITOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current State Auditor and Democratic State Committee Woman, former State Senator (First Essex) and former State Representative, (14th Essex, Parts of Methuen, Haverhill, Lawrence and North Andover). Cousin of former Methuen Mayor Dennis DiZoglio. DiZoglio was caught with Rep Mark Cusack in an unlit House chamber during an after-hours party in April 2011 |
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Auditor - Massachusetts
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Diana DiZoglio Democrat, Methuen, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is good on one major issue (auditing the legislature) but if a voter performed a deeper look at where she stands on the rest of the key policy issues, they will conclude that she is a big red Thumbs Down NO- on 99% of key issues. As a legislator, she talked a good game, had a smiling pretty face, but voted against taxpayers, voted to enable #childsacrifice of preborn imagebearers, refused to stand up against illegal immigrants, gun-grabbers or other socialists. We believe voters should stop viewing her as a Moderate Democrat given that she sought the endorsement of Progressive Massachusetts for her 2022 statewide campaign to serve as State Auditor of Massachusetts |
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U.S. CONGRESS COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former Springfield Mayor, City Council President and Western MA Co-Chair of the George McGovern 1972 Presidential Campaign | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former staffer for the late U.S. Representative Joe Moakley, former aide to for the late U.S. Senator and unsuccessful presidential candidate George McGovern | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Woman, Former Chief of Staff for Former Congressman Marty Meehan | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former Newton City Councilor, former senior manager at Liberty Mutual, former Charlie Baker campaign operative and former Marine Corps Officer | |||
| Current Representative, Democratic State Committee Woman and Minority Whip of the House, former State Senator, State Rep and Melrose School Committee Member | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former unsuccessful Presidential Candidate and former Marine Corps Officer | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Woman, former Boston City Councilor, former legislative aide for former Senator John Kerry and former Rep Joe Kennedy, II | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former State Senator, State Rep and unsuccessful U.S. Senate Candidate | |||
| Current Representative and Democratic State Committee Man, former Norfolk County DA, State Senator, State Rep and Democratic State Committee Man |
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U.S. Congress - 1st District
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Richard E. Neal Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat. |
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U.S. Congress - 2nd District
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James P. McGovern Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This politician is a hard-left ideologue, Castro-admiring Socialist Democrat. |
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U.S. Congress - 3rd District
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Lori Loureiro Trahan Democrat, Westford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This ethically challenged Democrat is a hard-left ideologue, which explains why she sought the Progressive MA endorsement in 2018. |
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U.S. Congress - 4th District
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Jake Auchincloss Democrat, Newton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This hard-left ideologue Democrat has a top-tier resume and a bottom-tier statist worldview. |
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U.S. Congress - 5th District
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Katherine M. Clark Democrat, Revere, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, she was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America when she ran for State Senate in 2010. We were surprised she moved from Melrose to Revere after 2020 given that Revere is a less affluent area than Melrose |
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U.S. Congress - 6th District
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Seth Moulton Democrat, Salem, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat whose ego and ambition exceeds his integrity and character. His staffers and other local Democrat Bolsheviks put him through a #StruggleSession when he tried to offer normal Americans a Limited Hangout against Wokeness. We were surprised he actually filled out the 2024 VoteSmart Political Courage Test given that he is a long-time incumbent and that senior legislators typically do not like to fill out questionnaires that vet where they stand on key issues. |
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U.S. Congress - 7th District
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Ayanna S. Pressley Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, no wonder why Progressive Massachusetts endorsed her in 2018. |
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U.S. Congress - 8th District
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Stephen F. Lynch Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate complained about Democrats Who Are Bringing in Outright Socialist Ideologies to the Party but his voting record demonstrates that he became a hard-left, go-along-to-get-along Democrat due to his long tenure in public office. |
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U.S. Congress - 9th District
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Bill Keating Democrat, Bourne, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat. |
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GOVERNOR'S COUNCILOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Governor's Councilor and Democratic State Committee Man, Attorney, Former Somerset Police Chief | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor, formerAssociate Probation Officer with the Massachusetts Probation Services, Suffolk County Victim Witness Advocate and Commissioner for the Eastern Regional Commission on the Status of Women | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor, Public Defender and Democratic State Committee Woman for the Third Middlesex State Senate District | |||
| Boston personal injury attorney, Current Governor's Councilor (1993-present and 1989-91, lost to Republican Mike Murphy in the Republican Revolution of 1990) and Democratic State Committee Man | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor, Former Methuen City Councilor and YWCA employee in Lawrence, former Community Development Program staffer for the City of Haverhill | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor, Democratic State Committee Man and Attorney | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor and Democratic State Committee Man, Attorney, Special Education Teacher and Father | |||
| Current Governor's Councilor, North Adams School Committee Member, Chair of the North Adams Public Library Trustees and Democratic State Committee Woman |
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Governor's Councilor - 1st District
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Joseph C. Ferreira Democrat, Swansea, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Bread & Butter Bristol County Establishment Machine Democrat who defeated a socially conservative Democrat incumbent in a four-way primary in 2014 |
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Governor's Councilor - 2nd District
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Tamisha L. Civil Democrat, Stoughton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue prog who put State Rep. William C. Galvin through two electoral #strugglesessions in 2020 and 2022. We speculate she did so because she thought he was too stale, pale and male. |
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Governor's Councilor - 3rd District
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Mara Dolan Democrat, Concord, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Prog and PoliSci Major who put the outgoing Councilor Marilyn Devaney through a #StruggleSession because Devaney was not #Woke enough to satisfy the litmus tests of Progressive MA, Ed Markey, Ayanna Pressley and the Sanderista Socialist Groups |
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Governor's Councilor - 4th District
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Christopher A. Iannella Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat empty suit. Despite his willingness to rubber-stamp unqualified ultra-left-wing activists to serve as judges and despite his hack pedigree (his father was a longtime Boston city councilor and brother previously served as Suffolk County Register of Probate), he had a AOC wannabe put him through a #StruggleSession in the 2024 Democrat Primary because she thought he was too stale, pale and male |
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Governor's Councilor - 5th District
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Eunice Delice Zeigler Democrat, Methuen, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Prog and PoliSci Major who is backed by other hard-left ideologue Progs! |
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Governor's Councilor - 6th District
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Terrence W. Kennedy Democrat, Lynnfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Prog who survived an inexplicable #StruggleSession primary in 2020 from a Sanderista who thought he was too stale, pale and male |
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Governor's Councilor - 7th District
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Paul M. DePalo Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Prog |
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Governor's Councilor - 8th District
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Tara J. Jacobs Democrat, North Adams, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Social Justice Warrioress |
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STATE SENATOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current State Senator, former State Rep, lawyer, former IBEW worker with Verizon, former Massachusetts co-chairman of the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign | |||
| Current State Senator, former MA & CT Statewide Director for Socialist Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep and owner of a local floor covering business | |||
| Current State Senator, former local Chamber of Commerce President | |||
| Current State Senator and MA Young Republican National Committee Woman, Former Senior Paralegal, Taunton City Councilor and Taunton Planning Board Member | |||
| Current State Senator, previously served on the Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth | |||
| Current State Senator, former Lawrence City Councilor, Director of Community Mobilization for the Social Innovation Forum, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence School Committee Member, PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Senator, former Salem City Council President and Acting Mayor | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep (11th Essex-Lynn), former Lynn City Councilor and former legislative aide to former State Senator (later Lynn Mayor) Thomas McGee | |||
| Current State Senate Minority Leader, former State Rep | |||
| Current State Senator, Former State Senator and State Rep, former unsuccessful candidate for Treasurer | |||
| Current State Senator, former Three Term Springfield City Councilor, Resident Service Coordinator/Property Manager for the Veterans Outreach Center of Massachusetts Inc. and business owner of a marketing and printing company, Brightwood Press. | |||
| Current State Senator, Former State Rep, rear-echelon Reservist Pogue, military veteran and lawyer. Nephew of Retired Judge Peter Velis. | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep (7th Hampden District), Assistant Executive Officer of the Massachusetts State Universities Council of Presidents and Ludlow School Committee Member, former Legislative director for then-State Representative Michael Rodrigues and former Ludlow Town Meeting Member | |||
| Current State Senator and Lesbian, former Campaign Director for MoveOn | |||
| Current State Senator, former Lowell Mayor and City Councilor, Sierra Club Member and Democratic State Committee Man | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep, School Committee Member and high school social studies teacher | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Senator and Rep for Cambridge, former gubernatorial candidate | |||
| Current State Senator, former chief of staff to the late State Senator Ken Donnelly, as well as campaign operative for the gubernatorial campaigns of Don Berwick and Deval Patrick | |||
| Current Senate Assistant Majority Whip, former State Rep and Winchester Finance Committee Member | |||
| Current Senate President and former Majority Whip, former Congressional Candidate, former State Rep, former Ashland School Committee Chair and former lawyer for the MWRA and MA Office of Employee Relations | |||
| Current State Senate Assistant Majority Leader, former Everett City Council President and Chief of Staff for former State Senator Anthony Galluccio | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep, former campaign manager for former State Senators Bob Durand and Pam Resor | |||
| Current Senate Majority Leader, former Massachusetts Executive Councilor and Newton City Councilor | |||
| Current State Senator, Lawyer, former Quincy City Councilor and Norfolk County Retirement System Executive Director | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep, Executive Director of NECHAMA, Director of U.S. Operations for All Hands Volunteers and Double Eagle | |||
| Current State Senator, former West Roxbury State Rep, history teacher and Navy Reserve Officer | |||
| Current State Senator and Democratic State Committee Woman, former Needham Town Meeting Member and Lawyer | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep. Former organizer for the Senator Elizabeth Warren campaign 2012 and served as political director for the Maura Healey campaign in 2014, managing a statewide field staff and new media communications for her campaign. Since then he served in various capacities with the Office of Attorney General before his 2016 election as State Rep. | |||
| Current State Senator, former Weymouth Town Council President and former legislative director for former State Senator (now Weymouth Mayor) Bob Hedlund | |||
| Current State Senator and Democratic State Committee Man, former State Rep | |||
| Current State Senator and Democratic State Committee Man, former Southie State Rep (4th Suffolk), longtime aide to former Southie State Senator Jack Hart, former field rep for the 2008 Obama-Biden Presidential Campaign. Son of former Charlestown State Rep Jim Collins | |||
| Current State Senator and Democratic State Committee Woman, Former State Rep and former Executive Director of the Hawthorne Youth and Community Center | |||
| Current State Senator, lawyer, Former Boston City Councilor, deputy director within the City of Boston Office of Housing Stability and public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services. | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep, Belmont Selectman, Congressional Candidate and a MA Assistant Attorney General | |||
| Current State Senator, former YWCA Chief Operating Officer, former bureaucrat in the Deval Patrick administration, former intern for U.S. Rep Jim McGovern and lifelong Worcester resident | |||
| Current State Senator, former Assistant Deputy Superintendent in charge of the Worcester County Sheriff's Community Service Program, Millbury Selectman, investigator for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General and Environmental Police Officer for the Department of Environmental Protection | |||
| Current State Senator, former State Rep and Sutton Selectman | |||
| Current State Rep, former Spencer Selectman and Finance Committee Member | |||
| Current State Senator, Suffolk Law School Student, former Army Captain, also worked at the Harvard Law School Legal Services Center providing legal advocacy to indigent veterans |
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State Senator - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden
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Paul W. Mark Democrat, Becket, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left socialist Democrat, which explains why the Democratic Socialists of America endorsed his first state rep campaign in 2010 |
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State Senator - Bristol & Norfolk
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Paul R. Feeney Democrat, Foxborough, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat, which explains how Progressive Massachusetts endorsed him in his first campaign during the 2017 special election! |
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State Senator - First Bristol & Plymouth
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Michael J. Rodrigues Democrat, Westport, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 57 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Bristol County Machine Establishment Democratic. See footnote 57 for more information. Eagle-eyed voters who caught him buying hard liquor in tax-free New Hampshire after he voted to establish a new sales tax on alcoholic beverages (on top of the existing excise tax) forced him to claim that he would pay the MA use tax when he filed his 2009 tax return |
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State Senator - Second Bristol & Plymouth
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Mark C. Montigny Democrat, New Bedford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Urban Machine Establishment Democrat. Let us not forget about his role in the probation jobs scandal in which he helped get his then-girlfriend Kelly Manchester a job as a probation officer. |
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State Senator - Third Bristol & Plymouth
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Kelly A. Dooner Republican, Taunton, Incumbent |
NO! 38 |
NO! 39 |
NO! 40 |
YES! |
YES! |
NO! 73 |
NO! 41 |
This candidate is good on immigration enforcement, but her failure to oppose the 2023 Taunton debt exclusion and the spending surge in Taunton's budget during her tenure serving as a Taunton Councilor was an unpleasant surprise for Taunton's long-suffering taxpayers and conflicts with her pro-taxpayer campaign rhetoric. Based on her experience as a paralegal with Ligris + Associates PC, a Boston law firm specializing in commercial and residential real estate transaction, she developed a keen eye for real estate investments. See footnotes 38, 39, 40, 41 and 73. |
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State Senator - Cape & Islands
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Julian Andre Cyr Democrat, Truro, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat! No wonder why Mass Alliance and Progressive MA endorsed him! |
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State Senator - First Essex
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Pavel Payano Democrat, Lawrence, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left social justice warrior of wokeness |
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State Senator - Second Essex
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Joan B. Lovely Democrat, Salem, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along urban Machine Establishment Democrat. |
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State Senator - Third Essex
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Brendan P. Crighton Democrat, Lynn, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate gained an endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) |
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State Senator - First Essex & Middlesex
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Bruce E. Tarr Republican, Gloucester, Incumbent |
NO! 58 |
NO! 59 |
NO! 60 |
NO! 57 |
NO! 61 |
NO! 62 |
NO! |
This candidate has a booming public speaking voice, but his voting record is as Establishment as it gets! Also, see footnotes 57, 58, 59 , 60, 61 and 62 for more info. |
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State Senator - Second Essex & Middlesex
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Barry R. Finegold Democrat, Andover, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat which explains why he sought the Progressive MA endorsement in his 2014 run for Treasurer. |
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State Senator - Hampden
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Adam Gomez Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This former Latin Kings groupie and possible gangbanger is a hard-left ideologue social justice warrior. No wonder why the socialists at Mass Alliance and Progressive Massachusetts endorsed him |
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State Senator - Hampden & Hampshire
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John C. Velis Democrat, Westfield, Incumbent |
NO! 63 |
NO! |
NO! 64 |
NO! 65 |
NO! 66 |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat whose values are eerily similar to the hard-left worldview of the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts. See footnotes 63, 64, 65 & 66. |
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State Senator - Hampden, Hampshire & Worcester
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Jacob R. Oliveira Democrat, Ludlow, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume, a content-free website and a voting record that demonstrates that he is a hard-left ideologue who has spent his entire life in some area of the government and political bubble (which includes the government school organs) |
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State Senator - Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester
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Joanne M. Comerford Democrat, Northampton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat lesbian, which explains how she sought the Progressive Massachusetts endorsement in 2018 |
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State Senator - First Middlesex
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Edward J. Kennedy Democrat, Lowell, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat greenie, which explains why he sought the Progressive Massachusetts endorsement in 2018 |
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State Senator - Second Middlesex
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Patricia D. Jehlen Democrat, Somerville, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, she was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in her 2010 reelection campaign for State Senate. |
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State Senator - Third Middlesex
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Michael J. Barrett Democrat, Lexington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, no wonder why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him in 2012. |
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State Senator - Fourth Middlesex
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Cindy F. Friedman Democrat, Arlington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why she and her special election opponent Sean Garballey both pursued the Progressive MA endorsement in the 2017 open State Senate election |
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State Senator - Fifth Middlesex
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Jason M. Lewis Democrat, Winchester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, he was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in his 2010 State Rep reelection campaign. |
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State Senator - Middlesex & Norfolk
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Karen E. Spilka Democrat, Ashland, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat, with latent hard-left ideologue tendencies. |
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State Senator - Middlesex & Suffolk
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Sal N. DiDomenico Democrat, Everett, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, no wonder why he scored the Mass Alliance endorsement in his 2010 election(s). |
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State Senator - Middlesex & Worcester
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James B. Eldridge Democrat, Acton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, he was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in his 2010 State Senate reelection campaign. |
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State Senator - Norfolk & Middlesex
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Cynthia Stone Creem Democrat, Newton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, she was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in her 2010 reelection campaign for State Senate. |
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State Senator - Norfolk & Plymouth
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John F. Keenan Democrat, Quincy, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat Creature of Government & Politics, with latent hard-left voting tendencies |
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State Senator - Norfolk, Plymouth & Bristol
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William J. Driscoll, Jr. Democrat, Milton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We thought this candidate was a go-along-to-get-along Norfolk County Machine Democrat, but he exposed himself as a hard-left Democrat ideologue when he joined the MA House Progressive Caucus |
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State Senator - Norfolk & Suffolk
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Michael F. Rush Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 83 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat Creature of Government & Politics who has spent his entire adult life in the cocoon of taxpayer-funded governmental or political jobs. We are disappointed he took the soup from Big Tranny in 2016. See footnote 83 |
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State Senator - Norfolk, Worcester & Middlesex
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Rebecca L. Rausch Democrat, Needham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. No wonder why Progressive Massachusetts and Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed her. |
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State Senator - Plymouth & Barnstable
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Dylan Fernandes Democrat, Falmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains how he scored a 2016 endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America). |
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State Senator - First Plymouth & Norfolk
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Patrick Michael O'Connor Republican, Weymouth, Incumbent |
NO! 89 |
NO! 90 |
NO! 91 |
NO! 92 |
NO! 93 |
NO! 94 |
NO! |
This candidate wears a Red R Jersey, but votes like he wears a Blue D Democrat Jersey. See footnotes 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 94 |
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State Senator - Second Plymouth & Norfolk
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Michael D. Brady Democrat, Brockton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Brady was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol in 2018. Brady co-sponsored 8 bills out of 16 that Progressive Massachusetts endorsed in 2019-2020 in an unsuccessful effort to ward off primaries by a hard-left black or Latino challenger, but managed to win renomination in 2020 & 2022. |
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State Senator - First Suffolk
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Nicholas P. Collins Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Creature of Government & Politics who spent most of his adult life in the cocoon of taxpayer-funded governmental or political jobs. |
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State Senator - Second Suffolk
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Liz Miranda Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Democrat ideologue, which explains how she won an endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliate of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) and why she sought the Progressive Massachusetts endorsement in 2018 and 2022. We are disaapointed that only one Republican legislator was willing to call for her resignation in response to her racist tweets on Twitter/X, the fact that she threatened a pregnant victim of domestic violence, and met up with a convicted murderer for sex in New Jersey and Michigan in violation of his own parole. |
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State Senator - Third Suffolk
- |
Lydia Marie Edwards Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Social Justice Warrior who earned an endorsement from Progressive Massachusetts in the 2021 Special State Senate Election. |
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State Senator - Suffolk & Middlesex
- |
William N. Brownsberger Democrat, Belmont, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat. Yes, he was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in his 2010 State Rep reelection campaign. |
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State Senator - First Worcester
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Robyn K. Kennedy Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, no wonder why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Democratic Socialists of America) and Progressive MA endorsed her campaign. |
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State Senator - Second Worcester
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Michael O. Moore Democrat, Millbury, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 57 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat Creature of Government & Politics who spent his entire adult life in the cocoon of taxpayer-funded governmental jobs. See footnote 57 for more information |
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State Senator - Worcester & Hampden
- |
Ryan C. Fattman Republican, Sutton, Incumbent |
Maybe 102 |
NO 103 |
NO 104 |
Maybe 105 |
YES! |
Maybe 106 |
NO! 107 |
This candidate is a lukewarm Establishmentarian who prides himself on becoming a human olive branch pointed towards his Democrat Senatorial colleagues. Also see footnotes 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106 107 |
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State Senator - Worcester & Hampshire
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Peter J. Durant Republican, Spencer, Incumbent |
Maybe 108 |
NO! 109 |
Maybe 110 |
YES! 111 |
Maybe 95 |
Maybe 112 |
NO! |
This back-slapping, glad-handing, grinning good-old-boy figured out how to be all things to all people. See footnotes 95, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 112 for more info |
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State Senator - Worcester & Middlesex
- |
John J. Cronin Democrat, Fitchburg, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume but outed himself as a hard-left ideologue Democrat in an October 2020 debate after running a content-free campaign |
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current State Rep, 2 Term Dennis Selectman, former staffer for Senator John Kerry and Mo Cowan, executive officer of the nonprofit Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod Inc. | |||
| Current State Rep, former NABO and IBF Welterweight Champion of the World, former small business owner. | |||
| Current State Rep, former Falmouth Town Moderator, Deputy Sheriff and PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep, former CEO of the Homeless Prevention Council, a nonprofit serving communities from Harwich to Provincetown, Chair, Barnstable County Regional Network on Homelessness Policy Board | |||
| Current State Representative, Retired Yarmouth Deputy Police Chief | |||
| Current State Rep, former Assistant DA, Cape & Islands former staffer in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, former intern for Congressman Jim McGovern and Rep Tim Madden and former canvasser for Elizabeth Warren | |||
| Current State Rep, former Mayor of North Adams, longest-serving MA Mayor | |||
| Current State Rep, member of the MA House Progressive Caucus | |||
