Citizens for Limited
Taxation's
2013/2014 Legislative Session Ratings
Basis for CLT Legislative
Rating — 2013/2014 Session
Citizens for
Limited Taxation rates state legislators on direct and indirect
taxpayer issues for which there were roll call votes.
During the 2013 session we counted votes in both branches on
illegal aliens receiving in-state tuition; requiring Social
Security Numbers for public housing; engrossment and acceptance
of the conference committee report on the transportation bill
and its tax increases; eliminating the Consumer Price Index
trigger on the gas tax increase; preventing the three cent gas
tax increase, and; removing the “software tax” from that bill.
We also counted the vote against engrossment of the Affordable
Care Act.
We also tallied votes taking fraud examinations away from the
Department of Transitional Assistance; requiring the state
Auditor to perform a Department of Transitional Assistance
audit, and; stopping “self-declaration” of residency for welfare
benefits.
The House tried to strike the cigarette tax increase, as well as
reduce the sales tax from 6.25 to 5%, and require a two-thirds
vote for any tax increase – all to no avail. The Senate voted
not to hike the gas tax to 29 cents, but did vote to hike the
underground gas tank storage tax, as well as to raise the
minimum wage.
In the 2014
session both House and Senate took votes reducing the income tax
to 5% and on campaign finance, with CLT urging a “yes” vote in
the Senate on the 5% cut, and a “no” in the House because the
tax cut went to a further study. The finance bill received a CLT
negative because it contained anti–ballot question language.
Both branches voted on reforming the EBT system and closing the
$15,000 union donor loophole with CLT supporting positive votes.
Both also dealt with the estate tax as the Senate voted on
repeal and the House on raising the tax threshold
— a “yes” appreciated in both
cases.
With CLT asking for positive votes, the House took up auditing
the MBTA pension fund, banning state spending on Common Core and
requiring a public hearing on any tax increase. And once again,
as they have frequently done in the past, legislators sent an
amendment to cut the sales tax to 5% to a "further study" as
well as an amendment dealing with in-state tuition for illegal
aliens. Both were phony “further studies” votes which CLT has
always considered no-nos.
A few Senators tried to eliminate gas tax indexing and auditing
all state credit cards, unfortunately these reforms went down to
defeat. There were two votes in the Senate on ObamaCare, one
seeking a state waiver from it, the other asking for an
Inspector General report on its compliance costs.
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CLT's Key House Roll
Calls |
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Date |
CLT Favored |
Description |
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1/23/2013 |
Y |
Two-thirds vote for any tax increase |
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2/6/2013 |
Y |
No
"Self-Declaration" of Residency for Welfare |
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2/6/2013 |
Y |
IG, AG
and Auditor Take Fraud Exam Away from DTA |
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2/6/2013 |
N |
Must be Citizen for In-State Tuition
(Further Study) |
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4/3/2013 |
N |
Transportation Finance Tax Plan |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Remove
$160M Computer Tax from Bill |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike
the $.03 Gas Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike
CPI Trigger for Gas Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike
Cigarette Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
N |
Transportation Finance Bill |
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4/22/2013 |
Y |
Reduce
Sales Tax From 6.25% to 5% |
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4/23/2013 |
Y |
Require Social Security Number for Public Housing |
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6/18/2013 |
Y |
Require Auditor to Perform DTA Audit |
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6/19/2013 |
N |
Engrossment of the Affordable Care Act |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Conference Committee Acceptance of Transportation
Bill |
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1/29/2014 |
Y |
MBTA
Pension Funds Available for Audit |
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4/8/2014 |
Y |
Allow
Amendments to Reform EBT |
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4/28/2014 |
N |
Reduce
Sales Tax to 5% (send for further study) |
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4/28/2014 |
N |
Reduce
Income Tax to 5% (send for further study) |
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4/28/2014 |
Y |
Raise
Estate Tax Threshold to $5M |
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4/29/2014 |
N |
In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens (further study) |
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4/29/2014 |
Y |
Ban
State Spending on Common Core |
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5/14/2014 |
Y |
Require
Public Hearing Before Any Tax Increase |
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6/25/2014 |
Y |
Close
$15k Union Loophole in "Campaign Finance Reform" |
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7/30/2014 |
N |
Campaign Finance Reform |
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CLT's Key Senate Roll