| Vice Chairwoman of the Great Barrington Select Board, liaison to the W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Committee and communications director at Construct Inc, the largest affordable housing nonprofit in the Southern Berkshires | |||
| Construction company owner, union carpenter and lifelong Massachusetts resident | |||
| Current State Rep, former teachers union rep | |||
| Co-Owner and operator of Silva Funeral Home, Taunton City Councilor (elected in 2021), Taunton Eagles Member, Taunton Chamber of Commerce board member and Past President of the Prince Henry Society of Taunton | |||
| Lisa Field is a long-time labor and social justice activist. She has held several positions within the labor movement, including steward at Fitchburg State University for AFSCME Local 1067, President of AFSCME Local 1067, Staff Representative at AFSCME Council 93, Regional Representative at SEIU Local 888, Field Services Director at SEIU Local 888, and currently Associate Director Legislative Division (one of their internal lobbyist employees) at the Massachusetts Nurses Association. | |||
| Current State Rep, former Seekonk Selectman and Planning Board Member | |||
| Current State Representative, former General manager at a local heating, ventilation and air conditioning company, retired chief of the largest Air Force Reserves maintenance squadron | |||
| Current State Rep, former Executive Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, former Marine and Fall River Police Detective, former Fall River Planning Board Member | |||
| Current State Rep, former 8 term Westport Selectman, Facilities Director at Acushnet Public Schools | |||
| Current State Rep and attorney | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chief of Staff of BlueWave, a solar and battery storage developer and owner, former Energy Undersecretary for former Governor Deval Patrick, former Plymouth Town Manager, former Fairhaven School Committee Member and current Fairhaven Town Moderator | |||
| Current State Rep, lawyer, former intern for the District Attorney of Bristol County as well as State Senator Mark Montigny | |||
| Current State Rep, Husband of State Travel & Tourism Chief, former State Rep and GOP Treasurer Nominee Keiko Orrall, former Baker-backed GOP State Committee Man, Lakeville Town Moderator and DCR bureaucrat | |||
| Current State Rep, former public school teacher and unsuccessful mayor candidate. | |||
| Current State Rep, former North Attleborough Town Councilor and social services organization office assistant, former North Attleborough Teenage Republican, Representative Town Meeting Member and School Committee Member | |||
| Current State Rep, former President of the board of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, business research publisher and freelance technology writer | |||
| Current State Rep, former Planning Director with the Town of Burlington and former Vice Chairwoman of the Town of Hamilton Master Plan Committee | |||
| Current State Rep, former Haverhill City Councilor, intern for the MA Legislature, White House and U.S. Embassy and PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep, former Vice President of the Lawrence City Council | |||
| Current State Rep, former attorney, Congressional aide for Joe Kennedy, II, legislative aide for State Senator Bruce Tarr and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fisheries Recovery Commission. | |||
| Current Beverly City Councilor At-Large, Executive Director of The Resolution Center, a community-based nonprofit providing conflict resolution and communication skills and services to Essex County residents and MPA degree recipient from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government | |||
| Medley founded and led over six businesses and non-profit organizations, including the MB Group, Launch Cooperative, The Mobile Chamber, Young Entrepreneurs of the North Shore, and Front & Center Theatre. Currently, Medley serves as Owner and Creative Director of Medley Creative Group while holding key leadership roles such as President of Beverly Homecoming and the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Beverly Farms Improvement Society and Beverly 400+, and Board Member of organizations like the West Beach Corporation and Beverly Holiday Parade. | |||
| Current State Rep, Senior Policy Fellow for Latinos for Education AND Vice Chairman of Salem School Committee Member and former legislative aide | |||
| Current State Rep, Founder of ElectBlue, a grassroots political group dedicated to electing Democrats to the US House and Senate, professional speechwriter, former Congressional staffer and alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government | |||
| Current State Rep (9th Essex) and State Committee Man (Third Essex), owner of the Kowloon Chinese Restaurant and former Chair of the Saugus Board of Selectmen | |||
| Current State Rep and lawyer, former lobbyist, Lynn City Councilor and School Committee member | |||
| Current State Rep, Lifelong Lynn resident, former Lynn School Committee Member and Legislative Director to State Senator Brendan Crighton | |||
| Current State Rep, former State Rep (1987-1995), decided not to seek reelection in 1994 after paying a fine to the ethics commission for improperly taking gratuities from insurance company lobbyists. | |||
| Current 13th Essex State Rep, also previously served from 1991-97, former Danvers Finance Committee Member and Danvers Town Meeting Member | |||
| Current State Rep, Law Partner at Prince Lobel | |||
| Current State Rep, community volunteer, former Methuen city councilor and former staff member for Methuen Mayor Neil Perry and Congresswoman Lori Trahan | |||
| Current State Rep, Lawyer, Founder of Madison Tax LLC, Madison Mortgage Inc, Jackson Enterprise- DBA Heavenly Donuts, Jackson Madison LLC, and Paulino Enterprise LLC | |||
| Current State Rep, realtor, former Lawrence City Council President | |||
| Current State Rep and former legal aid attorney | |||
| Current State Rep, former University of Massachusetts Chief of Staff to President Subbaswamy, Congressional Staffer to Reps Olver and McGovern and volunteer for Socialist Congressman (now Senator) Bernie Sanders | |||
| Current State Rep, former Athol Selectwoman and part owner of Whipps, Inc. | |||
| Current State Rep, former Palmer Selectman and Planning Board Member, former legislative aide to former State Rep Reed Hillman | |||
| Current State Rep, former Longmeadow Selectman and son of the late Hampden County Register of Deeds Donald Ashe | |||
| Current State Rep and State Committee Man (Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin & Hampshire) , former police officer, financial professional and Southwick Selectman | |||
| Current State Rep, former child actor, volunteer fireman, policeman, selectman, Army Veteran and legislative aide to Westfield Mayor and former State Senator Don Humason | |||
| Current State Rep, former legislative aide to retired State Rep Aaron Vega, Office Manager for the Union for Radical Political Economics and University of Massachusetts sociology professor | |||
| Current State Rep, former West Springfield City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, Co-Founder of Loophole Brewing, former Lobbyist at Benchmark Strategies, Ludlow Selectman and Chief of Staff to former State Senator Gale Candaras | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chicopee High School Educator, former Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and former Veterans Director for Congressman Richard Neal | |||
| Current State Representative, former Springfield City Councilor, former district director to former State Senator James Welch, former boxer and former union carpenter. Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Springfield in 2023. | |||
| Current State Rep, Founder of the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce, Former CEO of Nueva Esperanza, former legislative aide for former State Rep Steven Buonoconti, former Springfield Mayoral Deputy Chief of Staff and former social worker for DCF | |||
| Current State Rep, former Springfield City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, son of the late former Springfield City Councilor Angelo Duffy Puppolo, lawyer, justice of the peace. Former small business owner, Springfield City Council President and Springfield Parks Commission Chairman | |||
| Current State Rep, Director of the Pioneer Valley Women March, serves on the board of Emerge Massachusetts and the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, and sits on state-wide organizing committees for progressive legislation like Medicare for All and the Safe Communities Act. | |||
| Current State Rep, former President of the Easthampton City Council & Funeral Home Director at the Mitchell Funeral Home | |||
| Current State Rep, former community organizer, public health educator, trainer, program developer, advocate, and congressional aide | |||
| Current State Rep, Business consultant, former Chairwoman of the Pepperell Select Board | |||
| Current State Rep and former PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep, lesbian | |||
| Current State Rep, lawyer and former legislative aide to former Democrat State Rep Steven LeDuc | |||
| Current State Rep, former Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Chair of the Framingham School Committee, entrepreneur, immigrant and community activist, PoliSci Major and graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government | |||
| Current State Rep, founder of OUT MetroWest and an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist Church | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Candidate for Lt. Governor (2014), former USDA Northeast Regional Administrator, Former Holliston Democratic Town Committee Chair, member of the Massachusetts Farmers Markets Board of Directors | |||
| Current State Rep and Waltham City Councilor, former real estate agent, former Waltham Democratic City Committee Chairman, 2015 Waltham Mayoral runner-up and son of the late Waltham Mayor William Stanley. | |||
| Current State Rep, former Watertown Town Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, former Supervising Consumer Specialist with the Consumer Advocacy and Response Team at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Founder of the Newton Community news website Fig City News, former Newton City Councilor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate | |||
| Current State Rep, Physician, Lawyer, former Newton City Councilor (Ward 6, 2012-19) and former staffer for the late former New York Congressman James Scheuer | |||
| Current State Rep, Lawyer and Sudbury Democratic Town Committee Co-Chairman | |||
| Current State Rep, Lawyer, former Special Education Teacher in Harlem and founder of Harlem Lacrosse | |||
| Current State Rep, self-employed consultant, former Vice Chair of the Lexington Board of Selectmen and former President of the Metro Area Planning Council | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Assistant Regional Manager for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Lowell Housing Authority Commissioner, EPA Budget Analyst, Lowell City Councilor and Mayor | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chief of External and Government Relations at the Lowell Community Health Cente and former staffer for former Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, the Middlesex DA and the Suffolk DA | |||
| Current State Rep, Cambodian immigrant, Board Member of the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association, BS in PoliSci at Umass-Lowell and Former Program Coordinator at Project LEARN | |||
| Current State Rep, Former legislative aide for the late Rep Miceli | |||
| Current House Minority Leader, former North Reading Selectman | |||
| Current State Rep and lawyer | |||
| Current State Rep, former Software Account Executive, Billerica Selectman and Town Meeting Member | |||
| Current State Rep, unsuccessful candidate for State Senate in the 2017 Special Election), former Arlington School Committee Member and Town Meeting Member | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Clinton White House bureaucrat, congressional staffer to Rep Eva Clayton (D-NC) and lawyer | |||
| Current State Rep, former Cambridge City Councilor, teacher and legislative aide to the late State Rep Alice Wolf | |||
| Current State Rep, attorney, a community organizer, a proud progressive Democrat and former member of the Democratic Socialists of America. | |||
| Current State Rep, Organizer, antitrust economist, democratic socialist, Harvard Business School MBA (Class of 2019) and a proud daughter of a single mother (Sandra Bunt), who was previouly married to the late Harvard Business School Professor Hugo Uyterhoeven before they divorced and he remarried a younger woman (Julie Zhu) | |||
| Current State Rep (Chairman of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs), former President of the Everett City Council and owner of a local construction company | |||
| Current State Rep and Democratic State Committee Member, Former Watertown Democratic Town Committee Chairman, transportation consultant at IHS Markit and native of Albany, NY | |||
| Current State Rep and former Woburn City Council President, grandson of Woburn Daily Times Founder J.D. Haggerty, General Manager of Middlesex East Publications and PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep and lawyer | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chief Legal Counsel at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education and former Melrose City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, former Malden City Councilor and School Committee Member | |||
| Current State Rep, former health policy analyst and legislative staffer who helped draft RomneyCare | |||
| Current State Rep, former Second Assistant Majority Leader, Medford Mayor, City Councilor and School Committee member | |||
| Current State Rep, lawyer. Member of the Democrats for Life Advisory Board | |||
| Current State Rep, Won 2020 Special Election, Former District Director for ultra-left ideologue Democrat State Senator Jamie Eldridge and PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep, former Quincy City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, Chairperson, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, lawyer at Boyle Shaughnessy Law | |||
| Speaker of the House. Number 1 Democrat in the Statehouse. Former Majority Whip | |||
| Current State Rep and lawyer, former Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney and Massachusetts Appeals Court Judicial Clerk | |||
| Current State Rep, former assistant to the Mayor of Braintree and PoliSci Major. Cusack was caught with Auditor Diana DiZoglio in an unlit House chamber during an after-hours party in 2011 when she served as a legislative aide to former Rep Paul Adams | |||
| Current State Rep, Insurance Broker and member of the Canton Board of Assessors | |||
| Current State Rep, Milton Selectman, former Milton Police Chief, lifelong Milton resident and member of the Copeland Family Foundation board | |||
| Current State Rep, former Staff Director for retired Representative Lou Kafka and former Sharon Democratic Town Committee Vice Chairman | |||
| VP of Sales at REP Marketing Solutions, MBA, former track & field athlete at Syracuse University and former running back/linebacker/rover at North Attleborough High School | |||
| Current State Rep, former Franklin Town Councilor, School Committee Member and Franklin Democratic Town Committee Chair | |||
| Current State Rep and owner of the Dedham Community Theatre | |||
| Current State Rep and Lawyer, former Norfolk Town Meeting Member, House Majority Leader and unsuccessful candidate for Speaker of the MA House of Representatives | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Yalie, US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Soldier, Masters in Education Recipient from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teacher, Attorney and Principal of a Grade 6-12 Middle-High School | |||
| Current State Rep, former Wellesley Town Clerk | |||
| Current State Rep, Ex-Oficio Town Meeting Member and Constable. Former Field Director and Advisor to the 2015 and 2018 Brookline pro-override tax increase campaigns | |||
| Current State Rep, former Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Massasoit Community College, Chairwoman of the Plymouth School Committee, PoliSci Major and former college field hockey player | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Coast Guard Veteran for 23 years (Retired as Chief Petty Officer), Field Engineer with Roche Diagnostics and former one-term member of the Carver Planning Board (did not run for reelection in 2025 to focus on serving as State Rep). | |||
| Current State Rep, former Town of Hull Selectwoman, lawyer and former Executive Director for the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Inc | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Ensign, US Naval Reserves and son of former State Representative Maryanne Lewis (D-11th Norfolk) | |||
| Current State Rep and State Committee Man (First Plymouth & Norfolk), former Norwell Selectman, Retired Army Paratroop Officer, BU Metropolitan College Instructor. | |||
| Current State Rep, former fingerprint examiner for the St. Louis Police Department, Current member of the Town of Hanson Economic Development Committee and Capital Improvement Committee, brother of NHL Boston Bruins Defenseman Billy Sweezey | |||
| Current State Rep, former paralegal for the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, daughter of former State Rep, Plymouth County District Attorney and U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Director of the Braintree Contributory Retirement System, Bridgewater Town Council President, Selectman and Former Assistant Treasurer of Plymouth County | |||
| Current State Rep, Lifelong Brockton resident, former starting varsity softball pitcher at Fontbonne Academy and long-time legislative aide/Chief of Staff to retired Democrat Rep Gerard Cassidy | |||
| Current State Rep, former Brockton City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, lawyer, real estate agent, PoliSci Major and Brockton City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, former Vice-Chair of the Kingston Board of Selectmen | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chief of Staff for former State Rep Carlo Basile, and former intern for US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Boston City Hall | |||
| Current State Rep, former district representative for Chelsea and Charlestown for former Congressman Michael Capuano | |||
| Current State Rep, former Constituent Services Director to House Speaker Sal DiMasi (before his conviction) | |||
| Current State Rep, Lawyer, Double Eagle (BC & BC Law), former intern for Congressman Stephen Lynch, former staffer for State Rep (now State Senator) Nick Collins and 4th generation Southie resident | |||
| Current State Rep, Community organizer, former Constituent Services Director and Community Outreach Liaison in the Massachusetts State Senate | |||
| Current State Rep and CFP, former engineer | |||
| Current State Rep, former case worker for federal inmates and former legislative aide for a MA State Senator | |||
| Current State Rep and attorney | |||
| Current State Rep, long-time consultant in the Greater Boston business community and affordable housing advocate | |||
| Current State Rep, former Chief of Staff to Boston City Councilor Matthew O'Malley | |||
| Current State Rep, lifelong Chelsea resident. Former Chelsea City Councilor, Communications Manager for The Neighborhood Developers, bilingual specialist with Health Care for All. | |||
| Current State Rep, Mattapan-based nonprofit leader and attorney | |||
| Current State Rep, Democratic State Committee Man and attorney, former bureaucrat at the DCR | |||
| Current State Rep, former Boston Public Schools Chief of Staff, Boston City Councilor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate | |||
| Current State Rep and self-described gender queer, former Organizing Director at Greenroots, Community Organizer with the JPNDC, | |||
| Current State Rep, former Revere City Councilor | |||
| Current State Rep, earned a Masters of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government | |||
| Current State Rep. He and his brother agreed to a nearly $1 Million joint settlement to avoid going to court to avoid going to court to face a civil suit by a disabled relative they were accused of bilking out of money. | |||
| Current State Rep. Prior to entering politics, Turco owned and operated a law firm. He also served as a special sheriff and superintendent of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office. | |||
| Current State Rep, former member of the Wachusett Regional School Committee and the Holden Board of Selectmen | |||
| Current State Rep, Unsuccessful Democrat State Senate Nominee in the 2023 Special Election | |||
| Current State Rep, Former Fitchburg City Council President, unsuccessful candidate for State Senate in 2017, former director of major gifts at the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies and PoliSci Major | |||
| Current State Rep, PoliSciMajor, lawyer, lesbian and former executive director of a QUANGO | |||
| Current State Rep, former Spencer Selectman and former Navy Veteran | |||
| Current State Rep, former Dudley Selectman, former member of the Dudley FAA (Finance, Appropriation, and Advisory Committee), the Capital Improvement Committee and on the Executive Board of the South Worcester County Communications Center. | |||
| Current Assistant House Republican Whip and Current Republican State Committee Man | |||
| Current State Rep, former Bellingham Selectman, former Norfolk County Commissioner Candidate | |||
| Current State Rep, former legislative aide to his predecessor George Peterson | |||
| Current State Rep, former Milford Selectman and School Committee Member | |||
| Current State Rep and Shrewsbury RTC Vice Chairman | |||
| Current State Rep and Suffolk University Law School Graduate (evening student), Former Legislative Director for retired State Rep Hank Naughton | |||
| Current State Rep and former local business owner | |||
| Current State Rep, former social worker for the DCF | |||
| Current State Rep, former Executive Director of the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center (PSNNC) for twelve years and founder of the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts | |||
| Current State Rep, former Community Outreach Worker for the Juvenile Public Defenders office, former Political Director for Lt. Gov. Tim Murray overseeing the campaign committee and former Director of Policy and Assistant Chief of Staff to Worcester Mayor Joe Petty. | |||
| Current State Rep, former Political Operative and bureaucrat | |||
| Current State Rep, former legislative aide to Rep Peter Durant | |||
| Current State Rep, 20-year Member of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, Local Community Activist and volunteer |
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State Representative - 1st Barnstable
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Christopher Richard Flanagan Democrat, Dennis, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It was bad enough for voters that Flanagan has a hard-left voting record and worldview, but his scandalous actions involving his campaign mailings from his 2022 campaign would have earned him an induction into the VoteCoreValues Wall of Shame 10 years ago. November 2024 UPDATE, Flanagan is facing an alleged criminal charge of felony larceny outlined in a police report obtained by the Yarmouth Police Department. |
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State Representative - 2nd Barnstable
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Kip A. Diggs Democrat, Barnstable, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has a very impressive resume and high-energy personality, but has a hard-left voting record. |
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State Representative - 3rd Barnstable
- |
David T. Vieira Republican, Falmouth, Incumbent |
NO! 74 |
NO! 75 |
NO! 76 |
NO! 18 |
NO! 52 |
NO! 77 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! Also, see footnotes 18, 52, 74, 75, 76 and 77 for more info. |
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State Representative - 4th Barnstable
- |
Hadley Luddy Democrat, Orleans, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume, but possesses a hard-left-wing Democrat worldview due to her experience in the non-profit and government sector as well as her graduate degree from Harvard |
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State Representative - 5th Barnstable
- |
Steven George Xiarhos Republican, Barnstable, Incumbent |
Maybe 117 |
NO! |
Maybe 120 |
Maybe 118 |
Maybe 119 |
NO! 117 |
NO! |
We saw white smoke rising from the Cape Cod GOP Establishment conclave the day they picked Xiarhos to run against Tom Keyes in the 2020 GOP Primary. Habemus Repum! See footnotes 117, 118, 119 and 120 for more info. |
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State Representative - Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
- |
Thomas W. Moakley Democrat, Falmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Creature of Government and Politics who was the preferred candidate of the Democrat Establishment Machine because he is the great-nephew of the late Democrat Congressman Joe Moakley. |
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State Representative - 1st Berkshire
- |
John Barrett, III Democrat, North Adams, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We thought this candidate was a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat, but it appears he is been voting like a hard-left Berkshire Brigades ideologue Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Berkshire
- |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier Democrat, Pittsfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains her membership in the MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Berkshire
- |
Leigh Susan Davis Democrat, Great Barrington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue prog and a second-generation Creature of Government and Politics who thinks her opponents in 2024 were too stale and pale, not withstanding that her liberal mother was white. |
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State Representative - 1st Bristol
- |
Michael Chaisson Republican, Foxborough, Incumbent |
Maybe 168 |
NO! 121 |
Maybe 120 |
None |
YES! |
YES! |
NO! |
This candidate has a solid resume, but ran a content-free campaign in an effort to coalesce with the #MessGOP Establishment and be all things to all voters. See footnote 120 regarding our conversation with him about equal protection for preborn and born, 121 on moral values and 168 for his unwillingness to take a public stand against the three debt exclusion property tax increases in Foxborough in 2024. |
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State Representative - 2nd Bristol
- |
James K. Hawkins Democrat, Attleboro, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat, which explains why Progressive Massachusetts and Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him |
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State Representative - 3rd Bristol
- |
Lawrence Quintal Republican, Taunton, Unelected |
Maybe 170 |
None |
None |
None |
YES! |
None |
NO! |
This UniParty candidate has an impressive resume, but he has a content-free campaign platform at the behest of his UniParty consultants Holly Robichaud and Peter Hoogerzeil. See footnote 170 for when we learned that he did not oppose the 2023 Taunton Debt Exclusion Tax Increase. 3rd Bristol voters should be concerned about his gushing tribute to the late hard-left ideologue Democrat Rep Carol Doherty in his campaign kickoff. |
Lisa Field Democrat, Taunton, Unelected |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We were able to score this hard-left ideologue social justice activist candidate as NO- in less than two minutes when we learned that she uses pronouns in her LinkedIn profile and previously worked for the SEIU, which is a member of the ultra-left ideologue special interest group Mass Alliance |
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State Representative - 4th Bristol
- |
Steven S. Howitt Republican, Seekonk, Incumbent |
Maybe 128 |
NO! 129 |
NO! 130 |
Maybe 105 |
NO! 52 |
NO! 131 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 52, 105, 128, 129, 130 and 131 for more information on his Uniparty values and voting record |
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State Representative - 5th Bristol
- |
Justin Thurber Republican, Somerset, Incumbent |
YES! |
NO! 101 |
Maybe 56 |
YES! |
YES! |
YES! |
Maybe |
This candidate is conservative on most issues, particularly health freedom but is lukewarm on intraparty issues and inexplicably embraced the #MessGOP Sodomy Club despite being a professed Christian. See footnotes 56 and 101 for more information on how we scored him as Maybe on life and moral issues |
| -
State Representative - 6th Bristol
- |
Carole A. Fiola Democrat, Fall River, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an old school, urban, go-along-to-get-along Machine Democrat Establishmentarian |
| -
State Representative - 7th Bristol
- |
Alan Silvia Democrat, Fall River, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
Maybe 100 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an old school, urban, go-along-to-get-along Machine Democrat Establishmentarian, see footnote 100 for more information on his Right to Life Score. |
| -
State Representative - 8th Bristol
- |
Steven J. Ouellette Democrat, Westport, Incumbent |
NO! |
None |
None |
None |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate ran a content-free campaign in 2024 based on his name recognition around town |
| -
State Representative - 9th Bristol
- |
Christopher Markey Democrat, Dartmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an old school, go-along-to-get-along Bristol County Machine Establishment Democrat, see footnote 166 for more information on how he is all things to all people on immigration enforcement. |
| -
State Representative - 10th Bristol
- |
Mark David Sylvia Democrat, Fairhaven, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We were able to score this hard-left ideologue prog candidate in less than two minutes when we learned that he served in the administration of the former hard-left Democrat ideologue prog Deval Patrick |
| -
State Representative - 11th Bristol
- |
Christopher Hendricks Democrat, New Bedford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed this hard-left ideologue Democrat in his first campaign in 2018 |
| -
State Representative - 12th Bristol
- |
Norman J. Orrall Republican, Lakeville, Incumbent |
Maybe 133 |
NO! 134 |
Maybe 120 |
YES! |
Maybe 95 |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate and his wife are as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 95, 120, 133, 134 |
| -
State Representative - 13th Bristol
- |
Antonio F. D. Cabral Democrat, New Bedford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 14th Bristol
- |
Adam J. Scanlon Democrat, North Attleborough, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who engages in sexually abominable behaviours and finally landed an endorsement from the socialists at Progressive Mass for the 2020 general election after they declined to endorse in the primary |
| -
State Representative - 1st Essex
- |
Dawne Shand Democrat, Newburyport, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is another hard-left ideologue Democrat. Someone please tell her that the previous Rep Kelcourse and the 2022 GOP nominee Fitzwater are almost as left-wing as her. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Essex
- |
Kristin E. Kassner Democrat, Hamilton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why Democrat Governor and former AG Maura Healey endorsed her campaign |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Essex
- |
Andres X. Vargas Democrat, Haverhill, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has spent his entire life in the cocoon of school & government, which directly contributed to his left-wing voting record. It is no surprise he joined the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 4th Essex
- |
Estela A. Reyes Democrat, Lawrence, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who won the nomination despite unsuccessfully seeking the endorsement of Progressive Massachusetts |
| -
State Representative - 5th Essex
- |
Ann-Margaret Ferrante Democrat, Gloucester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat. VoteCoreValues gave her a Pinocchio award for trying to RUN away from her votes, and for all her whining when MassFiscal Alliance went and published her voting records on multiple roll calls. |
| -
State Representative - 6th Essex
- |
Hannah Bowen Democrat, Beverly, Unelected |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Our Research Director expected this candidate to seek out the endorsement of Mass Alliance and other hard-left ideologue special interest PACs and this candidate fulfilled our predictions. We can tell she is a Harvard woman because we cannot tell her anything! |
Medley Long Republican, Beverly, Unelected |
YES! |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
NO! |
This candidate is one of many first time Republican office seekers with impressive resumes and content-free campaign platforms. |
| -
State Representative - 7th Essex
- |
Manny Cruz Democrat, Salem, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a triple-dipping hard-left ideologue Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 8th Essex
- |
Jennifer WB Armini Democrat, Marblehead, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
You can tell this hard-left Democrat is a Harvard woman because you cannot tell her much. We expected her to join the hard-left House Progressive Caucus since she sought the endorsement of Progressive Massachusetts in 2022 and she helped our prediction come true |
| -
State Representative - 9th Essex
- |
Donald H. Wong Republican, Saugus, Incumbent |
NO! 15 |
NO! 16 |
NO! 17 |
NO! 18 |
Maybe 19 |
NO! 20 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! Also see footnotes 15, 16, 17, 18 , 19 and 20 for more information |
| -
State Representative - 10th Essex
- |
Daniel Cahill Democrat, Lynn, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 11th Essex
- |
Sean D. Reid Democrat, Lynn, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We applied scores earned by State Senator Brendan Crighton for gun rights and moral values to Reid since Reid served as Legislative Director for Crighton. Reid earned his own NO- scores for the other policy categories by virtue of endorsements by hard-left special interest groups like Planned Parenthood and the SEIU |
| -
State Representative - 12th Essex
- |
Thomas P. Walsh Democrat, Peabody, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Establishment Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 13th Essex
- |
Sally P. Kerans Democrat, Danvers, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a left-wing ideologue Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 14th Essex
- |
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos Democrat, North Andover, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a left-wing Democrat who knows that she has to appear to be centrist in her district |
| -
State Representative - 15th Essex
- |
Ryan M. Hamilton Democrat, Methuen, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 16th Essex
- |
Francisco E. Paulino Democrat, Lawrence, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume, but ran a campaign light on substantiative policy content. Even if he is not responsible for what the FBI was looking for in the building he owned, he is guilty of developing a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat voting record while serving in the MA House. |
| -
State Representative - 17th Essex
- |
Frank A. Moran Democrat, Lawrence, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat Establishmentarian, who managed to draw a hard-left Jacobin primary opponent in 2020 despite sponsoring 10 hard-left legislative bills endorsed by Progressive Mass. |
| -
State Representative - 18th Essex
- |
Tram T. Nguyen Democrat, Andover, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat, which explains why Progressive Massachusetts and Mass Alliance endorsed her |
| -
State Representative - 1st Franklin
- |
Natalie M. Blais Democrat, Sunderland, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Socialist Democrat, which explains how she sought the endorsement of Progressive Massachusetts in 2018 |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Franklin
- |
Susannah Whipps Independent, Athol, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
YES! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
2nd Franklin Voters who voted for Whipps in the 2012 and 2014 elections should be disappointed that her voting record is comparable to her socialist Democrat predecesor Denise Andrews. |
| -
State Representative - 1st Hampden
- |
Todd M. Smola Republican, Warren, Incumbent |
Maybe 135 |
NO! 136 |
NO! 137 |
Maybe 105 |
Maybe 138 |
NO! 139 |
NO! 140 |
This candidate used to be a salty anti-establishment reformer, but has lost his saltiness over the years and is now lukewarm. See footnotes 105, 135, 136, 127, 138, 139 and 140 for more info. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Hampden
- |
Brian M. Ashe Democrat, Longmeadow, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Hampden
- |
Nicholas A. Boldyga Republican, Southwick, Incumbent |
YES! 21 |
Maybe 22 |
Maybe 23 |
Maybe 24 |
YES! |
Maybe 25 |
NO! 26 |
This candidate is trying to be all things to all people. See footnotes See footnotes 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 |
| -
State Representative - 4th Hampden
- |
Kelly W. Pease Republican, Westfield, Incumbent |
Maybe 169 |
NO! |
NO! 99 |
YES! |
Maybe |
NO! |
NO |
The GOP Establishment coalesced around Pease with a SuperPAC mailing, helping him defeat Dan Allie by 117 votes in the 2020 primary. See footnote 99 for more information on how we scored him as No on life and 169 for why we scored him as Maybe on Fiscal Issues |
| -
State Representative - 5th Hampden
- |
Patricia A. Duffy Democrat, Holyoke, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue who succeeded her hard-left ideologue boss Rep. Aaron Vega. No wonder why the socialists at Mass Alliance endorsed her campaign in 2020. |
| -
State Representative - 6th Hampden
- |
Michael J. Finn Democrat, West Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat. |
| -
State Representative - 7th Hampden
- |
Aaron L. Saunders Democrat, Belchertown, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate worked for hard-left Democrat Senators like (U.S. Senator) John Kerry and (State Senator) Gale Candaras. As a legislator, Saunders voted like former Senators Kerry and Candaras. |
| -
State Representative - 8th Hampden
- |
Shirley B. Arriaga Democrat, Chicopee, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who earned the 2022 endorsement from the socialists at Mass Alliance |
| -
State Representative - 9th Hampden
- |
Orlando Ramos Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has a content-free website and revealed himself as a hard-left ideologue when the socialists at Mass Alliance endorsed his campaign |
| -
State Representative - 10th Hampden
- |
Carlos Gonzalez Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 11th Hampden
- |
Bud L. Williams Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate scored an endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliated organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2016) |
| -
State Representative - 12th Hampden
- |
Angelo J. Puppolo Democrat, Springfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 141 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate betrayed Christian voters when he voted against the marriage amendment in his first year serving as state rep after campaigning as a supporter the year before! VoteCoreValues archives. See footnote 141 |
| -
State Representative - 1st Hampshire
- |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa Democrat, Florence, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate scored endorsements from Progressive Massachusetts and Mass Alliance (affiliated organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) and has co-sponsored every piece of hard-left legislation promoted by Progressive MA in her first three terms of service on Bacon Hill. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Hampshire
- |
Homar Gomez Democrat, Easthampton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat Establishmentarian |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Hampshire
- |
Mindy Domb Democrat, Amherst, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a self-described (left-wing) progressive Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 1st Middlesex
- |
Margaret R. Scarsdale Democrat, Pepperell, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Middlesex
- |
James Arciero Democrat, Westford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We thought this candidate was a garden-variety go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat, but he revealed himself as a hard-left ideologue in the 2019-2020 legislative session |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Middlesex
- |
Kate Hogan Democrat, Stow, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate scored a 2008 endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) |
| -
State Representative - 4th Middlesex
- |
Danielle W. Gregoire Democrat, Marlborough, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an insufferable, hard-left ideologue Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 5th Middlesex
- |
David Paul Linsky Democrat, Natick, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is an insufferable gun-grabbing, hard-left ideologue Democrat and a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 6th Middlesex
- |
Priscila S. Sousa Democrat, Framingham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Hard-left ideologue Democrat PoliSci Major who won her first campaign in 2022 despite unsuccessfully seeking the endorsement of Progressive Massachusetts (a left-wing grassroots political organization). Now that she is studying at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, voters will be able to tell she is a Harvard woman who cannot be told anything |
| -
State Representative - 7th Middlesex
- |
Jack Patrick Lewis Democrat, Framingham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This hard-left candidate engages in sexually abominable behavior and received endorsements from numerous left-wing political organizations, including the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts and Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) |
| -
State Representative - 8th Middlesex
- |
James C. Arena-DeRosa Democrat, Holliston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This hard-left ideologue Democrat scored a 2008 endorsement from Progressive Mass. We can tell he is a Harvard Man because we cannot tell him much. |
| -
State Representative - 9th Middlesex
- |
Thomas M. Stanley Democrat, Waltham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a double-dipper (City Councilor and State Rep) and a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus, but Progressive Massachusetts endorsed his primary opponent Heather May and 2024 because they thought Stanley was too stale, pale and male. |
| -
State Representative - 10th Middlesex
- |
John J. Lawn, Jr. Democrat, Watertown, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat, who revealed his hard-left tendencies in the 2019-20 legislative session in order to survive the 2020 #StruggleSession primary against his hard-left challenger Alison Leary. |
| -
State Representative - 11th Middlesex
- |
Amy Mah Sangiolo Democrat, Auburndale, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat prog |
| -
State Representative - 12th Middlesex
- |
Gregory R. Schwarz Democrat, Newton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Voters should not be distracted by the impressive resume of this candidate, as he is a hard-left, #NewYorkValues ideologue Democrat prog. We can tell he is a Harvard Man because we cannot tell him anything! |
| -
State Representative - 13th Middlesex
- |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile Democrat, Sudbury, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, self-described Progressive Democrat ideologue |
| -
State Representative - 14th Middlesex
- |
Simon Cataldo Democrat, Concord, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Progressive Democrat who received ~$12K in donations from the Baker PAC in 2022 against his Republican opponent |
| -
State Representative - 15th Middlesex
- |
Michelle Ciccolo Democrat, Lexington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat who scored a 100% on the Progressive MA 2018 candidate litmus test & received a maximum contribution of $1,000 from former MassGOP Finance Chairman Mike Kennealy in her first campaign run |
| -
State Representative - 16th Middlesex
- |
Rodney M. Elliott Democrat, Lowell, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Urban Machine Establishment Democrat who ran a content-free campaign in 2022. He describes himself as a moderate (which means that he votes for hard-left ideologue Democrat policies like his 2022 Democrat primary opponent but is more personable and not as outspoken as she was) |
| -
State Representative - 17th Middlesex
- |
Vanna Howard Democrat, Lowell, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Given that this candidate survived the hard-left socialist, communist tyranny of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, we have no idea why she would possess a hard-left worldview here in America. Maybe its because she is a Creature of Government and Politics who spent her entire adult life in the cocoon of government-related jobs. |
| -
State Representative - 18th Middlesex
- |
Tara Thorn Hong Democrat, Lowell, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate demonstrates his commitment to the hard-left ideologue Democrat Woke Agenda with his answers to the Progressive MA Questionnaire, which earned him endorsements from that organization in 2022 and 2024. |
| -
State Representative - 19th Middlesex
- |
David Allen Robertson Democrat, Wilmington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 55 |
Maybe |
Maybe |
NO! |
NO! |
This PoliSci Major is a Creature of Government and Politics who currently holds the seat previously held by his late boss. See footnote55 regarding how he tries to be all things to all people on abortion. |
| -
State Representative - 20th Middlesex
- |
Bradley H. Jones Republican, North Reading, Incumbent |
NO! 142 |
NO! 143 |
NO! 144 |
Maybe 105 |
NO! 145 |
NO! 146 |
NO! |
WRKO Radio Host Jeff Kuhner referred to Jones as "(Former House Speaker Bob) DeLeo's Poodle". See footnotes 105, 142, 143, 144, 145 & 146 why he earned that nickname. |
| -
State Representative - 21st Middlesex
- |
Kenneth I. Gordon Democrat, Bedford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue socialist Democrat, which explains why he scored endorsements from Progressive Massachusetts when he faced a contested campaign years ago. |
| -
State Representative - 22nd Middlesex
- |
Marc T. Lombardo Republican, Billerica, Incumbent |
YES! 122 |
Maybe 123 |
Maybe 124 |
Maybe 125 |
YES! |
Maybe 126 |
Maybe 127 |
This candidate tries to be all things to all people, see footnotes 122, 123, 124, 125 126 and 127 for more information |
| -
State Representative - 23rd Middlesex
- |
Sean Garballey Democrat, Arlington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat which gained him the 2018 endorsements of Progressive Massachusetts and Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) |
| -
State Representative - 24th Middlesex
- |
David M. Rogers Democrat, Cambridge, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat, who scored a 2012 Mass Alliance endorsement in his first campaign and survived a #StruggleSession in the 2020 Democratic Primary against a hard-left Harvard Woman who thought he was too stale and too male. |
| -
State Representative - 25th Middlesex
- |
Marjorie C. Decker Democrat, Cambridge, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat, who scored a 2012 Mass Alliance endorsement and survived a #StruggleSession in the 2024 Democratic Primary against a hard-left Harvard grad student who was disappointed she only scored 76% on the recent Progressive MA litmus test |
| -
State Representative - 26th Middlesex
- |
Mike Connolly Democrat, Cambridge, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue socialist Democrat, who scored a 2016 Mass Alliance endorsement |
| -
State Representative - 27th Middlesex
- |
Erika Uyterhoeven Democrat, Somerville, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a radical, militant, ideologue socialist Jacobin carpet-bagger. No wonder why the socialists at Mass Alliance, Progressive Massachusetts and the Democratic Socialists of America Boston DSA Chapter endorsed her. Voters can tell that she is a second generation Harvard woman because no one can tell her anything |
| -
State Representative - 28th Middlesex
- |
Joseph W. McGonagle Democrat, Everett, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Urban Machine Democrat Establishmentarian |
| -
State Representative - 29th Middlesex
- |
Steven C. Owens Democrat, Watertown, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This hard-left ideologue won his first campaign in 2020 due to the endorsements of the socialists of Mass Alliance and Progressive Massachusetts |
| -
State Representative - 30th Middlesex
- |
Richard M. Haggerty Democrat, Woburn, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along, union-backed Democrat Establishmentarian |
| -
State Representative - 31st Middlesex
- |
Michael Seamus Day Democrat, Stoneham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat, social justice warrior who scored 2014 and 2016 endorsements from Mass Alliance |
| -
State Representative - 32nd Middlesex
- |
Kate Lipper-Garabedian Democrat, Melrose, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We thought this candidate was a mere go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat, but she has revealed herself as a hard-left ideologue Democrat by virtue of her membership in the MA House Progressive Caucus. |
| -
State Representative - 33rd Middlesex
- |
Steven Ultrino Democrat, Malden, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue socialist Democrat who scored a 2014 endorsement from Mass Alliance |
| -
State Representative - 34th Middlesex
- |
Christine P. Barber Democrat, Somerville, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat who scored endorsements from Mass Alliance in 2014 and 2020 |
| -
State Representative - 35th Middlesex
- |
Paul J. Donato Democrat, Medford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 72 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Establishmentarian whose voting record is drifting towards the hard-left values of his primary opponents so he can protect his phony-baloney job. See footnote 72 on how he bartered his soul to save his skin on abortion, and the skin is all that's left |
| -
State Representative - 36th Middlesex
- |
Colleen M. Garry Democrat, Dracut, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
Maybe 97 |
Maybe 98 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is by and large a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat, though she sometimes votes the right way given she represents a right-leaning district. See footnotes 97 and 98. |
| -
State Representative - 37th Middlesex
- |
Danillo A. Sena Democrat, Acton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
When this hard-left ideologue Democrat legislator moves his lips, you can hear the voice of ultra-left ideologue Democrat State Senator Jamie Eldridge. No wonder why the socialists at Mass Alliance endorsed him in 2020! |
| -
State Representative - 1st Norfolk
- |
Bruce J. Ayers Democrat, Quincy, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 54 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a typical urban machine Democrat Establishmentarian who has been voting with the hard-left ideologue Democrat progressives in an effort to protect his phoney-baloney job by avoiding having to face a strong primary challenger. See footnote 54 |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Norfolk
- |
Tackey Chan Democrat, Quincy, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Norfolk
- |
Ronald Mariano Democrat, Quincy, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! 53 |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! But we think the article Bob Montgomery Thomas wrote is an articulate and compelling assessment of Mr. Mariano's campaign finance account (which is nearly $416K as of April 2024) see footnote 53 for more info. |
| -
State Representative - 4th Norfolk
- |
James Michael Murphy Democrat, Weymouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a typical urban machine Establishment Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 5th Norfolk
- |
Mark J. Cusack Democrat, Braintree, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a typical urban machine Establishment Democrat. |
| -
State Representative - 6th Norfolk
- |
William C. Galvin Democrat, Canton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard left ideologue Democrat who for some reason is seen as too male, stale and pale by radical leftist ideologue groups like Progressive Mass and the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (which backed his 2020/22 primary challenger Tamisha Civil) |
| -
State Representative - 7th Norfolk
- |
Richard Wells Democrat, Milton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
None |
None |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume, but ran a content-free campaign to win in 2024 and has a good record of giving out other peoples money. As a State Rep, he is a Go-Along-to-Get-Along Establishment Democrat. |
| -
State Representative - 8th Norfolk
- |
Ted Philips Democrat, Sharon, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat PoliSci Major who overcame his unsuccessful effort to gain the Progressive Mass endorsement to win the 2020 nomination |
| -
State Representative - 9th Norfolk
- |
Marcus Vaughn Republican, Wrentham, Incumbent |
Maybe 68 |
NO! 69 |
NO! 70 |
Maybe 71 |
YES! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume and gives good answers to candidate questionnaires but is running a content-free campaign, see footnotes 68, 69, 70 and 71 for more information on his efforts to be all things to all people on key policy issues |
| -
State Representative - 10th Norfolk
- |
Jeffrey N. Roy Democrat, Franklin, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Establishment Democrat whose wife filed for divorce from him when she alleged he cheated on her for years with a lobbyist. |
| -
State Representative - 11th Norfolk
- |
Paul McMurtry Democrat, Dedham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat |
| -
State Representative - 12th Norfolk
- |
John H. Rogers Democrat, Norwood, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
Maybe 96 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a typical go-along-to-get-along Norfolk County machine Establishment Democrat, see footnote 96 for more information on his Right to Life Score. |
| -
State Representative - 13th Norfolk
- |
Joshua Tarsky Democrat, Needham, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate campaigned as a centrist on his website (which helped him earn an endorsement from the Democrats for Education Reform) and unsuccessfully sought to earn the Progressive Massachusetts endorsement (which earned him NO- scores across the board from us) |
| -
State Representative - 14th Norfolk
- |
Alice Hanlon Peisch Democrat, Wellesley, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat and a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 15th Norfolk
- |
Tommy Vitolo Democrat, Brookline, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat Progressive social justice warrior. Progressive Massachusetts endorsed his first campaign in 2018 but felt he was too male, stale and pale in 2022. |
| -
State Representative - 1st Plymouth
- |
Michelle L. Badger Democrat, Plymouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It took us two minutes to score where this hard-left candidate stood on the issues when we learned that she sought an endorsement from the uber-leftists at Progressive Massachusetts |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Plymouth
- |
John Robert Gaskey Republican, Carver, Incumbent |
YES! |
YES! |
Maybe 45 |
YES! |
YES! |
YES! |
YES! |
This candidate appears conservative on most issues. See footnote 45 for how we scored him on life |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Plymouth
- |
Joan Meschino Democrat, Hull, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left social justice warrioress, which explains how Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed her |
| -
State Representative - 4th Plymouth
- |
Patrick Kearney Democrat, Scituate, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate steadily reveals himself as a hard-left Democrat ideologue, which explains his membership in the MA House Progressive Caucus. At least he voted against giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens, otherwise we would have had to score him as NO- instead of No on immigration enforcement |
| -
State Representative - 5th Plymouth
- |
David F. DeCoste Republican, Norwell, Incumbent |
Maybe 8 |
Maybe 9 |
Maybe 10 |
YES! 11 |
YES! |
YES! |
NO! 12 |
Candidate was tied for the highest rating in the MA Legislature by the American Conservative Union Center for Legislative Accountability (affiliate of CPAC) in 2022, which is why his recent coalescing with the liberal MassGOP party Establishment on intraparty issues and liberal legislative votes took us by surprise (See footnotes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12). |
| -
State Representative - 6th Plymouth
- |
Kenneth Peter Sweezey Republican, Hanson, Incumbent |
Maybe 167 |
NO! 13 |
NO! |
YES! |
YES! |
None |
NO! 14 |
This candidate knows how to be all things to all voters (see footnotes 13, 14 and 167) . |
| -
State Representative - 7th Plymouth
- |
Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida Republican, Abington, Incumbent |
Maybe 79 |
NO! 80 |
Maybe 81 |
YES! |
Maybe |
Maybe 82 |
NO! |
This candidate is an Establishmentarian in Training. See footnotes 79, 80, 81 and 82. |
| -
State Representative - 8th Plymouth
- |
Dennis C. Gallagher Democrat, Bridgewater, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
None |
None |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate ran a content-free campaign in 2024 based on his name recognition around town |
| -
State Representative - 9th Plymouth
- |
Bridget Plouffe Democrat, Brockton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has a content-free website. She earned NO- scores across the board by virtue of serving as Legislative Chief of Staff to the hard-left retired Democrat Rep Gerard Cassidy and because she earned endorsements from hard-left woke special interest groups |
| -
State Representative - 10th Plymouth
- |
Michelle M. DuBois Democrat, Brockton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains how she scored an endorsement from Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) when she first ran in 2014 |
| -
State Representative - 11th Plymouth
- |
Rita A. Mendes Democrat, Brockton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate has a content-free website, but showed her hard-left ideologue bonafides with her answers to the Progressive MA Questionnaire, which earned her an endorsement from that organization. |
| -
State Representative - 12th Plymouth
- |
Kathleen R. LaNatra Democrat, Kingston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate identifies as a moderate Democrat but votes like a hard-left Democrat ideologue. To paraphrase her Republican opponent at a recent debate, she lives in Kingston, but votes like she lives in Cambridge |
| -
State Representative - 1st Suffolk
- |
Adrian C. Madaro Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Establishmentarian. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Suffolk
- |
Daniel Joseph Ryan Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Democrat ideologue. Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him in his first campaign in 2014 but felt he was too stale, pale and male in 2020. |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Suffolk
- |
Aaron M. Michlewitz Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus whose entire post school life has been spent on Bacon Hill |
| -
State Representative - 4th Suffolk
- |
David Biele Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat. |
| -
State Representative - 5th Suffolk
- |
Christopher J. Worrell Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Democrat ideologue, which explains why Progressive Massachusetts endorsed him in the 2022 general election |
| -
State Representative - 6th Suffolk
- |
Russell E. Holmes Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Establishmentarian whose hard-left tendencies had emerged in the 2019-20 legislative session |
| -
State Representative - 7th Suffolk
- |
Chynah Tyler Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Democrat ideologue, which explains why she sought the Progressive Massachusetts endorsement in 2016 |
| -
State Representative - 8th Suffolk
- |
Jay D. Livingstone Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left Democrat ideologue, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him in 2013. |
| -
State Representative - 9th Suffolk
- |
John Francis Moran Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who engages in sexually abominable behaviours |
| -
State Representative - 10th Suffolk
- |
William MacGregor Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Establishment Democrat, with latent hard-left tendencies. |
| -
State Representative - 11th Suffolk
- |
Judith Garcia Democrat, Chelsea, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who won the 2022 Democrat State Rep nomination despite her unsuccessful effort to earn the Progressive MA endorsement. |
| -
State Representative - 12th Suffolk
- |
Brandy Fluker Oakley Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate revealed herself to be a hard-left ideologue Democrat prog when she answered the 2020 Progressive MA questionnaire |
| -
State Representative - 13th Suffolk
- |
Daniel J. Hunt Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him. |
| -
State Representative - 14th Suffolk
- |
Rob Consalvo Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Establishment Hack who managed to score the nomination in 2020 despite his unsuccessful attempt to earn the Progressive Mass endorsement |
| -
State Representative - 15th Suffolk
- |
Samantha Montano Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left, ideologue Democrat, which explains why Progressive MA endorsed her in 2022, though we were surprised that the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America only recommended her. |
| -
State Representative - 16th Suffolk
- |
Jessica Ann Giannino Democrat, Revere, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along union-backed Democrat whose voting record is comparable to the values of her hard-left ideologue opponent Joseph Gravallese in the 2020 primary. |
| -
State Representative - 17th Suffolk
- |
Kevin G. Honan Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This Establishment Democrat rep has spent 38 of his 44 post-college years as state rep for the district and is now eligible for the maximum 80% pension based on his highest three years average salary. 17th Suffolk voters can tell he is a Harvard Man because they cannot tell him much. |
| -
State Representative - 18th Suffolk
- |
Michael J. Moran Democrat, Boston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We originally thought he was a typical corrupt urban Machine Democrat due to his 2013 court settlement, but he might be a hard-left ideologue Democrat due to his 2020 endorsement of the Socialist Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders |
| -
State Representative - 19th Suffolk
- |
Jeffrey Rosario Turco Democrat, Winthrop, Incumbent |
NO! |
Maybe 161 |
Maybe 161 |
YES! |
Maybe |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate may be one of two legislative candidates who would be best described as socially conservative and fiscally leftist as he seems to be less stridently left-wing than other members of the House Democratic Caucus. See footnote 161 for how we scored him on moral issues and life |
| -
State Representative - 1st Worcester
- |
Kimberly N. Ferguson Republican, Holden, Incumbent |
NO! 147 |
NO! 148 |
NO! 149 |
NO! 18 |
NO! 52 |
NO! 150 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 18, 52, 147, 148, 149 and 150 for more info. |
| -
State Representative - 2nd Worcester
- |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik Democrat, Gardner, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Maybe 67 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along left-wing Democrat who has spent his entire adult life as a State Rep as opposed to working in the Dreaded Private Sector. See footnote 67 for more information |
| -
State Representative - 3rd Worcester
- |
Michael P. Kushmerek Democrat, Fitchburg, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This PoliSci Major revealed himself as another hard-left ideologue Democrat when he filled out his Progressive Massachusetts questionnaire in 2020 |
| -
State Representative - 4th Worcester
- |
Natalie Higgins Democrat, Leominster, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue socialist Democrat, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed her. |
| -
State Representative - 5th Worcester
- |
Donald R. Berthiaume Republican, Spencer, Incumbent |
Maybe 151 |
Maybe 22 |
Maybe 152 |
YES! 111 |
Maybe 153 |
Maybe 154 |
NO! 155 |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 22, 111, 151, 152, 153, 154 and 155 for more info. |
| -
State Representative - 6th Worcester
- |
John J. Marsi Republican, Dudley, Incumbent |
Maybe 78 |
NO! |
None |
YES! |
Maybe |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a Uniparty Establishmentarian good-ol'-boy! See footnote 78 for his ability to be all things to all people on fiscal issues. |
| -
State Representative - 7th Worcester
- |
Paul K. Frost Republican, Auburn, Incumbent |
Maybe 32 |
NO! 33 |
NO! 34 |
YES! 35 |
NO! 36 |
NO! 37 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 32, 33, 34, 35 36 and 37 |
| -
State Representative - 8th Worcester
- |
Michael J. Soter Republican, Bellingham, Incumbent |
NO! 156 |
NO! 157 |
Maybe 158 |
YES! |
YES! |
NO! 159 |
NO! 160 |
8th Worcester voters should feel disappointed that this candidate's voting record hews closely to the worldview of his 2018 Democrat general election opponent. See footnotes 156, 157, 158, 159 and 160 |
| -
State Representative - 9th Worcester
- |
David K. Muradian Republican, Grafton, Incumbent |
NO! 113 |
NO! 114 |
NO! 115 |
YES! 11 |
NO! 51 |
NO! 116 |
NO! |
9th Worcester voters should feel disappointed that this candidate's voting record highly correlates to the worldview of his 2014 Democrat general election opponent. See footnotes 11, 51, 113, 114, 115 and 116 |
| -
State Representative - 10th Worcester
- |
Brian W. Murray Democrat, Milford, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Democrat Establishmentarian. At least he voted against giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens, otherwise we would have had to score him as NO- instead of No on immigration enforcement |
| -
State Representative - 11th Worcester
- |
Hannah E. Kane Republican, Shrewsbury, Incumbent |
NO! 84 |
NO! 85 |
NO! 86 |
NO! 87 |
NO! 132 |
NO! 88 |
NO! |
11th Worcester voters should feel disappointed that this candidate's voting record highly correlates to the worldview of her past Democrat opponents. See footnotes 84, 85, 86, 87 88, and 132 |
| -
State Representative - 12th Worcester
- |
Meghan Kilcoyne Democrat, Northborough, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat Creature of Government and Politics, as well as the candidate the Democrat Establishment coalesced around in the 2020 State Rep Primary. |
| -
State Representative - 13th Worcester
- |
John J. Mahoney Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a card-carrying member of the hard-left MA House Progressive Caucus |
| -
State Representative - 14th Worcester
- |
James J. O'Day Democrat, West Boylston, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him. |
| -
State Representative - 15th Worcester
- |
Mary S. Keefe Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed her. |
| -
State Representative - 16th Worcester
- |
Daniel M. Donahue Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat, which explains why Mass Alliance (affiliate organization of the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America) endorsed him. |
| -
State Representative - 17th Worcester
- |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf Democrat, Worcester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue Democrat who sponsored every bill promoted by Progressive Massachusetts in the 2023-2024 legislative session, which explains why Progressive Massachusetts endorsed him, even after his April 2022 drunk-driving episode |
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State Representative - 18th Worcester
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Joseph D. McKenna Republican, Webster, Incumbent |
Maybe 46 |
Maybe 47 |
Maybe 48 |
YES! 11 |
NO! 49 |
Maybe 50 |
NO! 51 |
This candidate tries to be all things to all people, see footnotes 11, 46, 47, 48 49, 50 and 51 for more information |
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State Representative - 19th Worcester
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Kate Donaghue Democrat, Westborough, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We're surprised this left-wing candidate did not fill out the Progressive MA Questionnaire given that she received the endorsement of ultra-left ideologue Democrat Senator Ed Markey |
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SHERIFF COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Interim Sheriff, Streeter has over 35 years of experience at the Franklin County Sheriff�s Office and House of Corrections, where she has served as Superintendent and Special Sheriff since 2014. | |||
| Criminal Defense Lawyer, Co-Owner of the Greenfield Garden Cinema, Board of Directors for the Greenfield Business Association, 6 term Greenfield City Councilor and 8 Years 104th Infantry of the Massachusetts ARNG Non-Commissioned Officer |
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Sheriff - Franklin County
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Lori Streeter Democrat, Greenfield, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It took us maybe five minutes to score this candidate as NO- when we considered that she was appointed to serve as Interim Sheriff by MA Governor Maura Healey (who earned NO- scores based on her first campaign in 2014) |
Isaac Mass Republican, Greenfield, Unelected |
None |
NO! |
None |
YES! |
None |
None |
NO! |
This candidate has an impressive resume, but has a worldview that is clearly in line with the UniParty Establishment, notwithstanding the efforts of his campaign consultant Chip Jones to help him throw red meat campaign talking points. |
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current District Attorney |
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District Attorney - Plymouth County
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Timothy J. Cruz Republican, Marshfield, Incumbent |
None |
NO! |
None |
NO! 165 |
Maybe 163 |
NO! 164 |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it gets! See footnotes 163, 164 and 165 |
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CLERK OF COURTS COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Clerk, former State Senator (Plymouth & Barnstable District), former Falmouth Selectman and Member of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates, retired corporate attorney | |||
| Current Clerk, former State Rep (2nd Hampshire), former Easthampton City Councilor and school committee member, Assistant District Attorney, son of Judge Richard Carey, grandson of former state rep William Carey | |||
| Current Clerk, former State Senator (Norfolk, Plymouth & Bristol), former State Rep (7th Norfolk (Milton Pcts. 3-10, Randolph Pcts. 1-3, 7-10)), son of Norfolk County Clerk of Courts Walter Timilty Sr, nephew of former State Senator Joe Timilty, cousin of former Norfolk County Treasurer James Timilty |
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Clerk of Courts - Barnstable County
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Susan Lynn Moran Democrat, Falmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This rabid supporter of the Infanticide Act (aka the ROE Act) revealed herself to be a hard-left ideologue on other core value issues with her Progressive MA Questionnaire. |
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Clerk of Courts - Hampshire County
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Daniel R. Carey Democrat, Easthampton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We originally thought this candidate is a go-along-to-get-along Machine Democrat, but demonstrated hard-left Democrat ideologue tendencies during his tenure as a legislator. |
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Clerk of Courts - Norfolk County
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Walter F. Timilty, Jr. Democrat, Milton, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! 42 |
NO! 43 |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
Timilty used to be a reliable moral values conservative when serving as a state rep, but voted for left-wing social engineering legislation while serving as a state senator in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid facing potential intraparty contests against hard-left State Senate primary challengers. See footnotes 42 and 43 |
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REGISTER OF DEEDS COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Register of Deeds, former Governor's Counilor (5th District), Confidential Assistant to FCC Commissioner Rachelle Chong and former Intern for the late Congressman Nicky Mavroules, who earned the nickname Pockets from a Florida-based talk show host when Mavroules pled guilty to 15 federal charges of bribery, racketeering and extortion |
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Register of Deeds - Essex Southern District
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Eileen R. Duff Democrat, Gloucester, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a hard-left ideologue lesbian. Our research department predicts that she will use this job to further her militant lesbian ideology, as well as give her a big pay raise in her paycheck and pension and potentially set the table for a future statewide or federal campaign |
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Barnstable County Commissioner, Yarmouth Selectman, former Staffer to Hard-left former Congressmen Bill Delahunt and Gerry Studds, teaches American Government and International Relations at Cape Cod Community College. In addition, he works for Suffolk University, coordinating plans to bring a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) degree program to Cape Cod. It will provide graduate level education to local leaders, non-profit managers and municipal administrators. He is also a consultant to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | |||
| Current Barnstable County Commissioner (2009-17, 2021-present) and geriatric social worker | |||
| Current Bristol County Commissioner and lawyer | |||
| Current Bristol County Commissioner, Realtor, nurse and home health agency case manager, daughter of Governors Councilor Joseph Ferreira and wife of former Indianapolis Colt Inside Linebacker Anthony Ruggiero | |||
| Current Plymouth County Commission Chairman, Interim Town Manager of Dracut, former Town Manager of Holbrook, former Pembroke Selectman, former Quincy City Councilor | |||
| Current Plymouth County Commission Chairman, National Committee Man of the MA Young Republicans and Vice Chairman of the Plymouth County GOP Club). Former Legislative Aide and Campaign Manager for Rep David DeCoste, Former Legislative Aide to State Senator Bob Hedlund. Former DCR Personnel Officer. Real Estate Professional and Insurance Salesman. Earned BS in PoliSci from Bridgewater State, AS from Massassoit Community College, also worked at Stop & Shop and delivered the Brockton Enterprise newspaper as a teenager. |
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County Commissioner - Barnstable County
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Mark R. Forest Democrat, Yarmouth, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It took us five minutes to score him NO- when we learned he served as a former Staffer to Hard-left former Congressmen Bill Delahunt and Gerry Studds |
Sheila R. Lyons Democrat, Wellfleet, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It took us five minutes to score her NO- when we saw on her Facebook page that she wants to bring progressive (aka Bolshevik) values to the Cape Cod region. We spent another five minutes to locate the article where she admitted to sufficient facts to warrant a guilty finding on an OUI charge in 2012 |
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County Commissioner - Bristol County
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John R. Mitchell Democrat, Fall River, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a Bread & Butter Bristol County Machine Democrat! |
Julie Katherine Ruggiero Democrat, Somerset, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
We previously thought this candidate was a Bread & Butter Bristol County Machine Democrat but after seeing her Progressive Massachusetts Questionnaire, we think she may be a hard-left ideologue Prog! |
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County Commissioner - Plymouth County
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Gregory M. Hanley Democrat, Abington, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is a good-old-boy Establishment Democrat Creature of Government and Politics. We advise voters to make sure that Hanley is not drunk when they are around him |
Jared Louis Valanzola Republican, Plymouth, Incumbent |
YES! 27 |
NO! 28 |
Maybe 29 |
YES! |
Maybe 44 |
Maybe 30 |
NO! 31 |
Candidate is conservative on gun rights and fiscal issues, but coalesces with the Establishment on Moral Issues and Contested Intraparty Elections. See footnotes 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 44. |
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CITY COUNCILOR COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current State Committee Woman, Escrow Supervisor for Salem Five Mortgage, Member of Governor's Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants, Former Political Director for failed Senate Candidate Beth Lindstrom and unsuccessful candidate for State Rep and City Councilor |
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City Councilor - City of Peabody
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Jaclyn Nancy Corriveau Republican, Peabody, Unelected |
YES! |
NO! |
NO! |
YES! |
None |
None |
NO! |
This UniParty candidate from the Democratic Wing of the #MessGOP is ready for #CrookedHillary! That's why the Establishment is ready to help her win! |
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PLANNING BOARD COMPARISON INDEX
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| Current Planning Board Member former Zoning Board Member, lifelong Billerica Resident and Senior Estimator | |||
| Current Planning Board Member and Finance Committee Member, former candidate for Selectman | |||
| Current Planning Board Member (elected in 2025, previously candidate in 2024 and came within ~100 votes of getting elected that year), Current Republican State Committee Man (4th Middlesex District) Billerica RTC Chairman, MARA National Director, Precinct 9 Member of Billerica Town Meeting, Finance Committee Member, Bylaw Review Committee Member, Warrant Action Committee Member and member of many other civic and political committees |
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Planning Board - Town of Billerica
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Michael Francis Parker Unenrolled, Billerica, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
This candidate is as Establishment as it Gets! |
Edward J. Giroux Democrat, Billerica, Incumbent |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
NO! |
It took us two minutes to score this candidate as NO- when we learned he donated to the hard-left ideologue prog State Rep candidate Teresa English in 2022 |
Anthony Ventresca Republican, Billerica, Incumbent |
YES! |
NO! 171 |
Maybe 171 |
YES! |
YES! |
YES! |
YES! |
We are surprised that this candidate has become politically one with the homosexual political operative John Paul Moran given that Moran put the retired Conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell through a #StruggleSession for possessing Biblical Values on marriage, family, sexual behavior and life. See footnotes 171 |
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ALL CANDIDATES INDEX
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SPECIFIC CANDIDATE NOTES
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| We wish the political principals that make up the RNC, the various state parties, media outlets, PACs, consulting firms, and other influencers with bigger platforms than ours had taken the time to warn us that Trump was content to acquiesce to increased debt and federal spending instead of promoting him intensely and disfellowing people for trying to audit Trump when he fails to live up to the conservative values that they claim to hold. We previously scored Trump as No on this metric as the 2017 federal tax reform legislation is not enough to offset the impact of tariffs and higher federal spending. Trump signed the (2017 Federal Tax Reform legislation) which cut taxes by nearly $1.5 Trillion over 10 years (good) but (which partially offset the benefits of the tax cuts on income (imposed tariffs) and signed spending bills that increased annual federal spending by $808.1 Billion (20%) in FY 2020 versus what Trump inherited in FY 2017 , of which $627 Billion (78%) went to underwrite priority Democrat programs (social programs and non-defense discretionary programs). This has resulted in federal debt increasing (by $3.3 Trillion since his inauguration) (bad 3X). Moreover, his 2021-2030 budget proposals (from his first term) are projected to add another $1.85 Trillion in annual spending relative to 2020 and $5.6 Trillion in new federal debt, before even taking into account spending to combat the Wuhan plandemic. Trump also flirted with raising the federal gas tax by $.25/gallon in 2018, at least that idea did not go anywhere, so far. We downgraded him to NO- in 2020 when considering the soaring spending and debt in response to the plandemic. Hopefully, the new DOGE (Department of Governmental Efficiency) will prompt Congress to pass legislation that REDUCES spending and President Trump uses his bully pulpit as President of the United States to obtain fiscally conservative legislation from Congress that reduces spending, reduces taxes and reduces debt. | |
| We previously scored Trump as a Both-Maybe on this metric based on his issuance of DTM 19-004, which bans new #FakeGender applicants who have any history of so-called transgender medical transition treatment and opposing the misleadingly-named Equality Act, which passed the U.S. House but will likely fail to pass muster with the GOP-majority in the U.S. Senate. However, we had to downgrade Trump to Down-NO after considering his overall body of work on this issue and that the GOP itself issued a press release promoting Trump's record promotg the sexually abominable (per Leviticus 18:22). Alabama abolitionist Bill Fortenberry wrote on Facebook that he thought about publishing an article to warn Republicans about Trump's pro-homosexual record, but the GOP beat him to it. Trump has done more to promote homosexuality than any Democrat president. His actions have caused irreparable harm to the moral fabric of our nation, and the GOP is proud of that. Another factor in our No score was his recent remarks where he submitted to judicial tyranny on the recent Bostock v. Clayton County court decision (which subjects employers who fire their poorly performing homosexual employees to potentially expensive and frivolous lawsuits), acquiescing to the idea of a homosexual president, praising India's Bollywood for releasing its first movie promoting homosexuality and appointing the avowed homosexual and known Swamp Creature Richard Grenell as his acting Director of National Intelligence. Trump was a long-time supporter of the #RainbowJihad going back to at least 1999, Trump expressed his opinion that the homosexual marriage cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They have been settled. And I'm fine with that, Trump was the first GOP President to express support for "LGBT Pride Month", the Trump campaign has been selling LGBT-oriented campaign material for years, Trump appointed five homosexual ambassadors and two homosexual Judges (Mary Rowland and Pat Bumatay) and the Trump Administration is leading a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in the 69 countries where it is currently illegal. Trump even retained Obama's "anti-LGBT discrimination" Executive Order for federal employees and renominated Lesbian Activist Chai Feldblum to serve as Commissioner of the EEOC. Trump had two Good Actions and 13 Negative Actions pertaining to this metric. Traditional moral values voters can rely on Trump 14% on the time on this issue. No wonder why the Log Cabin Republicans (a homosexual-oriented Republican group) endorsed his reelection campaign. We downgraded Trump to NO- (NO Negative, our lowest score) when Trump hosted the RNC LGBT Pride Coalition in conjunction with the Log Cabin Republicans at his Mar-A-Lago Resort in 2021 and 2022. At least Trump gave moral values voters a #LimitedHangout this year by signing Executive Orders recognizing only two genders (male and female), Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation, and Keeping Men (especially hormonally manipulated and genitally mutilated men) Out of Womens Sports. | |
| Our standard for a YES+ rating at WikiVote on Right to Life is for the immediate abolition and recriminalization of abortion, not to make exceptions for it or to regulate it. Donald Trump floated the idea of criminalizing abortion in 2016 (good) but almost immediately walked it back (bad). Given that Donald Trump is "pro-life with exceptions" and does not support criminalization of abortion, the best we could score him as Maybe on this issue. Donald Trump opposed the Alabama Abortion Ban in Name Only law (because he felt it was too strict). We thought the Alabama law was a loophole ridden sieve that created a de facto right for women to engage in Do-It-Yourself chemical abortions via mifeprex and would have preferred the law be modelled on the OK or TX Abolition of Abortion bills. Trump signed spending bills that resulted in abortuary operators receiving $1.5 Billion in cumulative taxpayer funding during his administration, including signing one month before appearing at the March for Life (bad), which takes a lot of the shine off Trump being the first president to address the March For Life in person and contradicts the "the most pro-life president ever" rhetoric of the Pro-Life Establishment. We think that we are being generous scoring Trump, especially given that The American Right To Life and its affiliate ProLifeProfiles.com gave Trump their lowest score (Tier 4-Personhood Never) given his long and documented record of supporting the killing of preborn image bearers, because his Supreme Court picks were soft-left judicial supremacists who believe "Roe v. Wade was settled law" and because Planned Parenthood and other abortuaries (still receive federal tax dollars), even after PP withdrew from the Title X program when the Trump Administration reformed the Title X program's rules. We understand Trump being the first president to speak at the March for Life indicates that he needs the pro-life vote, but Trump has not achieved much as far as pro-life policy goes. The National Right to Life PAC and its affiliates endorsed Trump because they were pleased with his Supreme Court picks, his support for the #regulationist Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and because he made statements expressing support for ending taxpayer dollars being used to underwrite abortuaries and opposing late-term abortion. Unfortunately, we cannot ignore that abortions performed by abortion conglomerate Planned Parenthood and governmental funding of PP has actually increased under Trump's presidency. At least it is better than his March 2016 comments about "millions of women being helped by Planned Parenthood" or his interview with Tim Russert in which he said he was "pro-choice in every respect". Nevertheless, Donald Trump fails to meet our standard for YES+ or even basic Yes because he does not support criminalization of abortion to establish equal protection of preborn and born and because he is pro-life with exceptions. Our grade for Trump is generous in comparison to what the Abolitionist group Free The States would have given him (as they would have given him a F-). We downgraded his score from Maybe to No in January 2024 when Trump campaigned to the left of DeSantis on abortion in the 2024 primary after blaming pro-lifers for the disappointing electoral performance achieved by the Republican Party in 2022. We downgraded Trump again in July 2024 from No to NO- when we learned of his involvement in eliminating the pro-family and pro-life planks of the 2024 RNC Party Platform. We noted that | |
| From National Review "Trump has two entirely contradictory instincts when it comes to gun laws, and he does not reconcile them particularly well. Trump simultaneously wants to be seen as doing something about mass shootings and wants to keep the support of the NRA and gun owners. This is not a needle he can thread." The Trump Administration banned Bump Stocks in the wake of the October 2017 Las Vegas Shooting. In early 2018, Trump said "Take the guns first. Go through due process second," "I like taking the guns early" at a White House event in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Trump called for red flag laws, aka Extreme Risk Protection Orders, which violate gun owners' due process as well as their right to keep and bear arms. This forced Gun Owners of America to warn Trump that he might lose support from gun owners and RKBA activists. The Tenth Amendment Center recently published an article on how federal gun control laws violate the Constitution and our Natural RIght to Keep and Bear Arms, yet the Trump Administration has actually stepped up such persecutions to levels well in excess of the Obama Administration's last year. We noted that the NRA endorsed Trump, but we also noted that Dudley Brown of the National Association for Gun Rights was one of the earliest people to recognize that the NRA has been AWOL from the fight for decades and that Trump turned against gun owners after the Las Vegas shooting. After taking a second look at Trump on gun rights in 2024, we maintain our No score. We know he said positive things about gun rights to the Gun Owners of America at their August 2024 inaugural Advocacy and Leadership Summit, but the leftist actions and rhetoric from Trump as President has to outweigh what candidate Trump said, even after taking into account the July 2024 assassination attempt. To paraphrase what the later Editor of Virginia Right! Tom White once said, there is nothing more conservative than a Republican running to get into office and nothing is more liberal than a republican once he gets into office and that unfortunately applies to Former President Trump. We believe that Trump's appearance at the August 2024 GOA event was an effort to try to make up for the GOP diluting its stance on gun rights and moral issues from its party platform. At least Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans. | |
| Although the immigration enforcement and reform by reduction group NumbersUSA gave Trump a B grade on immigration for his four years serving as President, we scored him as Maybe. The Trump administration built 458 miles of border wall (but only 52 miles were in places where they was no previous wall) before a court order blocking further construction of the wall. He signed a memo directing the Department of Commerce to not include illegal aliens in the 2020 Census results. What keeps Trump from earning a Yes or YES+ score is that he campaigned on getting Mexico to pay for building a border wall between Mexico and the U.S. but failed to keep his promise as he had to resort to transferring taxpayer funds originally appropriated for military construction and counternarcotic operations. Trump also floated the idea of a path to citizenship for illegal aliens in the DACA program in July 2020 (bad). Trump also proposed amnesty deals in 2015, 2018 and 2019. NumbersUSA President, Founder and all-around Immigration Hawk Roy Beck wrote about how the Trump amnesty-for-wall trade would once again reward previous immigration lawbreakers without preventing future immigration lawbreakers. Former Trump supporter Ann Coulter turned on Trump after realizing that Trump campaigned as an immigration enforcement hawk in 2016 but blew off his campaign promises after getting elected. JULY 2024 UPDATE, we downgraded his score to No from Maybe when we learned about his cockamamie proposal to give green cards to all foreign students who graduate from U.S. Universities. DECEMBER 2024 UPDATE, Trump proposing a DACA amnesty deal one month after winning reelection to serve again as President validated our July 2024 decision to downgrade the Enforce Borders Metric to No from Maybe. While we noted the pro-immigration enforcement Executive Orders issued by President Trump in the first month of his second term, we and other immigration enforcement advocates are disappointed with the miniscule number of illegal aliens arrested since his inauguration. | |
| We scored Trump as NO- on this metric: The negative impact of Trump's actions that increased the size, scope and cost of government outweigh the positive impact of the Trump Administration's actions that reduced the role of government. The irrational exuberance of Donald Trump towards promoting the experimental COVID-19 jab gave the left the opportunity to implement jab mandates. The decision of Donald Trump to promote lockdowns in the name of 15 days to stop the spread of COVID-19 gave license to states to amplify and extend these terrible policies, to governors to wield unprecedented and draconian executive powers. Furthermore, the decision to replace real world economic activity with governmental stimulus during the lockdowns sowed the seeds for the worst inflation in 40 years. Trump signed spending bills that saddled our federal republic with $7.8 Trillion of new public debt between his inauguration and now and his future budget proposals will result in $13.1 trillion in new cumulative debt (2017-2030), signing the globalist USCMA "trade deal" which contains at least 57% of the text of the globalist TPP agreement, subordinates U.S. law to foreign law and promotes integration of the U.S. into regional North American governmental units, was negotiated by globalist CFR member Robert Lighthizer and gained the approval of the globalist CFR head Richard Haass and of the globalists at Bloomberg.com, raising the minimum age to smoke cigarettes to 21, establishing a new paid/family leave benefit for federal bureaucrats and advocating for a new paid family medical leave welfare state benefit. Trump also signed the 2018 First Step Act, which Daniel Horowitz of Conservative Review has referred to repeatedly as the jailbreak bill for releasing dangerous criminals back on the street and adding to the cost of government. A reader sent us an email claiming Trump eliminated the CAFE standards (fuel economy mandate) but a closer glance at the Trump Administration's new CAFE rule shows that Trump increased the mandated fuel economy levels relative to the end of the Obama Administration though it at least increased it at a slower rate than Obama by freezing the 2020 MPG requirement from 2020 to 2026. Trump also banned bump stocks (footnote 5). Trump's August 2020 Executive Order directing the Treasury to spend money not appropriated by federal law to pay extended unemployment benefits violated the taxation and spending clause of Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Trump's 2018 Syrian airstrikes violated Article One, Section Eight, Clause Eleven of the Constitution which reserve power to declare War to Congress. We noted some good things in this metric such as the Trump regulatory reforms, the Trump Administration approving the T-Mobile acquisisition of Sprint after the Obama Administration stonewalled it. Trump earned a B grade from NumbersUSA (footnote 5) despite maintaining Obama's illegal and unconstitutional DACA Amnesty. Trump also withdrew the U.S. from the Iran deal and the Paris Climate Accord, though the latter withdrawal will not take effect until after the 2020 election. | |
| Trump disparaging Ron DeSantis as Ron DeSanctimonous is inexcusable given that DeSantis spent his term as governor achieving conservative policy victories whereas Trump tweeted good rhetoric as President but turned his presidential policy making over to his leftist daughter and son-in-law. Other actions that earned Trump a NO- score include endorsing Kevin McCarthy for Speaker against the 20 House Holdouts in 2023 and Ronna Romney McDaniel against Harmeet Dhillon for 2023 RNC Party Chair, calling for conservative stalwart Tom Massie to be thrown out of the GOP in retaliation for Massie demanding a roll call vote on the $2 trillion stimulus package in response to economic shutdown mandates in the wake of the communist virus plandemic, commuting the sentence of the crooked former Democrat Governor of Illinois Rod Blagoyavich and his appointment of 2 homosexual judges, 5 homosexual ambassadors (see note 6) as well 6 Democrats and one left-of-center "independent" to his administration. Mr. Trump gave nearly $1.5 Million to candidates and causes according to the FEC. However, since his 2017 inauguration, he endorsed the ethically challenged RINO Luther Strange over the pro-family challenger Roy Moore in the 2017 U.S. Senator from Alabama primary or even the fiscally conservative Rep. Mo Brooks from the House Freedom Caucus, the RINO Hackette Cindy Hyde-Smith (35% Liberty Score) against the anti-establishment conservative challenger Chris McDaniel in the 2018 U.S. Senator from Mississippi primary, the father of socialized healthcare Mitt Romney against his conservative challenger Mike Kennedy 2018 U.S. Senator from Utah primary, the RINO Incumbent Markwayne Mullin (63% Liberty Score) against his abolitionist challenger Joseph Silk in the 2020 OK-2 Primary, the flip-flopping challenger Katie Arrington against the House Freedom Caucus Incumbent Mark Sanford 93% Liberty Score. In 2022, he endorsed the RINO Swamp Creature Katie Britt against the House Freedom Caucus member Mo Brooks. Other RINO Swamp Creatures Trump endorsed in intraparty spills include Tommy Tuberville against Jeff Sessions, Paul Cook (39% Liberty Score), Dan Donovan (26% Liberty Score), Kay Granger (43% Liberty Score), David Kustoff (56% Liberty Score), Buddy Carter (52% Liberty Score), and John Cox. He even appointed six Democrats to his administration and the Federal Reserve as well as his left-wing Independent in Name Only son-in-law Jared Kushner. He did support House Freedom Caucus member Ron DeSantis for FL Governor against his RINO opponent in 2018 and conservative favorites Kris Kobach and Foster Friess in their unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns. | |
| DeCoste earned an average score of 85% from 2015-present (from MassFiscalScorecard) and 100% from (Citizens for Limited Taxation during the 2016 and 2018 legislative sessions. However, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call 351) led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+. We pondered downgrading his fiscal score from Yes to Maybe in 2019 in response to his co-sponsored the streaming services tax but retained his Yes score in response to his active efforts against the TCI Tax, his vote against the gas tax increase, his vote against S2500/H4912, which included a new Carbon Tax and his 2020 signing of the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge. In the 2023-24 legislative session, we were concerned about his co-sponsorship of the 2023 Streaming Services Tax H74 and his vote for the bloated FY 2024 spending bill, which results in him breaking the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge, but noted that he was one of four legislators to vote against the bloated Democrat spending binge known as the FY 2025 budget and that he voted for a $700 Million/year tax cut package in 2023. JANUARY 2025 UPDATE, We downgraded his score from Yes to Maybe when we learned that he ENDORSED the 2025 South Shore Technical Debt Exclusion Tax Increase even though the estimated cost to Norwell, Rockland, Hanover and Hanson taxpayers exceeded that of the 2013-14 automatic gas tax proposal | |
| We had to downgrade the values voter scores of Rep Boldyga, Rep David DeCoste and Rep Berthiaume from Yes to Maybe when they signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette, which came as a surprise since DeCoste got a perfect score on the 2014 VoteCoreValues Questionnaire and voted the right way against pro-homosexual legislation. In 2024, he co-sponsored the parent consent for sex education bill, even if it had no chance of passing but voted for the parentage bill in 2024 (not good, based on the legislative analysis of the bill by the Massachusetts Family Institute) Hence, our Thumb Up/Thumb Down_Maybe-Mixed Score. | |
| We previously scored DeCoste as Yes on this issue as he earned an endorsement from MCFL in his (2014), (2016) & (2018) campaigns. However, we recently downgraded him to Maybe after carefully considering his March 2019 vote to provide state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities and his July 2018 vote for the NASTY Women Act (Roll Call 409), which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts. We noted his opposition to the ROE Act, and the abortion and sex change sanctuary bill which kept him at a Maybe score instead of a No or NO-. | |
| Reps DeCoste, Frost, Muradian and McKenna earned an A rating from (Gun Owners Action League), but voted for the 2017 Bump Stock Ban (H3951, Amendment 1). This led us to score them as Yes instead of YES+ | |
| DeCoste donated to conservatives like Duncan Hunter and Avi Nelson in their intraparty contests and supported McMahon against Brown in the 2020 Special State Senate Primary, Tom Keyes against Xiarhos in the 2020 State Rep Primary and Diehl against Lindstrom/Kingston in the 2018 U.S. Senate race (good) but he did support Charlie Baker against Scott Lively in the 2018 gubernatorial primary (bad). In the contested State Committee Man races, he endorsed the reformer Steve Fruzzetti in the Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth race (February 2020 Boston Broadside, Page 6 Print Edition), then endorsed his Establishment-backed opponent Myles Heger a few weeks later. When our Co-Founder asked DeCoste about it, he said he did not realize that they were running against each other for the same seat. He also endorsed the Ethically Challenged Establishmentarian Matt Sisk against his reform-oriented, service-over-self-enrichment challenger Stephen Tougas, which surprised us considering that Sisk endorsed David's Establishment-backed opponent Lou Valanzola in the 2014 5th Plymouth State Rep Primary. UPDATE, December 2022: We had to downgrade the Supports Others score of David DeCoste to No from Maybe because although he voted for Diehl and Allen for the gubernatorial ticket at the MassGOP Convention, his signature on the letter defending the failed electoral record of the Establishment-backed Massachusetts Republican National Committee Man Ron Kaufman and his signature on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette outweighed those votes. Update: October 2024, after a recent discussion by our board regarding the review of his score, we had to maintain the No score due to the inclusion of new pro-Establishment actions in Intraparty Matters, including but not limited to donating to the Establishment-backed fiscal liberal John Marsi against the grassroots-backed David Adams in the 6th Worcester Primary in 2024, running against the grassroots-backed Joe Bronske for State Committee Man in the 2023 Special First Plymouth & Norfolk Caucus Election, endorsing the 2024 reelection bid of Establishment-backed State Committee Woman and National Committee Woman Janet Fogarty against her grassroots backed opponent Lynne Santangelo, tag-teaming with the Establishment-backed State Committee Man and State Rep Paul Frost to lead the opposition to the pro-grassroots resolution against legislative informal sessions sponsored by the grassroots-reformer State Committee Woman Kathy Lynch and his reaction to MassResistance Executive Director Brian Camenker asking him why he did not support the efforts of the grassroots to try to repeal the legislative informal sessions. He also endorsed the UniParty liberals Amy Carnevale and Brad Jones for Reelection as MassGOP Party Chairwoman and House GOP Leader (respectively) against their reform-oriented challengers. Given his coalescing with the Establishment since November 2022, it is no wonder why the Chief Propagandist of the MassGOP Establishment Howie Carr endorsed his reelection bid for State Committee Man in 2024. | |
| We found it inexplicable that Sweezey attended the first meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston. At least they gave him a shiny, shiny swag pin | |
| Sweezey supported the high-energy moderate Geoff Diehl against his low-energy RINO opponent Chris Doughty, but supports the low-energy Establishment RINO Jesse Brown for Congress against his anti-establishment primary opponent Dan Sullivan. We recently downgraded his score to No when we learned beyond a reasonable down that the Establishment coalesced around his campaign for State Rep in 2024 over the Jim Lyons-MA Freedom Slate-backed candidate Jane Cournan was ideologically similar to him | |
| Ronald Reagan once said that his 80% ally was not his 20% enemy. Unfortunately, Mr. Wong failed to meet the Reagan 80% plumbline when it came to voting on fiscal issues as his career MassFiscalScorecard score is 76% and ranged between 66% and 88% during his tenure serving as a state rep. Probably explains why he did not sign the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge and why he voted for the Community Benefit Districts (aka the Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362)) , the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call Supplement 351 and the Grand Legislative Tax Increase House Roll Calls Supplement 381 and 382 in the 2018 legislative session. Wong even co-sponsored the Netflix Tax in the 2019-20 Legislative Session. | |
| Rep. Wong has two good votes, his 2011 vote against the bathroom bill and his 2016 vote against the bathroom bill on this metric. However, we previously scored him as No-Thumb Down due to his opposition to the socially conservative language included in the 2014 MassGOP Platform and his votes for the 2018 and 2019 votes to ban Reparative Therapy. We further downgraded his score to Thumbs Down_NO- (NO Negative) due to his sponsorship of the graphically invasive sex-ed curriculum. | |
| We previously scored him as Thumb Down-No due to his opposition to the socially conservative language included in the 2014 MassGOP Platform. We downgraded his score to Thumbs Down_NO- due to his co-sponsorship of the 2019 House version of the Doctor-Assisted Death bill. We are aware he also co-sponsored H3320 (the house version of the ROE Act, aka the Infanticide Bill) before writing to the clerk to request the removal of his name as a co-sponsor (#BlessHisHeart) in response to pressure from the activists of the Renew Massachusetts Coalition. Nevertheless, his co-sponsorship of the Doctor-Assisted Death bill, as well as his 70% Planned Parenthood Score and his votes to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638, for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) keep him at NO-. | |
| Reps Wong, Vieira and Ferguson voted for the Big Three Gun Grabs passed by the legislature since the beginning of 2014 (the 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab, the 2017 Bump Stock Ban and the 2018 ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab). At least they voted against the 2023 H4135/H4885 Gun Grab. | |
| Wong voted against Lyons's 2018 immigration enforcement amendment. At least he voted against giving illegal aliens drivers licenses in 2022. | |
| Based on Wong voting for tax increases (footnote 15), his votes to ban Reparative Therapy (footnote 16) his awful gun rights score (footnote 18) and his vote against the Lyons immigration enforcement amendment (footnote 19). | |
| Boldyga earned an average score of 88.8% from MassFiscalScorecard MassFiscalScorecard during the last six legislative sessions. However, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+ and resulted in him violating the Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed with the Americans for Tax Reform. | |
| Boldyga mistakenly voted for the 2019 counseling ban at the first roll call, but corrected his vote during the second roll call vote. We appreciate it when a politician realizes his mistake and corrects it. Boldyga also voted against the 2011 and 2016 Bathroom Bills as well as the 2018 counseling ban (good). However, we had to downgrade the values voter score of Boldyga and Berthiaume from Yes to Maybe when they signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette. Boldyga sponsoring a bill to decriminalize MDMA (ecstasy) and magic mushrooms is another head-scratcher. Other 2024 moral values actions from Boldyga include co-sponsoring the parental notification for sex education bill, even if it had no chance of passing but voted for the parentage bill in 2024 (not good, based on the legislative analysis of the bill by the Massachusetts Family Institute). Hence, our Thumb Up/Thumb Down_Maybe-Mixed Score for Boldyga and Berthiaume. | |
| Boldyga has only one bad vote on abortion since he began serving as the 3rd Hampden District's State Representative but that vote was for the 2018 NASTY Women Act, which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts. Boldyga voted against the ROE Act, the New Buffer Zone Law and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State bill. Boldyga would have earned a Yes score if he voted against the NASTY Women Act and a YES+ score if he endorsed anti-establishment pro-life challengers in intraparty primaries instead of pro-abortion establishment-backed favorites (footnote 26). We recognize MCFL has endorsed him, but we cannot give that much regard MCFL and its parent National Right to Life OPPOSE the recriminalization of abortion, which prevents the restoration of equal justice and protection for preborn with born. See the original open letter their president signed opposing all Abolition of Abortion bills that include recriminalizing the mothers who participate in abortions. | |
| From Vote Smart) Boldyga voted against the 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab and the 2017 Bump Stock Ban (good), but voted for the 2018 DeLeo-Decker ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab and the Supplemental Budget containing the Linsky Bump Stock Ban Amendment (bad). | |
| Boldyga has an 89% MassFiscal Scorecard score (not withstanding his votes for two small tax increases) and voted against the anti-family, draconian Reparative Therapy Ban (good) but voted for the NASTY Women Act and ERPO Gun Grab (bad) (See (footnotes 21, 22, 23 & 24) | |
| In Intraparty contests, Boldyga has endorsed a number of high-energy moderates (such as Rick Green for MassGOP Chairman in 2013 and Geoff Diehl for U.S. Senate in 2018) against their low-energy Establishment RINO opponents (somewhat good) but has also endorsed his share of Establishment RINOs from the Democrat Wing of the Party (such as Mitt Romney against Rick Santorum or Ron Paul in the 2012 Presidential primary, Don Humason against Mike Franco in the 2013 Special State Senate Election primary (see OCPF donations below), Susie Whipps against Karen Anderson in the 2014 MassGOP 2nd Franklin State Rep primary and Charlie Baker against Scott Lively in the 2018 gubernatorial primary). Boldyga also gave $200 to Baker in 2015 (see OCPF link below) one year after he defeated the anti-establishment conservative Mark Fisher (bad). Boldyga and his wife also gave $1,900 to candidates and causes (other than his own campaign) according to the OCPF. | |
| County Commissioner Valanzola has served since January 2021 and in that time, annual spending by Plymouth County has declined by 20% from Fiscal Year 2021 to Fiscal Year 2025 on a reported basis. Furthermore, annual underlying spending by Plymouth County from FY 2021 to FY 2025 adjusted for non-recurring contributions to the Plymouth County Retirement System, the OPEB Liability Trust Fund and its Reserve Funds in FY 2021 only increased by 14.6% cumulatively (3.46% compounded annual growth rate), which was below the rate of inflation (20.3% cumulative, 5.3% CAGR) as measured by the CPI. We also recognized that the Plymouth County CARES Act grant overhead administration costs were only 1%, well below other jurisdictions and that he served as an Area Coordinator for Norwell and Rockland during the Tank the Automatic Gas Tax Repeal effort in 2013-14. What kept him from earning a YES+ score was his enthusiastic support for the 2009 Rockland debt exclusion tax increase and his support for fiscally irresponsible UniParty politicians in contested intraparty elections (31). On one of his JV Team Radio Programs in March 2025, Valanzola did recognize the Town of Carver for its efforts to build key infrastructure projects without resorting to override and debt exclusion tax increases thorugh proactive fiscal oversight of their town budget. Plymouth County taxpayers should hope that Valanzola and the rest of the County Commissioners in the remaining county governmental units are successful in their efforts to try to increase the share of 64D deeds excise tax revenue that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts remits to the counties (an issue brought up on his radio program after the 2024 election) as the Plymouth County principals (Department Heads, County Commissioners and Advisory Board) do a better job of managing their countywide budget than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its principals manage their statewide and agency budgets, especially if the counties use the incremental funds in order to accelerate paying down their respective underfunded retirement liabilities. | |
| We are surprised that Valanzola is a supporter of the LGBTQ-oriented Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston group given that he received a Catholic parochial high school education and serves as the Grand Knight of the Rockland Knights of Columbus and given that homosexuality conflicts with Catholic religious doctrine. We were not surprised that the Sodomy Club of the #MessGOP endorsed him in his 2024 reelection. At least we can verify that he is heterosexual by virtue of him mentioning how he asked the singer Rihanna to give him her hand in marriage on a radio program he co-hosted and asked the actress Sydney Sweeney for a date after she broke up with a previous ex. | |
| Rating Valanzola on the Right to Life/Abolishing Abortion metric requires this footnote because our stance on abortion is in line with the Abolitionist/Equal Justice position of groups like Abolitionists Rising, Equal Protection for Posterity and Abolish Human Abortion, which is markedly different from the regulationist position on abortion held by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, National Right to Life, Students for Life of America and other #ProLifeIndustry operative groups. We are aware that Valanzola is a friend of #ProLifeIndustry operative Chanel Prunier from her days with the Massachusetts Young Republicans and received a recommendation from MCFL when he first ran for State Representative in 2010 based on his 100% score achieved on the 2010 MCFL Candidate Questionnaire. However, MCFL, NRTL and SFLA endorsements carry less weight with us since May 2022 when we learned that those groups OPPOSED Equal Justice legislation because they objected to the provision that subjected the parents-to-be of an aborted baby to criminal charges of homicide, even taking into account that such legislation does not pursue retroactive prosecution of parents who aborted their preborn children before the date the proposed legislation would have taken effect and even though their position creates a de facto legalization of do-it-yourself abortion. Based on his remarks made on his September, 11, 2024 JV Team Radio Program, we concluded that Valanzola is pro-life with exceptions (life of mother, rape and incest) but would not support abolitionist legislation that recriminalizes all methods of abortion and subjects all participants in an abortion (including the parents to be) to criminal charges of homicide. We also believe that if the old VoteCoreValues website, where one of our Co-Founders served on its board 10 years ago was scoring Valanzola on this metric, their principals would have used litmus test scoring to score him as a No-Thumb Down by virtue of his endorsements of pro-abortion bureaucrats like Matthew Sisk (2020) and Sean Powers (2024) against their full-platform pro-life/abolitionist grassroots conservative activist opponents (Stephen Tougas in 2020, Steven Fruzzetti in 2024) in their respective contested State Committee Primaries. An example of a candidate earning a YES+ score on the life metric would be Oklahoma State Senator Pastor Dusty Deevers, who has been an uwavering voice for the abolition of abortion as a pastor and in service to the people of Oklahoma as their State Senator from the 32nd District. An example of a political principal (politician or media personality) earning a Yes score on the life issue would be Steve Deace of Blaze Media, who co-founded Personhood Iowa to advocate for abolitionist legislation in Iowa, but who also has supported regulationist legislation such as heartbeat bills. We sent Valanzola our questionnaire and three of our board members (including an influential pastor who lives in the largest community in the county) tried to contact him in good faith to see where he stood on the life, immigration and role of government issues, but he did not answer our candidate questionnaire nor did he reply to our emails. | |
| We would have been able to avoid using this footnote to score Valanzola if he had not been terminated for cause in 2016 from his appointed state job with the DCR for attempting to coerce Cynthia Lewis to influence her fiance not to run for political office against former GOP State Senator Donald Humason and if he did not blame everyone but himself for his termination. Although an internal investigation showed no conclusive evidence that DCR Chief Operating Officer Michael Valanzola (cousin of Jared) sought retaliation against Lewis, his resignation was "necessary to restore confidence in the human resources function for the secretariat," the Baker administration said in a statement. We ended up scoring him as a maybe on this metric as we noted that underlying spending by Plymouth County grew at a slower rate than inflation (footnote 27) and Valanzola is pro-gun rights, though medical freedom voters would be concerned that he and the other Plymouth County Commissioners voted to provide monetary incentives to Plymouth County employees to take the experimental and misleadingly named COVID-19 vaccines. We sent him our questionnaire and three of our board members (including an influential pastor who lives in the largest community in the county) tried to contact him in good faith to see where he stood on the life, immigration and role of government issues, but he did not answer our candidate questionnaire nor did he reply to our emails. | |
| Rating Valanzola (and most Republican candidates) on this metric requires this footnote. We know that Jared is a lifelong Republican activist, the Plymouth County GOP Vice Chairman, a former Rockland RTC Chairman and a longtime official and current National Committee Man of the MA Young Republicans. We also recognize he donated ~$3,600 to state GOP candidates as reported to OCPF and $745 to federal GOP organizations as reported to the FEC, his willingness to get involved and manage the post-primary state representative campaigns of his 2010 primary opponent Korey Welch (who later became his best friend and co-host of the JV Team Radio Program) and the 2014 primary opponent (David DeCoste) of his father Louis. We also recognize his aforementioned friendship with former MA GOP National Committee Woman and center-right political influencer Chanel Prunier (as referenced in (29) and that he also hosted former grassroots-leaning MA GOP Chairman James Lyons twice in February 2019 one month after Lyons won an upset victory against the Establishment-backed candidate Brent Andersen. However, we also noted that in the contested intraparty elections, he is more likely to support the liberal-Establishment-backed candidate against their more conservative grassroots-aligned candidate, examples include supporting Matthew Sisk and Sean Powers against Stephen Tougas and Steven Fruzzetti (as referenced in (29), Susan Williams Gifford against John Gaskey in the 2024 2nd Plymouth State Representative Primary, Mathew Muratore against Kari MacRae in the 2024 Plymouth & Barnstable State Senatorial Primary ( (67), Charlie Baker against Mark Fisher in the 2014 Gubernatorial Primary and Michael Valanzola against James Ehrhard in the 2014 Worcester Hampden, Hampshire & Middlesex State Senatorial Primary. | |
| Frost earned an average score of 81.5% from MassFiscalScorecard (2013-present). However, he ran against the anti-establishment, reform-oriented former Worcester RCC Chairman Jim Knowlton for State Committee in 2020 and the anti-establishment, reform-oriented Grafton RTC Treasurer Jim Davidson in 2024 and his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 resulted in him violating his ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge, forcing us to score him as Maybe instead of Yes. His co-sponsorship of the the streaming services tax reinforced our decision to score him as Maybe on this metric as did his votes for the bloated FY 2024 spending bill and the bloated FY 2025 spending bill. | |
| Frost earned a Thumb Down_No when he voted for the 2016 Bathroom Bill and the 2018 and 2019 Reparative Therapy Ban bills. He earned a further downgrade to Thumbs Down_NO- (NO Negative) when he voted forH5090, the Abortion and Sex-change Export and Sanctuary Act and signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette | |
| We're trying to figure why Mass Citizens for Life endorsed Frost for reelection in 2018 and scored him as Pro-Life considering that he did vote to legislatively decriminalize abortion when he voted for the NASTY Women Act Roll Call 409. At least MCFL adjusted the score to Mixed with a D grade in 2022 when he voted for the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Bill. | |
| Frost earned an A rating from (Gun Owners Action League), but voted for the 2017 Bump Stock Ban (H3951, Amendment 1). This led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+. | |
| Frost would have earned a Yes or YES+ on immigration from us based on his four good votes against providing taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens but his vote against the 2018 Lyons Immigration Enforcement Amendment dropped him down to Maybe/Mixed, plus we do not know where he stands on other immigration issues such as DACA, H1Bs, legal immigration quotas etc even though he serves a Republican State Committee Man. We dropped his score to No in October 2024 when we learned that he voted for the FY 2024 budget, which included subsidized college tuition for illegal aliens as well ashis 2018 vote to block an amendment to withhold state funding to Sanctuary Cities (Roll Call 335)and he co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens). | |
| Frost earned a No score primarily for his 2006 vote for the RomneyCare socialized healthcare program. Other votes resulting in him earned a No score on this metric include his violating the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge (footnote 32), his votes for the Reparative Therapy Bans (footnote 33), his vote for the Bump Stock Ban (footnote 35), and his vote against the Lyons Immigration Enforcement Amendment (footnote 36). | |
| As a legislative candidate, Dooner signed the No New Taxes Pledge and campaigned on tax cuts and cutting wasteful spending, including a proposal to cut property taxes by freezing property (valuation) assessments. As a Taunton City Councilor, she voted for soaring spending budgets, voted to put the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase on the ballot and endorsed the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase multiple times on Facebook. When it came to pay raises for politicians, she voted for the pay raise for the mayor in 2022, but voted against the pay raise for the City Councilors, which means that she is all things to all people on politician pay raises. At least she supported Q1 (ballot petition enabling the Office of the Massachusetts State Auditor to audit the legislature), even though the legislature and other state government agencies are already audited annually by a top 10 public accounting firm (CliftonLarsenAllen) as well as other auditing firms. We noted that she worked with Taunton Mayor Shaunna O'Connell in doubling the Senior Tax Credit, though we also have to note that such programs effectively end up incrementally bump up the property taxes of non-senior taxpayers in communities where the property tax levy is at the Prop 2.5 levy limit. Nevertheless, we would have scored her as a Yes if the Taunton General Fund budget increased at a rate comparable to the rate of inflation AND if she had fought against the debt exclusion tax increase, but her votes for the soaring municipal spending budgets and the debt exclusion override tax increase cap her score at Maybe at this time. Our Co-Founder reached out to her on Facebook regarding her property tax reform proposal and her fiscal record as a Taunton City Councilor in which he expressed that seeing the debt exclusion tax increase and the soaring spending budgets were an unpleasant surprise to taxpayers, but also encouraged her to take initiative to lead opposition to state level spending budgets that increase each and every year at the statewide level when they come up for a vote now that she won election to serve in the MA State Senate. APRIL 2025 UPDATE, we had to downgrade her score from Maybe to No when we learned that she did not support reforming the Medicaid program (even after the program saw massive spending increases through the years) in an interview with WCVB. | |
| Kelly Dooner is an admirer of the homosexual Taunton City Councilor Jeff Postell and liked Alex Hagerty's post heralding the return of the LGBTWTF-Oriented Log Cabin Republicans of Massachusetts as an organized political chapter group. Probably explains why she liked how the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed the homosexual congressional candidate J.P. Moran and the reestablishment of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans. We downgraded her score from No to NO- in 2024 when she liked the pro-homosexual social media posts of State Rep Marcus Vaughn and she likedthe op-eds of Alex Hagerty and received an endorsement from the Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston. | |
| Based on Dooner's answers to NewBostonPost. We can see she opposes the gruesomely brutal "practice" of late-term abortion however she seems to lean towards acquiescence to court-mandated decriminalization of abortion. This is a markedly disappointing contrast to what we learned about abortion and the courts from the Boston Broadside and VoteCoreValues Founder Lonnie Brennan, American Right to Life and the abolitionists at Free the States, who have written extensively as to why the first step towards abolishing abortion was ignoring Roe and defying judicial tyranny. Like most Republican candidates, Dooner's website says nothing about where she stands on abortion. Our 2020 score for Dooner on abortion is confirmed for 2024 based on her answers to the abortion question at the Taunton Community Access & Media State Senate Candidate Forum, specifically when she said she opposed late-term abortion but opposed a six-week ban on abortion (such as the new Florida law) and she had "no desire to change� the current laws in the state (regarding abortion). | |
| Dooner gave time, talent and treasure to the Massachusetts RINO Governor Charlie Baker's gubernatorial (reelection) campaign. Probably explains why Baker endorsed her 2020 State Rep campaign and her 2024 State Senate campaign. She also voted for the Establishment-backed Chris Doughty/Kate Campanale gubernatorial ticket against the Diehl/Allen ticket at the 2022 convention. We recognize that she serves on the board of a party-chartered organization (the Massachusetts Young Republicans), but our standard to earn a Yes/YES+ score on this metric requires a candidate to support conservative candidates in contested intraparty elections against their liberal UniParty Establishment-backed opponents. | |
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Timilty used to be a reliable moral values conservative (as measured by VoteCoreValues) when serving as a State Representative, but since he first ran for State Senate, he has voted for the Bathroom Bill (House Roll Call 276), the Gender-Bending Drivers Licenses (S2203), the Reparative Therapy Ban and the obscenely graphic sex-ed curriculum and |
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| We previously scored Timilty as YES-Thumb Up because he maintained a near perfect voting record with Massachusetts Citizens For Life from 1999 to 2017. We downgraded Timilty to Maybe (Thumb Up/Thumb Down) when we learned that he earned a B+ from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). We noted he at least refrained from co-sponsoring the ROE Act and voted against providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities. We are pleased to share that MCFL recently downgraded him from Pro-Life in their 2018 legislative scorecard to Mixed in their 2020 legislative scorecard. We downgraded him to No-Thumb Down in 2022 when he voted for the abortion and sex change sanctuary bill. | |
| We previously scored Valanzola as a Yes-Thumb Up on immigration enforcement primarily based on his remarks about illegal immigration on his radio program. However, we had to adjust his score as a Maybe when we learned he endorsed two Establishment Republican State Reps (Susan Williams Gifford and Mathew Muratore) who voted against immigration enforcement amendments litmus tests. We see him as opposing open-borders BidenVasions vomited up by a Democrat, but supportive of controlled doses of amnesty by a Uniparty good-ol-boy who affixed the #MagicR after his name. | |
| We know that Gaskey is personally pro-life from his candidate questionnaire response and from conversations we had with him, but given his support for Donald Trump (who moved the GOP leftward on the life issue) and the fact that his campaigns have not publicly articulated what he would try to do on the life issue, we conclude at this time that he is not likely to sponsor or champion legislation that will abolish abortion by reestablishing equal justice for preborn and born. In a conversation with Gaskey about what he would try to do on the life issue, he recited the usual #ProLifeIndustry #regulationist legislation. When our Co-Founder asked him why he did not plan to file legislation to recriminalize all methods of abortion, and subject all participants in an abortion to charges of first degree homicide, he declined to do so out of fear of the Democrats even though he was running in a Safe Republican (R+10) District which gave 63% of their vote to the GOP U.S. Senate nominee Scott Brown in 2010. Gaskey reinforces why MFI Director Ron Barndt only gives his money to candidates who put that they are pro-life on their website and what they plan to do to try to regarding abortion matters, and why we have been working to implement his plumbline for scoring candidates, even when the candidates are in the unique position of being popular with Jim Lyons and the Boston Broadside. Gaskey also reinforces the merits of the 2018 #MakeThePledge Campaign initiated by abolitionist activist Pastor Rusty Thomas. | |
| McKenna earned an average score of 87% from MassFiscalScorecard (MassFiscalScorecard) since he began serving as a state rep. However, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call 351) led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+. Nevertheless, even though he lives in a Deep Red District, his constituents and fiscally minded voters should expect him to sign the No New Taxes Pledge before he pulls papers to run for his next term. February 2025 UPDATE, we downgraded his Fiscal Grade to Maybe when we learned that he did not take a public stand against the 2022 Webster Debt Exclusion tax increase and voted for the bloated FY 2024 and FY 2025 spending budgets proposed by left-wing ideologue Democrat Governor Maura Healey and the left-wing ideologue Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. | |
| His archived campaign website said nothing about moral issues and said that "social issues were settled law" ( in a 2014 interview with Hank Stolz) (fecklessly bad) but has at least voted against the bathroom bill and the (counseling bans) since his 2014 election (good). He voted against the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State Bill (good) but signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette. In 2024, he co-sponsored the parent consent for sex education bill, even if it had no chance of passing but voted for the parentage bill in 2024 (not good, based on the legislative analysis of the bill by the Massachusetts Family Institute) Hence, our Thumb Up/Thumb Down_Maybe-Mixed Score. | |
| His campaign website says nothing about where he stands on abortion and said that "social issues were settled law" ( in a 2014 interview with Hank Stolz). Since his 2014 election, pro-lifers should be displeased he voted for the 2018 NASTY Women Act (which codified state level decriminalization of abortion in MA) (but has voted for a number of incrementalist fig leaves to regulate abortion and also voted against the latest abortion expansionist legislation (ROE Act and Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State) (Hence our Mixed Score) | |
| McKenna voted against the Jim Lyons 2018 immigration enforcement amendment (amendment 347, House Roll Call 334 and will vote to permit tuition subsidies (per his answer to the 2014 MFI Voter Guide) (aka in-state discounted tuition rates) to illegal aliens provided they register in MA and pay their taxes 2014 MFI Voter Guide full responses. We bumped him up to Maybe in 2022 because he voted against giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Aliens but dropped him back to No in October 2024 when we learned he co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens). | |
| McKenna earned a high MassFiscalScore (not withstanding his votes for two small tax increases in 2018 and voting for bloated spending budgets in FY24 and FY25 (46)) and gun rights (not withstanding his vote for the Bump Stock Ban) (somewhat good), but scored lukewarm on immigration enforcement (49) (bad). | |
| McKenna endorsed the reformer Steven Fruzzetti in the Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth State Committee Man race (February 2020 Boston Broadside, Page 6 Print Edition) (good) but endorsed the Establishmentarian State Committee Man Ryan Chamberland against his reform-oriented challenger Kevin Powers, the Establishment RINO Charlie Baker for Governor against Scott Lively and the Hillman-Valanzola State Committee Ticket in 2016 against the reform slate of Bill Gillmeister and Chanel Prunier's mom Ronna (bad 2x). UPDATE, December 2022: We had to downgrade the Supports Others score of Joe McKenna to NO- from No in light of his signature on the letter defending the failed electoral record of the Establishment-backed Massachusetts Republican National Committee Man Ron Kaufman and his signature on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette | |
| Vieira, Howitt and Ferguson voted against Lyons's 2018 immigration enforcement amendment. At least they voted against giving illegal aliens drivers licenses in 2022. We downgraded them from Maybe to Thumb Down-No when we learned that abouttheir 2018 vote(s) to block an amendment to withhold state funding to Sanctuary Cities (Roll Call 335) and they co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens). | |
| Blog post from Weymouth community activist Bob Montgomery Thomas highlighting how Mariano lives the high-life on his campaign finance account. Yes folks, he is living living La Dolce Vida while his constituents struggle economically (due to his rubber stamping of every new tax, every bloated spending bill, every imprudent bonding bill and every draconian productivity retarding regulatory bill that #BaconHill vomits up as well as his donations to candidates who support such economically destructive legislation). | |
| We previously scored Ayers as Yes-Thumb Up because he voted against the abortion buffer zone bills. We downgraded Ayers to Maybe in 2020 when we found that he earned a B+ from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). We downgraded him to NO- (Thumbs Down, NO Negative) in December 2020 when he voted for the ROE Act and the Abortion Sanctuary bill in 2022. We disagreed with MCFL scoring him as Pro-Life in their 2018 legislative scorecard and were glad they corrected it in their 2022 scorecard. | |
| The Late Rep. Miceli was an old-school, pro-life Catholic Democrat. Unfortunately, his legislative aide and successor David Robertson clearly tries to be all things to all people on this issue as evidenced by his July 4, 2018 interview with the Wilmington Apple. Of course, such #doublemindedness would not be complete without the obligatory kowtow to judicial supremacy. We disagreed with MCFL scoring him as mixed on this issue in 2020, but we appreciate them changing their score from Pro-Life in 2018 to mixed after we alerted them to Robertson's interview. Robertson voted against the ROE Act in 2020, but voted for the budget bill containing the ROE Act. Robertson voted for the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Bill in 2022 and that prompted MCFL to score him as F-Supports Abortion in 2022. | |
| Although MCFL endorsed Justin Thurber, we also noted that MCFL President Myrna Maloney Flynn signed on to the letter written by the major #ProLifeIndustry operatives OPPOSING all abolitionist legislation in response to the Louisiana Abolition Bill because they objected to the provision recriminalizing abortion. Our Co-Founder contacted Justin Thurber and his campaign manager Jim Davidson and shared with them information about abolitionist legislation to reestablish equal protection for preborn and born but have not seen evidence that is something they will commit to. | |
| We have no idea how Senators Rodrigues and Moore received a B grade from Gun Owners Action League in 2018 (down from A+ in 2014) considering they voted for the Big Four Gun Grabs passed by the legislature since the beginning of 2014 (the 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab, the 2017 Bump Stock Ban, the 2018 ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab). and the 2023 H4139 (AKA the Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act). At least the national affiliate of GOAL (the NRA) gave Rodrigues and Moore a 0% F Grade in 2024 because of their aforementioned votes for the 2023 H4139 Gun Grab law. | |
| Tarr earned a 63% MassFiscalScorecard score in the 2019-20 legislative session, a 57% score in the 2017-18 legislative session and a 74% cumulative score from 2013-2022. Tarr also voted for the 2018 Grand Legislative Tax Increase, the 2018 Car Rental Tax. Tarr even voted for the 2020 Carbon Tax. Yes, the GOP State Senate Floor Leader joins the Democrats in voting for higher taxes, spending and borrowing. No wonder why the Democrats don't bother to run anyone against him. | |
| Tarr voted against the January 2007 Marriage Amendment and voted against the June 2007 Marriage Amendment. Tarr also voted for the #FakeGendered Drivers Licenses, the obscenely graphic sex-ed curriculum and did nothing to stop the Reparative Therapy ban. He also condemned the conservative Catholic State Committee Woman Deborah Martell for speaking out against the sexually abominable behavior of MA-2 Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa Paquette. It is no surprise that the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed his campaign in 2024. | |
| Tarr voting for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) probably explains how he scored a 70% from #PlannedMurderhood in 2018. Tarr also voted for the (2014 New Buffer Zone Law) as well as co-sponsored the (Original 2007 Buffer Zone Law). Since he did not co-sponsor the the NASTY Women Act and voted against the ROE Act, we score him as Thumb Down_No instead of Thumbs Down_NO- | |
| Tarr voted against the Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens and voted against(Roll Call 394 of Senate Bill 4 the 2018 Sanctuary State Amendment to the FY2019 budget (good 2x) but we downgraded his score to Maybe in January 2023 when we learned he supported drivers privilege cards for illegal aliens (bad) and when he voted to override former MA Governor Mitt Romney's veto of the MassHealth Immigrant Eligibility provision in the 2006 Romneycare socialized healthcare law (bad). We downgraded him to No in October 2024 when we learned that he co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) despite the grandiose promises of Uniparty politicians. | |
| Based on Tarr's mediocre MassFiscalScorecard scores (footnote 58), his co-sponsorship of the 2007 Original Buffer Zone Law (footnote 60), his votes for the Big Four Gun Grab bills (footnote 57) and his 2006 vote for the RomneyCare socialized healthcare program. | |
| We originally scored Velis as No on fiscal issues in 2018, but downgraded him to NO- for his co-sponsorship of the carbon tax. His remarks about being a fiscally conservative Democrat are grossly misleading given that he voted for the 2018 Neighborhood Tax, the Car Rental Tax and his average MassFiscalScorecard score is about 16.75% (which means he votes to increase the size, scope and cost of government 83.25% of the time since he first began service in the legislature). We note he donated to Tank the Automatic Gas Tax , voted against the 2020 Gas Tax Increase (which bumped his MassFiscalScorecard score to 26% in that session) and earned a 36% score from MassFiscalScorecard in his first legislative session. However his MassFiscalScorecard scores for the 2016 legislative session was 3% and 2% for the 2018 legislative session plus Velis did not oppose the 2020 Gas Tax Increase when the MA House Committee on Ways and Means (of which he serves as a member) sent it to the full MA House of Representatives. We were surprised Velis voted against the Class Envy Tax (aka the Millionaires Surtax) and considered bumping him back to No but decided to maintain our NO- when we found he co-sponsored H2810 (the Carbon Tax). Either way, it is no wonder why many at a recent Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts meeting were pleased their beliefs were closer, if not identical to those held by Velis. | |
| Velis earned a 100% score on #PlannedMurderhood's 2018 candidate scorecard, a B Grade from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts for his votes for the PATCH Act and the ACCESS bill and voted for the 2014 New Buffer Zone Law. We're wondering why the Billion Dollar abortuary conglomerate rated him as one of their Allies instead of one of their Champions, especially since he voted to give them state aid to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. Maybe he didn't sponsor enough pro-death legislation? As a member of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing during the 190th Legislative session, he voted for the 2018 NASTY Women Act, which legislatively decriminalized the murder of #prebornbabies in Massachusetts. Our board and many in our audience were stunned that MCFL previously scored him (and other similar solons) as pro-life considering his website says NOTHING about right to life, that he scored 100% from #PlannedGenocide and was rated as one of their Allies and voted to legislatively decriminalize abortion in Massachusetts. Fortunately, MCFL made the necessary corrections to his Stance on Abortion score around March 20, 2020 and now scores him as Anti-Life/Supports Abortion. We were also surprised that Democrats for Life endorsed him and would like to know what their methodology was for endorsing him. At least he is against accelerating abortion in MA by opposing the ROE Act (so far), which keeps him at No instead of downgrading him further to NO-. Nevertheless, it is no wonder why many at a recent Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts meeting were pleased their beliefs were closer, if not identical to those held by Velis. | |
| Velis voted against the 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab (good) H4376, but voted for the 2018 ERPO Gun Grab H4517, the 2017 Bump Stock Ban and H4139 Gun Grab (bad) (bad). We think the NRA lives up to their reputation for Negotiating Rights Away by endorsing him and giving him an A- score. August 2024 UPDATE, we downgraded his score to NO- when we learned he voted for H4885, aka the 2024 Lawful Citizens Gun Grab and Imprisonment Act. No wonder why many at a recent Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts meeting were pleased their beliefs were closer, if not identical to those held by Velis (we probably could have downgraded him to NO- in December 2019 when he was chumming up to the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts, but we gave him a little grace for voting the right way on the 2014 gun grab.) | |
| Velis voted against the 2018 Lyons Immigration Amendment, (bad), but voted against giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens (good). We downgraded him to NO- in October 2024 when we learned about his 2018 vote to block an amendment to withhold state funding to Sanctuary Cities (Roll Call 335) and that he co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) despite the grandiose promises of Uniparty politicians. Immigration enforcement minded voters in the Hampden & Hampshire State Senate district will need to make sure that Velis makes future immigration votes in the interests of Americans as opposed to those at the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts given how many were pleased their beliefs were closer, if not identical to those held by Velis when he met with them for his initial State Senate campaign. In hindsight, we could have scored him as NO- on this metric back in 2019 when we considered that so many members of the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts were pleased at how Velis shared so many of their values. | |
| From Vote Smart, Zlotnik voted against the original 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab Bill (good) but voted for the conference committee bill (bad). Zlotnik voted against the 2018 DeLeo-Decker ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab (good) but voted for the 2017 Bump Stock Ban (bad). At least Zlotnik voted the right way on the 2023-24 Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act Gun Grab, even if we know he was playing the #FailureTheater game. | |
| Rating Vaughn on fiscal matters requires this footnote because the candidate figured out how to be all things to all people on this metric. Vaughn earned a 75% score from MassFiscalScorecard. We applied more grace to how candidates voted on the 2023 tax cut law than MassFiscal, as they treated it as a bad vote because of the negative changes to the 62F law whereas we recognized that the legislation, albeit flawed, cut income and corporate taxes by $700 Million and included investor friendly tax cuts such as a cut in the short-term capital gains tax and a cut in the estate tax. However, Vaughn failed to sign the Taxpayers Protection Pledge from Americans for Tax Reform, voted for the bloated FY 2024 spending budget and the FY 2025 bloated state spending budget and co-sponsored the streaming services tax, which resulted in a Maybe/Mixed score. | |
| Rating Vaughn on moral values requires this footnote because the candidate figured out how to be all things to all people on this metric. Vaughn gave good answers to a questionnaire issued by a local conservative Republican chartered organization, but is a known ally of the Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexualist special interest group who serve as a Fifth Column to interject homosexual issues into the GOP and undermine the nominally pro-traditional moral values stance of the Republican Party and its principals Vaughn attended the 2022 and 2023 Holiday Parties hosted by the LCRs, endorsed the homosexual activist Alex Hagerty for State Committee Man in the 2024 primary election and made a social media post on behalf of homosexual relationships in June 2024. | |
| Rating Vaughn on right to life requires this footnote because the candidate figured out how to be all things to all people on this metric. Vaughn gave good answers to a questionnaire issued by a local conservative Republican chartered organization but expressed support for early-term abortion in another questionnaire from another PAC. | |
| Rating Vaughn on right to life requires this footnote because the candidate figured out how to be all things to all people on this metric. Vaughn gave good answers to a questionnaire issued by a local conservative Republican chartered organization but expressed support for gun control measures in another questionnaire from another PAC. | |
| We previously scored Donato as Thumb Up-Yes because he voted against the abortion buffer zone bills. We downgraded Donato to Maybe when we found that he earned a B from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) and because he voted for providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities. Donato voted against the ROE Act in 2020 but voted for the abortion sanctuary state bill in 2022. Nevertheless, We disagreed with MCFL scoring him as Pro-Life in their 2018 legislative scorecard but at least they adjusted it to Mixed in 2022. | |
| Dooner scores well on gun rights and imigration enforcement, but her support for the 2023 Taunton Debt Exclusion tax increase and the soaring spending in the Taunton Budget as referenced in footnote 38 should concern fiscally minded and limited government oriented voters. Her voting for the development project of a politically connected developer who sold her an investment property for $100,000 below its assessed value raised eyebrows. At least sheresigned from serving as a Taunton City Councilor and Planning Board member after winning election to serve as State Senator for the Third Bristol & Plymouth District instead of double-dipping otherwise we would have scored her as NO-. | |
| Ronald Reagan once said that his 80% ally was not his 20% enemy. Unfortunately, Mr. Vieira's voting record on fiscal issues fails to meet the Reagan 80% plumbline. Vieira's MassFiscalScorecard score is currently a cumulative average of 78% and ranged between 67% and 96% during his tenure serving as a state rep. Vieira signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, but violated it in 2018 when he voted for the Community Benefit Districts (aka the Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362)), the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call Supplement 351 and the Grand Legislative Tax Increase House Roll Calls Supplement 381 and 382 in the 2018 legislative session. Vieira even co-sponsored the 2019 Netflix Tax. We wish ATR and CLT would have called him out for violating his pledge. We suspect they gave him a mulligan because he affixed the #MagicR after his name. | |
| We scored Vieira as Thumbs Down, NO- based on his co-sponsorships of the 2018 and 2019 Reparative Therapy Bans. Vieira also co-signed a letter with the rest of the Cape Cod Legislative Delegation that called for Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty to resign when Beaty asked if homosexual politicians were too self-absorbed and self-centered to adequately represent ALL of their constituents in a fair and equitable manner. | |
| Vieira scored 70% from Planned Murderhood in the 2018 legislative session based on his votes for the ACCESS Act, the PATCH Act and the NASTY Women Act (which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts). Vieira also voted to give them state aid to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. | |
| By virtue of his aforementioned votes (See footnotes (18), (51), (74), and (75)) for the Grand Legislative Tax Increase, the unconstitutional Reparative Therapy Ban, the ERPO Gun Grab, the Bump Stock Ban and against Lyons's immigration enforcement amendment. | |
| Marsi campaigned against the burdensome tax and spending regime vomited up by the Bacon Hill Democrat Supermajority Government (good) but presided over soaring spending growth during his time on the Dudley Board of Selectman (bad). | |
| Fiscally minded voters should have preferred it if Sullivan-Almeida had signed the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Nevertheless, Sullivan did score an 87% from MassFiscalScorecard in her first six years and voted against the Gas Tax and Climate Tax bills. Her co-sponsorship of the the streaming services tax caps her score at Yes and prevents us from scoring her as YES+ at this time. JANUARY 2025 UPDATE, We downgraded her score from Yes to Maybe when we learned that she ENDORSED the 2025 South Shore Technical Debt Exclusion Tax Increase even though the estimated cost to Abington and Whitman taxpayers exceeded that of the 2013-14 automatic gas tax proposal. | |
| Sullivan-Almeida voted for the 2019 Reparative Therapy Ban. We suspect this was because her former campaign manager and Best Friend Forever Alex Hagerty is openly homosexual. Given that she is a lace-curtain Irish Catholic from the Irish Riviera, we think she should know better than to enable Hagerty promoting his sexually abominables for Trump posts. She voted against the abortion and sex change (good) but signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and the first meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston | |
| Sullivan-Almeida's website says nothing about abortion. We know MCFL endorsed her in 2018, but MCFL's plumbline is #AndThenYouCanKillTheBaby abortion regulations, whereas our plumbline is the abolition and recriminalization of abortion (which MCFL opposes). We know she voted against the ROE Act and the abortion sanctuary bill and sent her a questionnaire to see if she supported establishing equal protection for preborn and born, in order to see if she would earn a Yes or YES+ rating, but we received no reply. | |
| Sullivan-Almeida's co-sponsorship of the streaming services tax (79) and vote for the anti-constitutional Reparative Therapy Ban bill (80) brings her Limited Government Score to Maybe in 2020 from Yes in 2018. | |
| We previously scored Rush as Yes-Thumb Up because he maintained a near perfect voting record with Massachusetts Citizens For Life from 1999 to 2017. We downgraded Rush to Maybe (Thumb Up/Thumb Down-Maybe) because we recently found that he earned a B- from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his co-sponsorship of the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), his vote for the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) and we saw no opposition from him on the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act). We noted he at least refrained from co-sponsoring the ROE Act and was on reserve duty during the vote to provide state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities. Nevertheless, We disagreed with MCFL scoring him as Pro-Life in their 2018 legislative scorecard but were encouraged that MCFL scored him as D-Mixed in 2022 when he voted for the Abortion Sanctuary bill. | |
| Voters should not be surprised that Kane voted for S2500, which included a new Carbon Tax considering she did not sign the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge and considering she served as the strategist for the 2014 Shrewsbury pro-override tax increase campaign, as well as served as an officer with two other pro-override tax increase campaigns. Other tax increases she voted for or co-sponsored include the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 and her co-sponsorships of the Netflix Tax. We'll give her a #BlessHerHeart for earning an 80% MassFiscalScorecard for her #FailureTheater votes. She must have been one of the few Republicans we can think of who had nothing on fiscal issues on her campaign website or her reelection website. | |
| Kane voted for the 2016 Bathroom Bill and the 2018 and 2019 Reparative Therapy Bans. She earned a downgrade from No-Thumb Down to Thumbs Down_NO- (NO Negative) when she signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and voted forH5090, the Abortion and Sex-change Export and Sanctuary Act. | |
| Kane earned a 65% score from #PlannedMurderhood in the 2017-2018 legislative session for her votes for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act), the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). Kane also voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when she voted for H3638. We score her as No instead of NO- because she voted against the ROE Act, though she did vote for the budget bill containing the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State bill. | |
| Kane voted for the Bump Stock Ban and the ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab as reported by Vote Smart. At least she voted against the 2023-24 Gun Grab, otherwise she would have earned a NO- score. | |
| By virtue of her votes to raise taxes (84), the Reparative Therapy Bans (85) and her gun-grab votes (87) | |
| O'Connor scored 84% from MassFiscalScorecard in the 2021-22 legislative session but 47% in the 2020 session and 40% in the 2016 and 2018 legislative sessions. O'Connor's first vote as a State Senator in May 2016 was in favor of forwarding the Class Envy Tax to the General Election Ballot. O'Connor voted for it again in June 2017, June 2019 and June 2021. Other tax increases O'Connor voted for include the 2018 Grand Legislative Tax Increase, the 2018 Car Rental Tax and the 2015 Weymouth Override. O'Connor was the only Republican candidate that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO endorsed in 2020 and 2022. | |
| In an October 2015 interview with the Statehouse News Service, O'Connor expressed his support for gay marriage. As a legislator, he voted for the #FakeGendered Drivers Licenses, the obscenely graphic sex-ed curriculum and voted to ban Reparative Therapy. He even voted to retain the Bathroom Bill in the 2018 general election (Ballot Question 3) and condemned the conservative Catholic State Committee Woman Deborah Martell for speaking out against the sexually abominable behavior of MA-2 Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa Paquette. It is no surprise that the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed his campaign in 2024. | |
| In an October 2015 interview with the Statehouse News Service, O'Connor tried to be all things to all people. O'Connor described himself as a social progressive with cross-party views on a lot of issues. O'Connor said he was personally pro-life but supported a woman's right to choose. This #DoubleMindedness and his co-sponsorship of the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) probably explains how he scored a 60% from #PlannedMurderhood in 2018. In the 2019-20 legislative session, he voted for providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities. We'll give him a #BlessHisHeart for opposing Doctor-Assisted Death and for not sponsoring the ROE Act (aka the Infanticide Bill), which keeps him at Thumb Down-No instead of dropping him all the way down to Thumbs Down NO- (NO Negative). We still wonder why MCFL scored him as pro-life in the past and why they endorsed him in 2022 even after they scored his voting record as mixed with a C- grade. | |
| O'Connor voted for the 2017 Bump Stock Ban and the 2018 ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab). He also endorsed the pro-gun grab Charlie Baker against his pro-gun rights hawk opponent Scott Lively in the 2018 #magov #magop primary. At least he voted against the 2023-24 Gun Grab, otherwise we would have to score him as NO- instead of No. | |
| Although O'Connor expressed opposition to the Sanctuary State bill (aka the misleadingly-named Safe Communities Act) and voted against giving Drivers License to Illegal Aliens (good), we scored him as Thumb Down-No because he voted against a 2007 Weymouth Ordinance proposal recognizing property owners and employers who refrained from renting to or hiring illegal aliens (bad) and expressed support for providing more for those who are here undocumented, including a pathway to citizenship. Numerous immigration enforcement advocates such as NumbersUSA, ALIPAC and the late Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum have warned us that a pathway to citizenship is a euphemism for amnesty for illegal aliens. This candidate validated our decision to downgrade his Enforce Borders score from Maybe to No years ago when we learned in October 2024 that he co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) | |
| We previously scored O'Connor as No-Thumb Down based on his mediocre MassFiscalScorecard score, his votes for the Class Envy Tax, the 2018 Grand Legislative Tax Increase, his support for the unconstitutional, anti-family Reparative Therapy Ban, his vote to ban plastic grocery bags (Roll Call 150), his double-mindedness on immigration enforcement and his votes for the Bump Stock Ban and the ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab. We recently downgraded him to Thumbs Down NO- (NO Negative) based on his co-sponsorship of the House version of the Plastic Bag Ban and because he co-sponsored both the House and the Senate 100% Renewable Energy Bills which forces utilities to replace their reliable sources of electricity with costly, unreliable and misleadingly-named renewable energy. | |
| We previously scored Durant and Orrall as a Yes-Thumb Up on this metric for voting against the drivers licenses for illegal aliens bill, but We downgraded them to Maybe in October 2024 when we learned that they co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) despite the grandiose promises of Uniparty politicians. We know Durant has immigration enforcement advocate Holly Robichaud serving as his campaign consultant and we know he campaigned against the immigration surge that took place under MA Governor Maura Healey, but given the recent development that he and Orrall co-signed a letter advocating for amnesty, we have no choice to conclude that they figured out how to be all things to all people on this metric. | |
| Rogers previously earned a Yes score on Right to Life because he voted against the NASTY Women Act, the ROE Act, the New Buffer Zone Law and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Act. However, we downgraded his score to Maybe in November 2022 when he failed to oppose H5374, the supplemental spending bill that contained a $1 Million earmark (page 29) for a smear campaign to attack crisis pregnancy centers and pregnancy resource centers and because of his 2007 vote for the original Buffer Zone Law. | |
| We previously scored Garry as Thumb Up-Yes given that she was one of 9 legislators to vote against the 2018 NASTY Women Act, which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts. We know Garry has received numerous endorsements from Massachusetts Citizens for Life. However, our decision to downgrade her to Thumb Up/Thumb Down-Maybe and created this footnote was when we learned she served on the board of Democrats for Life, which joined National Right to Life and MCFL in writing the May 2022 open letter opposing all Abolition of Abortion bills that include recriminalizing the mothers who participate in abortions when Louisiana proposed such legislation. She failed to oppose H5374, the supplemental spending bill that contained a $1 Million earmark (page 29) for a smear campaign to attack crisis pregnancy centers and pregnancy resource centers | |
| According to Vote Smart, Garry had three pro-gun rights votes and two anti-gun rights votes. Pro-Gun Rights votes include her 2008 vote to reduce Firearm licensing fees, her 2018 vote against the Red Flag ERPO Gun Grab and her 2023 vote against H4885, the Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act. Anti-Gun Rights votes include her 2014 vote for the DeLeo-Peterson gun grab and her 2017 vote for the Bump Stock Ban | |
| We previously scored Pease as Maybe because we recognized that he was endorsed by MCFL in 2022 and or 2024 and or got a perfect score on the abortion questions as measured by the Renew MA Voter Guides. However, despite multiple attempts to reach the candidates, we were not able to determine if they supported an abolition of abortion bill, a bill that would reestablish equal protection for preborn and born by recriminalizing all methods of abortion and all participants to the abortion, including the parents to be. Furthermore, rating those candidates requires this footnote because none of those candidates have made public statements against #ModernDayChildSacrifice (aka abortion) in their campaign platforms. To potentially earn a YES+ or even a Yes score, we look for candidates who have taken a public stance on reestablishing equal justice and protection under the law for preborn and born. Our stance on abortion is in line with the Abolitionist/Equal Justice position of groups like Abolitionists Rising, Equal Protection for Posterity and Abolish Human Abortion, which is markedly different from the regulationist position on abortion held by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, National Right to Life, Students for Life of America and other #ProLifeIndustry operative groups. While we will include references to endorsements by MCFL, NRTL, SFLA and other pro-life groups in our footnotes, we will have to stress to our viewers that MCFL, NRTL and SFLA endorsements carry little to no weight with us since May 2022 when we learned that those groups OPPOSED Equal Justice legislation because they objected to the provision that subjected the parents-to-be of an aborted baby to criminal charges of homicide, even taking into account that such legislation does not pursue retroactive prosecution of parents who aborted their preborn children before the date the proposed legislation would have taken effect and even though their position creates a de facto legalization of do-it-yourself abortion. We recently downgraded him from Maybe to No when we learned in 2024 that he supported Doctor-Assisted Death/Doctor-Prescribed Suicide. | |
| Silvia previously earned a Yes score on Right to Life because he voted against the NASTY Women Act, the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Act. However, we downgraded his score to Maybe in November 2022 when he failed to oppose H5374, the supplemental spending bill that contained a $1 Million earmark (page 29) for a smear campaign to attack crisis pregnancy centers and pregnancy resource centers and because of his 2014 vote for the new Buffer Zone Law. | |
| We noted that Thurber scored well on the 2022 Renew MA Candidate Questionnaire (good) but were surprised that he liked the new 2024 GOP Platform, which diluted the pro-family, pro-life platform planks (not good). OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE: We downgraded the Moral Values Voter Score earned by Justin Thurber from Maybe to NO- when we learned that the Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston (aka the Sodomy Club of the #MessGOP) endorsed his campaign. | |
| Fattman earned a 100% Score from Citizens for Limited Taxation and a career MassFiscalScorecard rating of 87% but voted for the 2018 Car Rental Tax (Senate Roll Call 446). This led us to score him as 'Yes' instead of "YES+". FEBRUARY 2025 UPDATE we downgraded his Fiscal Grade to Maybe when we learned that he and the rest of the UniParty MA Senate Republicans joined with the hard-left ideologue Democrat Governor Maura Healey and the hard-left ideologue Democrat-controlled MA Senate to vote for the bloated FY 2024 and FY 2025 spending budgets. | |
| Five days after Fattman got elected, he declared that he had no qualms with gay marriage in an interview with Yvonne Abraham of The Boston Globe-Democrat. Fattman voted against the 2011 and 2016 Transgender Bathroom Bills and voted against the Graphic Sex Education Curriculum but did not oppose the 2018 and 2019 Reparative Therapy Bans and voted for the transgendered 3rd gender drivers license bills S2562 in 2018 and (S2203) in 2020. He also condemned the conservative Catholic State Committee Woman Deborah Martell for speaking out against the sexually abominable behavior of MA-2 Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa Paquette. It is no surprise that the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed his campaign in 2024. | |
| Five days after Fattman got elected, he declared that he was antiabortion personally but would not act to limit choice in an interview with Yvonne Abraham of The Boston Globe-Democrat. Probably explains why he voted to legislatively decriminalize abortion in Massachusetts in 2018. Fattman also voted for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Bill) and we saw no opposition from Fattman to the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act). We disagree with the MCFL scoring Fattman as pro-life given the aforementioned data we recently discovered. We recognize he voted against the 2014 New Buffer Zone Law and against providing state taxpayer dollars to replace the elimination of Federal Title X funds to abortuaries. He voted against the ROE Act, but voted for the budget bill containing the ROE Act. He voted for the original abortion and sex change sanctuary bill (not good), but voted against the conference report (good), which resulted in him being able to please all the people all the time on those votes. | |
| Fattman was a member of GOAL and the NRA and voted against the 2014 DeLeo-Pederson Gun Grab as a State Rep (good). As a State Senator, he voted for the Bump Stock Ban and the ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab (Bad). At least he voted against the 2023-24 gun grab legislation, otherwise we would have to score him as No instead of Maybe. In addition to Fattman, Representatives Lombardo, Howitt, Jones, Boldyga, Zlotnik & Smola all voted against DeLeo-Peterson and the 2023-24 gun grab legislation, but voted for ERPO and either the Bump Stock Ban Amendment or the H3951 supplemental budget, which contained the Bump Stock Ban Amendment. | |
| Fattman scored well on immigration and taxes (good), but voted for the 2018 ERPO Gun Grab 105 (bad) | |
| Endorsed Baker against Lively in 2018 as did every other legislator, tried to talk Mark Fisher out of running against Baker in the 2014 GOP Gubernatorial Primary , endorsed Marco Rubio for President against Rand Paul and Ted Cruz in 2016, endorsed John Kingston for Senate against the High-Energy Moderate Geoff Diehl in 2018. We noted his letter for endorsing the high-energy moderate Rick Green against Hughes in 2013 for MassGOP Chairman, which kept him from a NO- (NO Negative). | |
| We scored Rep. Durant as a Maybe/Mixed on fiscal stewardship. When it comes to state-level fiscal issues, Durant earned an average MassFiscalScorecard score of 84% from 2013-22 (good). When it comes to municipal fiscal issues, he co-sponsored a bill (S1703) to increase the local option meals tax and endorsed multiple override tax increases and oversaw 70% spending growth during his tenure (1999-2011) as a Spencer Selectman and Finance Committee Member (bad). Nevertheless, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 resulted in him violating the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge he took early on in his career. Then again, given that he divorced his wife to take up with his former legislative aide and colleague (Rep.) Kate Campanale, it is not like honouring vows, oaths and pledges is a priority for Rep. Durant. | |
| Our scores reflect not only how a person conducts themselves when it comes to votes, public statements, answers to questionnaires but also how they conduct themselves. While Rep. Durant may have voted against the latest mutations of the #RainbowJihad (good), we have to score him as a No-Thumb Down on this issue in light of the circumstances involving his divorce. We wish someone would ask him how he went from campaigning as a family man on his campaign website to getting divorced, having to move out of his house and taking up with his former legislative aide and state rep colleague Kate Campanale, especially given that he is old enough to be her father. Our No Rating is reinforced in June 2021 when he authored the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when she spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and he appeared at the August 2022 meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans (when Kate spoke at that group), which is a well-known 5th Column Trojan Horse that seeks to interject homosexualist activism into the GOP. Durant himself earned a NO- score when the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed his campaign in 2024. | |
| We previously scored Rep. Durant as Yes because MCFL endorsed Rep. Durant in his previous campaigns and because NARAL and #PlannedGenocide don't like Durant for co-sponsoring a bill (H936) to regulate abortion in the 2018 legislative session. However we have to score him as Maybe on this issue given that he voted for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act, Roll Call 279) and he voted for the NASTY Women Act (Roll Call 409) in the 190th (2017-18) legislative session, which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts and which paved the way for the ROE Act, aka the Infanticide Bill. We noted he voted against (Roll Call 34) providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activitie, voted against the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State bill, which collectively kept him at a Maybe score instead of a No or NO-. Nevertheless, Reps. Berthiaume and Durant reinforce why MFI Director Ron Barndt only gives his money to candidates who put that they are pro-life on their website, and why we have been working to implement his plumbline for scoring candidates. | |
| Reps. Berthiaume and Durant both earned endorsements from Gun Owners Action League and the NRA. In 2017, they voted against the Linsky Bump Stock Ban Amendment (Roll Call 269), but ended up voting for the supplemental spending bill that contained the Bump Stock Ban Amendment (Roll Call 270). For this reason, we score them as Yes instead of YES+. Their votes against the ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab helped solidify their Yes score. | |
| Durant made favorable statements pledging allegiance to the Constitution on his campaign website About Rep. Durant (good) but did co-sponsor H696 (2013 plastic bag ban) (bad). Durant has a good overall record on gun rights but did vote for the supplemental spending bill with the bump stock ban amendment in it 111. Durant has a solid 84% MassFiscalScorecard score on statewide fiscal votes (good) but a horrific fiscal record pertaining to municipal finances plus he is in violation of his ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge (bad 2x) 108. For these reasons, we scored his as Maybe/Mixed. | |
| Muradian earned an average score of 76.7% from MassFiscalScorecard MassFiscalScorecard falling just short of the Reagan 80% Plumbline. Voters should not be surprised that Muradian voted for S2500, which included a new Carbon Tax considering he did not sign the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Other tax increases he voted for or co-sponsored include the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 and his co-sponsorships of the Netflix Tax and an increase in the Registry of Deeds surcharge to provide more money for the Community Plundering Act boondoggle | |
| Muradian voted for the 2016 Bathroom Bill and the 2018 and 2019 Reparative Therapy Bans. He also signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and voted forH5090, the Abortion and Sex-change Export and Sanctuary Act. | |
| Muradian earned a 65% score from #PlannedMurderhood in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his votes for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act), the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). Muradian even voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. He voted No on the ROE Act, but voted for the budget bill with the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Act in 2022. | |
| By virtue of his votes to raise taxes (113), the Reparative Therapy Bans (114) and his efforts to be all things to all people on immigration enforcement (51). | |
| Xiarhos is trying to be all things to all people re taxes, fiscal stewardship & mandatory vaccines On his website he claims he is opposed to the TCI Tax, gas tax increases and the Class Envy Tax (good) however he never signed the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge and tried to argue that the S2500/H4912 bill had nothing to do with the TCI tax in a debate with his primary opponent on The Pat Desmarais Show (95:20-101:00) (bad). Xiarhos also tried to sell this argument two weeks prior in a solo interview with Desmarais (78:20-82:00). He also failed to oppose mandated vaccines (same episode beginning at 101:00-104:00). Given that Xiarhos was endorsed by Whelan & Hunt (who voted for S2500/H4912 & the 2018 Grand Legislative Tax Increase) and given that his campaign received $4,700+ worth of digital ads and mailings from the Baker-aligned Massachusetts Majority PAC and failed to sign the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Xiarhos is at best a Maybe on fiscal issues. Xiarhos may have a 92% MassFiscalScorecard rating, but voted for the March 2022 tax on natural gas customers. | |
| Xiarhos said he supports the Second Amendment on his website (good) but his remarks about regulating replica guns were a concern as well as this picture he posed for with a local gun-grabber activist group. Given that Xiarhos was endorsed by Whelan & Hunt (who voted for the 2018 ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab), pro-gun rights voters in the 5th Barnstable district will need to keep a close eye on legislative gun grabs and flood Rep. Xiarhos with emails and phone calls to vote against it. | |
| Xiarhos is trying to be all things to all people re immigration enforcement. On his website he claims he is opposed to drivers licenses to illegal aliens, sanctuary cities, sanctuary state and drivers licenses for illegal aliens (policies favored by immigration enforcement hawks such as us). However, he also says he believes in the ongoing need for comprehensive immigration reform (which are documented code words for amnesty) on the federal level. This #Doublemindedness conflicts with his rhetoric about being open and transparent and should serve as a point of concern to voters of Sandwich, West Barnstable and parts of Bourne and Plymouth. Our co-founders asked Xiarhos multiple times what he meant by comprehensive immigration reform and sent him a questionnaire, but got no answer. At least he voted against giving illegal aliens licenses to drive. As a Rep, he voted against the Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens (good), but also co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) despite the grandiose promises of Uniparty politicians. | |
| We know Orrall, Xiarhos and Chaisson were endorsed by MCFL in 2022 and or 2024 and or got a perfect score on the abortion questions as measured by the Renew MA Voter Guides. However, despite multiple attempts to reach the candidates, we were not able to determine if they supported an abolition of abortion bill, a bill that would reestablish equal protection for preborn and born by recriminalizing all methods of abortion and all participants to the abortion, including the parents to be. Furthermore, rating those candidates requires this footnote because none of those candidates have made public statements against #ModernDayChildSacrifice (aka abortion) in their campaign platforms. To potentially earn a YES+ or even a Yes score, we look for candidates who have taken a public stance on reestablishing equal justice and protection under the law for preborn and born. Our stance on abortion is in line with the Abolitionist/Equal Justice position of groups like Abolitionists Rising, Equal Protection for Posterity and Abolish Human Abortion, which is markedly different from the regulationist position on abortion held by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, National Right to Life, Students for Life of America and other #ProLifeIndustry operative groups. While we will include references to endorsements by MCFL, NRTL, SFLA and other pro-life groups in our footnotes, we will have to stress to our viewers that MCFL, NRTL and SFLA endorsements carry little to no weight with us since May 2022 when we learned that those groups OPPOSED Equal Justice legislation because they objected to the provision that subjected the parents-to-be of an aborted baby to criminal charges of homicide, even taking into account that such legislation does not pursue retroactive prosecution of parents who aborted their preborn children before the date the proposed legislation would have taken effect and even though their position creates a de facto legalization of do-it-yourself abortion. We noted that MacRae attended the 2024 MCFL Annual Fundraiser, but given we previously mentioned that MCFL opposed the 2022 Louisiana Abolition of Abortion bill, it is not enough for us to change our score. | |
| Chaisson earned a perfect score on his Renew MA Voter Guide, but threw moral values conservatives for a loop when he became a member of the Log Cabin Republicans Pulse on their website. Moral Values Conservatives should be aware that the Log Cabin Republicans are a homosexualist special interest group who serve as a Fifth Column to interject homosexual issues into the GOP and undermine the nominally pro-traditional moral values stance of the Republican Party and its principals. At least he managed to be all things to all people on the moral values issues. OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE: We downgraded the Moral Values Voter Score earned by Michael Chaisson from No to NO- when we learned that the Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Boston (aka the Sodomy Club of the #MessGOP) endorsed his campaign. | |
| Lombardo earned an average score of 94.4% from MassFiscalScorecard MassFiscalScorecard during the last five legislative sessions. However, his vote for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+. Even though his vote was a violation of the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayers Protection Pledge he previously signed, we only downgraded his score by one notch given that the bill did not pass in the 2018 legislative session and does not appear to be on the table this session. Nevertheless, We wish ATR and CLT would have called him out for violating his pledge. We suspect they gave him a mulligan because he affixed the #MagicR after his name. | |
| Billerica Selectman Marc Lombardo opposed the (2008) and (2009) Billerica Gay Pride Proclamations. Representative Lombardo opposed the (2011) and (2016) Transgender Bathroom Bills, joined with former Rep Jim Lyons to free (Justina Pelletier) from DCF custody, supported the vote on marriage amendment (MassEquality 2010 Voter Guide) and voted against the (2018) and (2019) counseling bans (good). However, we were seriously concerned to see him express his support for banning "conversion therapy" after voting against the 2018 and 2019 counseling ban in interviews with (MassLive) and (The Lowell Sun), which forces us to downgrade his score from Yes to Mixed due to his agreement with the left's premises on this issue, as evidenced by his (Facebook Live remarks) in which he declared that he doesn't believe we can convert someone's sexuality nor should we even try (which countermands Leviticus 18:22, thou shalt not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, it is an abomination). Per his footnote 127, he endorsed the pro-LGBTQ Charlie Baker for Governor against his pro-family challengers Mark Fisher and Scott Lively. | |
| We at WikiVote seek the immediate abolition and recriminalization of abortion in order to establish equal protection for preborn and born, not to regulate it and make exceptions for it. We were surprised to find that Lombardo was pro-life with exceptions. At least he opposes the ROE Act, taxpayer-funding of abortion, hosted the celebration of life event for crisis pregnancy centers and earned endorsements from MCFL for his efforts to try to regulate abortion. Although Rep. Lombardo earned praise from MCFL and ire from the abortion lobby, we have to score him as Maybe on this issue given his support for abortion exceptions as previously referenced by Vote Smart, plus his endorsement of pro-abortion politicians like Charlie Baker against his pro-life primary opponents. We understand Rep. Lombardo even presented a petition accompanied by a bill (H3372) from Diane Dorrington of Billerica to regulate abortions in Massachusetts by limiting them to preborn babies at 12 weeks and under (versus the current legal limit of 24 weeks). Nevertheless, our plumbline on abortion legislation is #NoBillButSB495 or other abolitionist legislation introduced in OK, TX, IN, AK, ID & WA. American Right to Life wrote extensively on how pro-life with exceptions Republicans helped germinate the abortion tree of death. We at WikiVote want to immediately abolish and recriminalize abortion to establish equal protection for preborn and born, not regulate it and make exceptions for it. We sent him a question to see where he stood on abortion and other key policy issues to see where he stands, in his own words but he did not return it. | |
| Lombardo voted against the 2014 DeLeo-Peterson Gun Grab (good) H4376 and H4885 in 2023-24, but voted for the 2018 ERPO Gun Grab GOAL Ratings and the 2017 Bump Stock Ban (bad). We think the NRA lives up to their reputation for Negotiating Rights Away by endorsing him and giving him an A score. | |
| Lombardo scores well on taxes (notwithstanding him breaking his ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge by voting for the Neighborhood Tax) and immigration enforcement (good) but voted for the ERPO Red Flag Gun Grab and the bump stock ban (bad). | |
| (Good Endorsements) MassGOP Chairman-Marc Lombardo endorsed Frank McNamara over Maginn in 2011 and Rick Green for MassGOP Chair over Hughes in 2013; District Offices Lombardo supported Leah Cole over Greg Bunn for State Rep in 2013 and Kevin Kuros over Kate Campanale for Worcester Register of Deeds in 2018 OCPF Donations for Cole and Kuros. (Bad Endorsements) Lombardo endorsed Baker against his conservative gubernatorial challengers Mark Fisher and Scott Lively in 2014 and 2018 T&G, endorsed Mitt Romney for President over Rick Santorum or Ron Paul in 2012 and Kevin O'Connor for Senate. | |
| Howitt earned an average score of 82% from MassFiscalScorecard (MassFiscalScorecard) during the last five completed legislative sessions. However, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call 351) led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+ and resulted in him violating the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge that he signed in 2010. We wish ATR and CLT would have called him out for violating his pledge. We suspect they gave him a mulligan because he affixed the #MagicR after his name. Fiscal watchdog voters should be disappointed, but not surprised he voted for the March 2022 tax on natural gas customers, which earned him a downgrade to Maybe. According to MassFiscalScorecard, he voted against the bloated spending budget bill in FY 2014 (good), but voted for the bloated spending budget bills in 2015-25 (bad 11x). | |
| Howitt is a long-time supporter of abortion and homosexual marriage going back to his first state rep campaign in 2004 and voted for the 2018 Reparative Therapy Ban and the 2019 Reparative Therapy Ban. | |
| Howitt is a long-time supporter of abortion and homosexual marriage going back to his first state rep campaign in 2004. This probably explains how he earned a 70% from Planned Parenthood in the 2018 legislative session. His votes for the ACCESS Act, the PATCH Act and the NASTY Women Act (which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts) led MCFL to change his candidate rating from Mixed to Passively Anti-Life. Howitt also voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. At least he has not sponsored the doctor-assisted death bill or the ROE Act this session, otherwise we would score him as NO- instead of No. | |
| By virtue of his votes for multiple tax increases, his votes for the unconstitutional Reparative Therapy Ban, the ERPO Gun Grab, the Bump Stock Ban and his vote against Lyons's immigration enforcement amendment as referenced in footnotes 51, 105, 128, and 129. | |
| Rating Rep. Kane on immigration enforcement requires this footnote because she has multiple good votes but multiple bad votes/actions on this metric. We know she voted against giving illegal aliens drivers licensesagainst the 2022 drivers licenses for illegal alien bill and voted for the 2018 Geoff Diehl amendment to try to defund Sanctuary Cities in Massachusetts from receiving taxpayer-funded local aid programs from the Commonwealth(good 2x) . However, she voted against Lyons's 2018 immigration enforcement amendment and co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens) At her core, she is a Uniparty Establishmentarian who agrees with the center-left consensus that enables illegal immigration. | |
| Orrall earned an 87% MassFiscalScorecard score in his three legislative terms but co-sponsored the streaming services tax. Probably explains why he did not sign the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge and probably explains why the Democrats did not bother to field an opponent against him this year. Orrall served in Lakeville town government from 2010 to 2018 (2010-13 Finance Committee, 2013-18 as Town Moderator) and in that time we saw no opposition to the two debt exclusions and one operating override that the Lakeville voters passed, which conflicts with the rhetoric on his website about how Lakeville did not need to go to the taxpayers for Prop 2.5 overrides because of him. Orrall also voted for the bloated spending budgets from FY 2020 to FY 2025 according to MassFiscalScorecard. | |
| Orrall voted for the 2019 Reparative Therapy Ban and signed the letter condemned the conservative Catholic State Committee Woman Deborah Martell for speaking out against the sexually abominable behavior of MA-2 Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa Paquette. At least he voted against the abortion and sex-change sanctuary bill, which keeps him at Thumb Down-No instead of Thumbs Down NO- (NO Negative) | |
| Smola earned an average score of 82% from MassFiscalScorecard (MassFiscalScorecard) during the last five legislative sessions. However, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call 351) previously led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+, especially since he did violate the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge that he previously signed with those votes. We then further downgraded his score to Both-Maybe when we came across his co-sponsorships of the 2017-18 Registry of Deeds surcharge increase and the 2019-20 Registry of Deeds surcharge increase to provide more money for the Community Plundering Act boondoggle. Smola also voted for the March 2022 tax on natural gas customers. According to MassFiscalScorecard, he voted against the bloated spending budget bill in FY 2014 (good), but voted for the bloated spending budget bills in 2015-25 (bad 11x). | |
| From Smola's Vote Smart archives. Smola voted against the Bathroom Bill and the 1913 Law (good) but voted for the Reparative Therapy Bans and the Abortion and Sex Change sanctuary bill (bad). Smola also signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette. | |
| We previously scored Smola as Yes based on MCFL scoring him as Pro-Life. We downgraded him to Maybe in the 2020 election cycle after finding out that he voted for the PATCH Act (Roll Call 313, aka the Secret Abortions Bill) and the NASTY Women Act (Roll Call 409), (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade) in the 2018 legislative session and voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. We downgraded him to No in July 2022 after his vote for H4930, which protected abortionists from legal liability if their perform abortions on patients who come from other states as well as mandate that health insurers cover abortions and related services without imposing deductibles, co-pays or cost-sharing requirements. At leasr he voted against the ROE Act, otherwise we would have had to score him as NO-. | |
| According to Vote Smart, Smola voted against In-State Tuition for illegal aliens, providing MassHealth Benefits to immigrants and against the Sanchez Amendment (which sent the Public Benefits Amendment to study) (good). However, he also voted against Lyons's 2018 immigration enforcement amendment (bad). His vote against the Lyons immigration amendment dropped his pro-forma immigration enforcement score from Yes to Maybe/Mixed. At least he voted against Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens in 2022, but he did not fill out our questionnaire so we do not know where he stands on other immigration issues such as DACA, H1Bs, legal immigration quotas etc. | |
| Smola's 2006 vote for the RomneyCare socialized healthcare program is the primary reason why we scored him as Thumb Down_No on this metric. Other statist votes by Smola include his co-sponsorships of increasing the Registry of Deeds to underwrite the Community Plundering Act Boondoggle, his votes for the Reparative Therapy Bans, his mixed score on Gun Rights and his vote against the 2018 Lyons immigration enforcement amendment. | |
| Smola once had has a good vote in intraparty contests. He endorsed the high-energy moderate Lew Evangelidis against the low-energy RINO Brad Jones in the 2008 House GOP Leadership contest. However, his bad endorsements (Charlie Baker against Scott Lively-2018 gubernatorial primary), The Hillman-Valanzola State Committee Slate against the Renew MA slate and Susie Whipps over Karen Anderson in the 2014 MA House primary exceed his good endorsements and result in a No score. UPDATE, December 2022: We had to downgrade the Supports Others score of Todd Smola to NO- from No in light of his signature on the letter defending the failed electoral record of the Establishment-backed Massachusetts Republican National Committee Man Ron Kaufman and his signature on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette outweighed those votes. | |
| We previously scored Puppolo as Thumb Up_Yes because he voted against the abortion buffer zone bills. We downgraded Puppolo to Maybe because we recently found that he earned an A- from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in the 2017-2018 legislative session for his votes for the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act) and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). We noted he at least refrained from co-sponsoring the ROE Act but voted for providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities. Puppolo voted against the ROE Act, but voted for the budget bill containing the ROE Act Amendment (which earned another downgrade from Maybe to No in 2021. Nevertheless, We disagreed with MCFL scoring him as Pro-Life in their 2018 legislative scorecard and were glad they fixed his score in 2022 and thereafter to reflect that he Supports Abortion when he voted for the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State bill. | |
| Although Jones has a cumulative MassFiscalScorecard score of 88.5%, we score him as Thumb Down_No for fiscal issues due to his vote for the Grand Legislative Tax Increase House Roll Calls Supplement 381 and 382, an $800 Million per year new tax on wages, salaries and other earned income to fund a new welfare-state benefit. Other tax increases Jones voted for include the Community Benefit Districts (aka the Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362)) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call Supplement 351). Jones voting for three tax increases probably explains why he did not bother to sign the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Jones also voted for the budget-busting RomneyCare socialized healthcare program (see more in 146) in 2006. | |
| Rep. Jones has two good votes, his 2011 vote against the bathroom bill and his 2016 vote against the bathroom bill on this metric. However, his bad votes such as his January 2007 vote against the marriage amendment, his June 2007 vote against the marriage amendment, his 2008 vote to repeal the 1913 Law and export homosexual marriage across the country and his 2018 and 2019 votes to ban Reparative Therapy more than offset his good votes and resulted in us scoring him as Thumb Down_No in 2018 and 2020. His vote for the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary bill and condemnation of the Orthodox Catholic and grassroots conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell for speaking out against the sexually abominable behavior of MA-2 Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa Paquette resulted in us downgrading him further to Thumbs Down_NO- (NO Negative) | |
| Jones earned a 65% score from #PlannedMurderhood in the 2017-2018 legislative session and a C from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts for votes for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act), the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). Jones voted the right way on the 2014 New Buffer Zone Law, after voting the wrong way on the 2007 Original Buffer Zone Law, as recorded by Vote Smart. Jones also voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when he voted for H3638. Jones voted against the ROE Act, but voted for the budget bill containing the ROE Act. Jones also voted for the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary Bill (as previously referenced in his aformentioned Vote Smart link). | |
| Jones has four good votes against providing taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens but voted against the 2018 Lyons Immigration Enforcement Amendment (not good). We dropped his score to No in October 2024 when we learned about additional anti-enforcement votes such as his 2018 vote to block an amendment to withhold state funding to Sanctuary Cities (Roll Call 335) and that he voted for the FY 2024 budget, which included subsidized college tuition for illegal aliens. He also co-signed a letter to the highest-ranking elected public servants in Washington requesting so-called comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers (which every long-time behind-the-ropes grassroots activist knows is code words for amnesty for illegal aliens). | |
| We scored Jones as Thumb Down_No based on Jones voting for tax increases (footnote 142), his votes to ban Reparative Therapy (footnote 143), his feckless gun rights score (footnote 105), his weak immigration enforcement score (footnote 145), and his 2006 vote for the RomneyCare socialized healthcare program. | |
| Ronald Reagan once said that his 80% ally was not his 20% enemy. Unfortunately, Rep. Ferguson failed to meet the Reagan 80% plumbline when it came to voting on fiscal issues as her career MassFiscalScorecard score is an average of 76.33%, a median of 73% with a 9.36% Standard Deviation and ranged between 67% and 88% during her tenure serving as a state rep. Her votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax (House Roll Call 362) and the Car Rental Tax (House Roll Call 351) resulted in her violating her Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, forcing us to score her as Maybe instead of Yes. We wish ATR and CLT would have called her out for violating her pledge. Perhaps if they did, her would not have engaged in a gross violation of the pledge by voting for S2500, which included a new Carbon Tax. and earned her an August 2020 downgrade to No from Maybe. We suspect they gave her a mulligan because she affixed the #MagicR after her name. | |
| Ferguson voted for the Bathroom Bill and both Reparative Therapy Bans. She also signed on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and voted forH5090, the Abortion and Sex-change Export and Sanctuary Act. She has one good vote 11 years ago her 2011 vote against the bathroom bill. | |
| Ferguson earned a 65% score from #PlannedMurderhood in the 2017-2018 legislative session for her votes for the ACCESS Act (aka the Insurance Coverage for Abortifacients Act), the PATCH Act (aka the Secret Abortions Act), and the NASTY Women Act (which resulted in Massachusetts legislatively decriminalizing abortion even if the supreme Court of the United State ever overturned Roe v. Wade). Ferguson voted to give state aid to abortuaries to replace the federal Title X cuts when she voted for H3638. She voted against the ROE Act, but voted forH5090, the Abortion and Sex-change Export and Sanctuary Act. At least she voted against the 2014 New Buffer Zone Law and has not sponsored the doctor-assisted death bill this session, otherwise we would score her as NO- instead of No. | |
| By virtue of her mediocre fiscal score (footnote 147), her votes for the anti-family, anti-constitutional Reparative Therapy Ban (footnote 148), her votes for the Big Three Gun Grabs (footnote 18) and her vote against the Jim Lyons immigration amendment (footnote 51) | |
| Although Rep. Berthiaume did not sign the ATR Taxpayers Protection Pledge, he earned an average MassFiscalScorecard score of 88.6% from 2015-24. Nevertheless, his votes for the Community Benefit Districts Neighborhood Tax House Roll Call 362 and the Car Rental Tax House Roll Call 351 led us to score him as Yes instead of YES+. FEBRUARY 2025 UPDATE we downgraded his Fiscal Grade to Maybe when we learned that he did not take a public stand against the 2022 Spencer Debt Exclusion tax increase and voted for the bloated FY 2024 and FY 2025 spending budgets proposed by left-wing ideologue Democrat Governor Maura Healey and the left-wing ideologue Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. | |
| We previously scored Rep. Berthiaume as Yes because MCFL endorsed Rep. Berthiaume in his three campaigns and because NARAL and #PlannedGenocide don't like Berthiaume for co-sponsoring five bills to regulate abortion in the 2018 legislative session. However we have to score him as Maybe on this issue given that we recently found that he voted for the NASTY Women Act (Roll Call 409) in the previous legislative session, which legislatively decriminalized abortion in Massachusetts and which paved the way for the ROE Act, aka the Infanticide Bill. We noted he voted against (Roll Call 34) providing state taxpayer funds to abortuaries to replace cancelled federal funds to underwrite family planning activities and voted against the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State Bill, which collectively kept him at a Maybe score instead of a No or NO-. Nevertheless, Reps. Berthiaume and Durant reinforce why MFI Director Ron Barndt only gives his money to candidates who put that they are pro-life on their website, and why we have been working to implement his plumbline for scoring candidates. | |
| Berthiaume voted against Lyons's 2018 immigration enforcement amendment. At least he voted against giving illegal aliens drivers licenses in 2022. | |
| We score Rep. Berthiaume as a mixed on this issue. Helping him on this metric is his 88.6% MassFiscalScorecard score, his vote against the unconstitutional Reparative Therapy Ban and his solid overall gun rights record. However, his votes for the Car Rental Tax and Neighborhood Tax (footnote 152), his vote for the supplemental spending bill that contained Bump Stock Ban (footnote 111) and his vote against the Lyons Immigration Enforcement Amendment 153) collectively bump him down to a Maybe on this metric. | |
| Berthiaume supported Baker for Governor against his conservative gubernatorial primary challengers (Fisher in 2014 and Lively in 2018) and worked against Chanel Prunier's mother Ronna when she ran for State Committee in 2016 even though Chanel got the Marlborough RCC to give him $9442 for his state rep campaign(s). UPDATE, December 2022: We had to downgrade the Supports Others score of Donnie Berthiaume to NO- from No in light of his signature on the letter defending the failed electoral record of the Establishment-backed Massachusetts Republican National Committee Man Ron Kaufman and his signature on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette | |
| Soter earned a No score for inexplicably voting for S2500, which included a new Carbon Tax. This is a negatively marked contrast from his December 2019 Facebook post expressing opposition to the TCI Tax and his vote for S2500 took place less than a year after co-sponsoring the the streaming services tax. 8th Worcester District voters should compare his content-free 2020-present campaign website and contrast it to the fiscally conservative rhetoric on his 2018 campaign website. We note Soter has an 81.667% MassFiscalScorecard score, but given that he did not sign the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge (aka the No New Taxes Pledge), it will take more than a few good #FailureTheater votes for him to earn back a Maybe or Yes score on this metric. | |
| Soter voted against the 2019 counseling ban H140 (good), but co-sponsored Shawn Dooley's Dime Store Counseling Ban H110. Soter scored an 85% on the 2018 Renew Mass Voter Guide but answered yes to mandating the graphically profane sex ed curriculum. We revised his score to NO- on June 1, 2023 when he made a Facebook post from his campaign account promoting Sodomite Pride Month even after being warned by multiple people that sodomy is an abominable sin as decreed by our Creator in Leviticus 18:22 and other Biblical Scripture. We were disappointed, but not surprised that he doubled down on his obstreperousness in 2024. | |
| Soter's website says nothing about abortion. He did vote against the ROE Act and the Abortion and Sex Change Sanctuary State bill. In his 2018 Catholic Citizenship/Renew MA Coalition Questionnaire, Soter expressed opposition to doctor-assisted-death and support for the CC/RMC agenda of stopping taxpayer funding of abortion, opposing the #PlannedGenocide-endorsed Healthy Youth Act (aka the graphic sex ed curriculum) and regulating abortion. MCFL endorsed him in 2018 but scored him as Blank in 2020. Nevertheless, MCFL's plumbline is #AndThenYouCanKillTheBaby abortion regulations, whereas our plumbline is the abolition and recriminalization of abortion by establishing equal justice for preborn and born, has no exceptions or loopholes, does not try to regulate abortion and ignore the unconstitutional ruling in Roe v. Wade. | |
| By virtue of his #DoubleMindedness on fiscal issues and his co-sponsorship of the Dime Store Reparative Therapy Ban. In addition, the S2500/H4912 bill he voted for sets arbitrary goals to cut green house gas emissions and gives power to the executive branch to do whatever they see fit to meet these goals. This includes entering Massachusetts into regional cap and trade deals that hand over taxing authority to a third party bureaucracy, and adding new regulations and mandates. This bill also sets new CA style energy efficiency standards on the following: commercial dishwashers, commercial fryers, commercial hot-food holding cabinets, commercial ovens, commercial steam cookers, computer or computer monitors, electric vehicle supply equipment, faucets, high CRI fluorescent lamps, portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, showerheads, sprinklers, urinals, water closets, and water coolers. No wonder why former Sandwich Selectman Tom Keyes lamented that it was worse than the TCI initiative in conversations with our Co-Founder. | |
| Soter endorsed the reformer Steven Fruzzetti in the Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth State Committee race (good-February 2020 Boston Broadside, Page 6 Print Edition) but endorsed the Old Guard Establishmentarian Matt Sisk against the reformer Stephen Tougas (bad). In 2016, he endorsed the RINO Kim Roy against her reformer opponent Jen Modica (bad). In 2014 he gave $500 to the RINO gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and in 2018 he gave $200 to the RINO running mate of Baker (Karyn Polito-bad 2x). UPDATE, December 2022: We had to downgrade the Supports Others score of Mike Soter to NO- from No in light of his signature on the letter defending the failed electoral record of the Establishment-backed Massachusetts Republican National Committee Man Ron Kaufman and his signature on to the letter calling for the resignation of the moral values conservative State Committee Woman Deborah Martell when Martell spoke out against the sexually abominable behavior of Congressional Candidate Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette | |
| We created this footnote in November 2024 to further note how we scored Turco as a Maybe on the Moral Values Voter metric. We scored Turco as a Maybe because he voted against the Abortion/Sex Change Sanctuary State Bill in 2022 (good) but voted for the parentage bill in 2024 (not good, based on the legislative analysis of the bill by the Massachusetts Family Institute). At least he co-sponsored the parent consent for sex education bill, even if it had no chance of passing. | |
| We created this footnote in November 2024 to further note how we scored Turco as a Maybe on the Right to Life metric. We scored Turco as a Maybe on Life because we see no evidence that he has tried to advance a bill that reestablishes equal justice for preborn and born and the only bills he co-sponsored regarding abortion were to regulate it. We are aware that MCFL endorsed Turco in 2022 and 2024 but as we have written in previous emails, trying to regulate abortion is not sufficient to earn a YES+ or Yes score. We recognized that Turco voted against the Abortion/Sex Change Sanctuary State Bill in 2022 (good) and co-sponsored an informed consent bill to try to regulate usage of abortion pills, co-sponsored a bill to regulate late-term abortions (notwithstanding the fact that late term abortions account for 1% of abortions). | |
| Cruz opposed the Brockton Sanctuary City ordinance (pro-enforcement) but immigration enforcement advocates should be concerned when he said he hoped that the case (where the Haitian illegal crimigrant raped the 15 year old girl at the Rockland Comfort Inn (aka the Rockland Healey Hotel)) does not fuel anti-migrant sentiment. | |
| By virtue of his squishy scores on gun rights (165) and immigration (163) | |
| Gun rights minded voters should be concerned about what Cruz said about so-called ghost guns and 3-D printed weapons (as part of his membership in the MA District Attorneys Association). It forced us to recall when our Co-Founders attended the 2016 Gun Rights Rally in Belchertown where the known-gun-rights activist Jan Morgan warned us that gun registration is the first step towards gun confiscation, which then leads to the annihilation or subjugation of the disarmed citzenry. Our Co-Founder sent Cruz an email asking where he stood on the 2023-24 gun grab legislation, but Cruz did not reply. | |
| We created this footnote to take into account pro-enforcement votes by Markey (voting against the 2022 drivers licenses for illegal aliens) and earning a B grade from the MA Coalition for Immigration Reform in 2024 as well as anti-enforcement votes in 2018 (House Roll Call 334-Amendment 347 and House Roll Call 335-Amendment 227), which explains how he previously earned a Cumulative Score of Maybe/Mixed on immigration enforcement. We downgraded his score back to No in February 2025 when we learned he voted to perpetuate the MA Healey Hotels that housed illegal alien crimigrants from the BidenVasion and opposed Massachusetts cooperating with ICE to remove illegal aliens. | |
| Sweezey figured out how to be all things to all people on fiscal issues. On the campaign trail, he campaigned as a supporter of small business and to stop the out of touch politicians from raising your taxes, spending your tax dollars wastefully, and hurting our small businesses. Two weeks and four days into his first term serving as a legislator, he ENDORSED the 2025 South Shore Technical Debt Exclusion Tax Increase even though the estimated cost to Hanson taxpayers exceeded that of the 2013-14 automatic gas tax proposal. Three weeks after endorsing the debt exclusion override, he ENDORSED the operating override tax increase in Duxbury. To paraphrase the late Virginia Conservative Activist and VARight.com Editor Tom White, Nothing is more conservative than a Republican wanting to obtain elected public office. And nothing is more liberal than a Republican once elected. At least he knew how to play the #FailureTheater game by voting against the Healey Hotels from the BidenVasion of illegal alien crimigrants, notwithstanding that it passed. | |
| As a legislative candidate, Chaisson campaigned on fiscal responsibility and accountability to Beacon Hill. As an Advisory Committee Member (which is similar to the Finance Committees in other towns), he SUPPORTED the 2024 Foxborough debt exclusion tax increases even though the tax increases were more costly to Foxborough taxpayers than the pro forma impact of the 2013-14 Automatic Gas Tax Increases, which were defeated in 2014 when a majority of MA voters voted for Question 1. | |
| We previously scored Pease as Yes because we recognized that he received a 94% score from MassFiscalScorecard from 2021-24. FEBRUARY 2025 UPDATE, we downgraded his grade to Maybe when we learned he voted for the bloated FY 2024 and FY 2025 spending budgets proposed by left-wing ideologue Democrat Governor Maura Healey and the left-wing ideologue Democrat-controlled House of Representatives and that MassFiscalScorecard did not score the budget votes. | |
| We previously scored Taunton City Councilor Christopher Coute as Yes on Fiscal Issues in 2022 based on his campaign website. We had to downgrade his score to Maybe to recognize that he voted for soaring spending budgets, voted to put the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase on the ballot and endorsed the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase. APRIL 28, 2025 UPDATE: After Chris Coute dropped out of running for State Representative and Taunton City Councilor Lawrence Quintal stepped up to replace him as the GOP nominee, we found that Quintal joined him in campaigning for lower taxes/fiscal responsibility as a state rep candidate but voted for the aforementioned soaring spending budgets, voting to put the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase on the ballot and did not oppose the the 2023 debt exclusion tax increase. | |
| We know Ventresca earned a perfect score from Vote Core Values when he filled out his 2012 candidate questionnaire and attended a recent fundraising event hosted by the Billerica Pro-Life Network, which is why we were surprised to see him give money to the homosexual political candidate and operative John Paul Moran. When our Co-Founder asked him about his donation to Moran and Moran hosting a fundraiser to his campaign, Ventresca tried to rationalize Moran as an 80% ally of conservatives who met the Reagan Plumbline, even after we informed him that Moran and his GO-USA 501(c)4 organization also supported early term abortion in addition to the sodomite lifestyle. |
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At first glance, Donald Trump would seem to be the best President to come along since sliced bread, and if you only read Republican Tump blogs, you would think so; but, in between the lines, he's done things that would not realy be considered Conservative, especially if you read the evidence as stated in footnotes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. If you really consider these things, you will see that he's not as Conservative as we would like him to be. The problem with populism is that people have wishful thinking and ascribe attributes to someone that they don't have without examining the details, and this is precisely what happened by Democrats to Barak Obama, then we found out who the real Barak Obama was (See Woke). We at WikiVote.net would rather have warned that that there was going to be rain, than be the weather man that says it will be a sunny day, only for you to depend on that and have it rain on your parade. If he would only get some real Conservative advisors, and if he would only listen to them, then he would be the greatest President "since sliced bread. |
| These are one of the many candidates that were really hard to score. So many of them try to be all things to all people by hiding what they believe. We at WikiVote.net would rather not endorse such a candidate, because such a candidate usually has something to hide that's usually found out only after it's too late to do anything about the damage done by the candidate's vote at the State House. The voter's are not fooled by this, and Republican candidates who do this are only lessening their chances of getting elected and subsequently hurting us all. Why? Because the the voters say, "Why vote for a Democrat in Republican clothing when I can vote for the real thing?" We at WikiVote.net think there are many more voters waiting to vote for a real Conservative than these RINOs think; although, when a real Conservative does run, they are most often met by RINO resistance in the Primary, because the RINO Establishment Uniparty does not want to give the voters the chance to vote for them in the General Election out of fear of not maintaining the status quo and that the voters will prove them wrong. | |
| You may have noticed that most all Democrats rate as Thumbs down negative. This is because Democrats generally do not have any demonstrated Conservative values, no matter what they say, or they wouldn't be elected in this state, but this is most likely because of what's been enumerated in the last note, and that was if a Republican is promising to not be a Republican, then why not vote for the real Democrat? Since most of our elected officials and legislature are Democrats, these ratings are mostly Thumbs down negative. |
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| A person who wants to end all medically unnecessary abortion. Note: "Medically Necessary" does not include "Physiologically Necessary." | |
| Refers to a candidate who behaves as a chameleon trying to appear as a Conservative to Conservatives and as a Liberal to Liberals in order to be accepted by all. President Abraham Lincoln correctly pointed out that those people will eventually show their true colors and be outed when he famously said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." | |
| "And Then You Can Kill the Baby" is a phrase used in the abolitionist community to refer to legislation that instead of abolishing abortion, only regulates abortion and fails to reestablish equal justice for the born and preborn. Someone actually bought the domain andthenyoucankillthebaby.com and embedded a redirect so that it redirects to the National Right to Life's website. | |
| A political candidate who through their stated beliefs and actions preserves the recognized God-given liberties the Founding Fathers fought and died for, which have been enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, and established as our republican government set forth in the U.S. Constitution (Article IV Section 4). Conservative candidates believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. They believe the role of government should be no more than to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals, and they generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems. Note: Refer to the table directly above. | |
| Refers specifically to a political candidate who isn't running on core value issues. Their web sites and their literature are typically free of any content indicating what their beliefs are on core values issues. Note: See Lukewarm. | |
| Red State created the term Failure Theater to describe what "happens when a political party puts on a big show of fighting for something their base really wants with no intention of actually delivering," but wants credit from the naive members of their political base they're playing to for allegedly having tried and failed. For Conservatives, they are not trying to advance the Conservative agenda; they are really attempting to con Conservatives into believing they have attempted to implement Conservative policy, when in fact they were really delivering their political deliverables to their Donor Class paymasters all along. | |
| A Democrat who is not a member of the House Progressive Caucus, nor did they receive an endorsement from the hard-left Democrat PACs like Progressive MA, Mass Alliance, Sunrise, Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, et. al. They vote against Conservatives, sometimes sponsoring hard-left ideologue bills, but they're in it for the money, the title, the influence etc.; i.e. they're not in it to actually do anything. Think Speaker DeLeo & Majority Leader Mariano (when he was the Majority Leader), not AOC and The Squad. | |
| The Republican counterpart to a Go-Along-to-Get-Along Democrat, but is supported by the Establishment. Note: See RINO. | |
| Applies to a political candidate who wants to increase the size of government to implement their vision of a utopia, generally involving everyone being equal to their standards, rather than everyone having the equal right to be what they want to be, and to believe what they want to believe. Note: See Political Spectrum. | |
| A left-leaning political candidate who through their stated beliefs and actions uses government to force their version of equal opportunity and equality for all upon the collective to the exclusion of individual rights. Liberal candidates believe it is the duty of the government to alleviate all social ills, and to protect civil liberties and human rights to the exclusion of religion and traditional American values. They believe in regulating all facets of society and redistributing wealth, as the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need, because they generally believe that government is the remedy for all problems, with the ultimate solution ending in an un-American one world government. | |
| Applies to a political candidate who is unwilling to take a stand on the issues, even if pressed, in an effort to not offend anyone in order to try to get 100% of the vote. Note: See Content-Free; and remember, being lukewarm is generally frowned upon. | |
| The phenomena of a politician or of a person being granted special preference and privilege or of a fault being overlooked for the only reason being because that politician or person happens to be a Democrat. | |
| The phenomena of a politician or of a person being granted special preference and privilege or of a fault being overlooked for the only reason being because that politician or person happens to be a Republican. | |
| Refers to the fact that the Massachusetts Republican party (MassGOP) has been largely taken over and screwed up by the politically incompetent and ideologically soft-left RINO Establishment, resulting its present political minority Note: See RINO. | |
| 2018 legislation with the acronym NASTY for "Negating Archaic Statutes Targeting Young" Women, repealing the commonwealth's centuries-old criminal abortion law. | |
| A term coined by Ted Cruz in 2016 to refer to the worldview and left-wing values of then GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. After the 2016 election, someone created a website called "We are New York Values" which "virtue-signaled" (advertising political issues mainly comprising matters of social and racial justice, etc.) all the woke left-wing causes and organizations that make up the New York City Democrat Party's coalition of governance. Note: That was 8 years ago, and Trump probably no longer holds to those same #NewYorkValues he was once accused of having. | |
| A political candidate who frequently runs for an elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. The term is the opposite of an incumbent politician who repeatedly defends their seats successfully. | |
| Slang reference to the nationwide child sacrifice (a.k.a., abortion) operator Planned Parenthood. Other nicknames for abortion clinics are "kill mills" and "abortuaries". | |
| A measurement of where a political candidate stands on the amount of government control there should be. A complete hard-left ideologue would be someone who believes that government is the solution to all our problems and wants 100% Orwellian jack-boot totalitarian government control, but a complete hard-right ideologue would be somone who wants no government; although, 100% no government cannot exist as a stable form of government, because it would be a chaotic state of total anarchy, as even an individual must have their own government to manage their affairs and protect their property. Therefore, for example, a right-leaning moderate believes that government is a necessary evil and only wants enough government to maintain individual liberty (e.g. a constitutional republic); but, a leftist generally wants to manipulate the laws and use the force of government in order to control others to implement their sense of a utopia, with a government devolving, starting with a democracy, leading to socialism, inevitably to fascism and communism, enforced with technology (a Technocracy). Though the average leftist usually does not intend for totalitarian government to be established, this has historically always been shown to be the result, mostly because the leftist's view of a utopia generally involes everyone being equal to their standards, rather than everyone having the equal right to be what they want to be, and to believe what they want to believe, which the hard-leftist takes advantage of. | |
| Name taken from an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors. This term is used here to describe the relationship between the Log Cabin Republicans (of Greater Boston, a.k.a., the Sodomy Club) and the faction of the Uniparty faction known as the MassGOP RINO Establishment operating under Amy Carnevale's leadership, in that they promote and protect the soft-left ideology of the Uniparty from being audited by the grassroots reform-oriented Conservative activists. | |
| The Pro-Life Industry is a term used in the abolitionist community to refer to pro-life organizations who raise substantial sums of money from naive and overly trusting grassroots pro-life activists and Republican Uniparty donations, but who work in subtle ways to oppose the abolition of abortion. | |
| Term coined by Steve Deace when he was a salt-fire-and-light Conservative media personality to refer to the radical militant homosexual movement's efforts to force their abominable behaviors down society's throats; especially, forcing Biblically Minded Christians and Jews to bend their knees in subservience of the homosexual agenda. | |
| Applies to a political candidate who wants less government. Note: See Political Spectrum. | |
| Republican In Name Only - A Democrat in Republican clothing. Note: See Go-Along-to-Get-Along Republican. | |
| Perversion of the law meant to protect private property rights-based individual liberty to allow violation of those rights (e.g. legal plunder), always eventually ending in feudalism, fascism or communism. | |
| Nickname for the Log Cabin Republicans, especially the Greater Boston Chapter. | |
| Term describing the stating of information while simultaneously providing proof. For example, it's the difference between just saying, "Joey water skis," and saying the same thing while simultaneously providing links to web sites with pictures and videos of Joey identifiably waterskiing. | |
| A political means of publicly shaming someone to conform. A term originating from Maoist China of public events, often attended by large crowds, during which the target is publicly humiliated and subjected to verbal and physical abuse for having "counterrevolutionary" thinking or behavior. In contemporary American politics, it is used when a hard-left Democratic ideologue challenges a soft-left Uniparty Establishment Democrat for being insufficiently Liberal, or when a liberal Uniparty Establishment RINO challenges another Republican not aligned with the Establishment for failing to satisfy the Establishment's liberal litmus tests. | |
| A dictatorship of unelected scientists, engineers, and bureaucrats utilizing technology for the purposes of global data-driven governance enforcing socialist laws, a.k.a. Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, etc. (e.g. China has morphed from a communist nation into a Technocracy), in which the population of the world is managed as a single gigantic assembly line, where all items and actions are tracked and controlled, and allotments of energy are used as currency (e.g., carbon credits). | |
| Conservative media personality Daniel Horowitz's reference to the soft-left political Establishment as a whole, consisting of Democrats and soft-left Liberal Republicans, also known as the ruling party of one-party rule. Note: See RINO. | |
| A psychological State of allowed programmed deception in which the sufferer is so convinced of their facts that they are unwilling to consider or even listen to the truth, especially if the accepted facts of their embraced ideology should fundamentally differ from the truth. While either Democrats, RINOs, and Conservatives can all be Woke, "Wokeness" is mainly a left-wing phenomenon. This is primarily because the principal tool of those who are Woke is to use government to bring about the changes that they seek, which in itself moves the needle of government to the left. The reason is that law is force, a double-edge sword, for which the addition of more and more laws increases the chance that these new laws will eventually be used tyrannically by either side for their own benefit. For example, a law to deport Hamas activists today can be used against Jewish sympathizers tomorrow (Read "The Law" first published in 1850 by Frédéric Bastiat). Those who are Woke tend to base their decisions on emotions, propaganda, and peer pressure (e.g., the torch and pitch fork-carrying villagers of the old Frankenstein movies). The best modern-day left-wing Woke example I can give is someone who has TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), and the best right-wing example I could find was this photograph I found on the Internet. History has shown that they are even willing to vote for their own enslavement, if it feels good to do so to go along with the herd, rather than perform the research and critically evaluate the facts first. |
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