Calls |
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Date |
CLT
Favored |
Description |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Move
Fraud Investigations from DTA to IG |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Require
Social Security Number for Benefits |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Must be Citizen for In-State Tuition |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
Strike
Taxes from Transportation Bill |
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4/13/2013 |
N |
Underground Storage Tax Tied to CPI |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
Strike
Sales Tax on Computer Software |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
No Tax
Increase in Transportation Bill |
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4/13/2013 |
N |
Transportation Bill Engrossment |
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5/23/2013 |
Y |
Require
Social Security Number for Public Housing |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Conference Committee
Acceptance of Transportation Bill |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Engrossment of the Affordable Care Act |
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7/18/2013 |
Y |
Prevent
Tax Gas Increase |
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7/18/2013 |
Y |
Remove
the Tax on Software |
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9/26/2013 |
N |
Hike
the Gas Tax to 29 cents |
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9/26/2013 |
Y |
Eliminate Indexing Tax Gas Increase |
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11/19/2013 |
N |
Minimum
Wage Engrossment |
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5/21/2014 |
Y |
Eliminate Indexing Tax Gas Increase |
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5/21/2014 |
Y |
Reduce Income Tax to 5% |
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5/21/2014 |
Y |
Repeal Estate Tax |
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5/21/2014 |
Y |
State Audit of all State Credit Cards |
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5/22/2014 |
Y |
Six Reforms to EBT System |
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5/22/2014 |
Y |
State Waiver from Obamacare |
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6/26/2014 |
Y |
Require IG to Report on Obamacare Compliance Costs |
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7/23/2014 |
Y |
Close $15k Union Loophole in "Campaign Finance
Reform" |
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7/30/2014 |
N |
Campaign Finance Reform |
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2013-2014 SESSION CLT HOUSE RATING |
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REPRESENTATIVE |
PARTY/DISTRICT |
RATING |
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Andrews |
(D-Orange) |
12% |
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Arciero |
(D-Westford) |
36% |
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Ashe |
(D-Longmeadow) |
32% |
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Atkins |
(D-Concord) |
0% |
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Ayers |
(D-Quincy) |
44% |
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Balser |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
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Barrows |
(R-Mansfield) |
96% |
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Basile |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Beaton |
(R-Shrewsbury) |
100% |
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Benson |
(D-Lunenburg) |
0% |
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Boldyga |
(R-Southwick) |
96% |
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Bradley |
(D-Hingham) |
0% |
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Brady |
(D-Brockton) |
0% |
|
Brodeur |
(D-Melrose) |
0% |
|
Cabral |
(D-New Bedford) |
0% |
|
Calter |
(D-Kingston) |
36% |
|
Campbell |
(D-Methuen) |
8% |
|
Canavan |
(D-Brockton) |
9% |
|
Cantwell |
(D-Marshfield) |
28% |
|
Cariddi |
(D-No. Adams) |
0% |
|
Carvalho |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Chan |
(D-Quincy) |
0% |
|
Cole |
(R-Peabody) |
100% |
|
Collins |
(D-Boston) |
13% |
|
Conroy |
(D-Wayland) |
0% |
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Coppinger |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Costello |
(D-Newburyport) |
0% |
|
Cronin |
(D-Easton) |
0% |
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Cullinane |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Curran |
(D-Springfield) |
9% |
|
Cusack |
(D-Braintree) |
0% |
|
Cutler |
(D-Duxbury) |
36% |
|
Decker |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
|
DeLeo |
(D-Winthrop) |
0% |
|
deMacedo |
(R-Plymouth) |
96% |
|
D'Emilia |
(R-Bridgewater) |
96% |
|
Dempsey |
(D-Haverhill) |
0% |
|
Devers |
(D-Lawrence) |
0% |
|
Diehl |
(R-Whitman) |
100% |
|
DiNatale |
(D-Fitchburg) |
36% |
|
DiZoglio |
(D-Methuen) |
40% |
|
Donahue |
(D-Worcester) |
0% |
|
Donato |
(D-Medford) |
0% |
|
Dooley |
(R-Norfolk) |
90% |
|
Durant |
(R-Spencer) |
96% |
|
Dwyer |
(D-Woburn |
60% |
|
Dykema |
(D-Holliston) |
4% |
|
Ehrlich |
(D-Marblehead) |
0% |
|
Fallon |
(D-Malden) |
17% |
|
Farley-Bouvier |
(D-Pittsfield) |
8% |
|
Fattman |
(R-Sutton) |
100% |
|
Fennell |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
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Ferguson |
(R-Holden) |
96% |
|
Fernandes |
(D-Milford) |
0% |
|
Ferrante |
(D-Gloucester) |
0% |
|
Finn |
(D-West Springfield) |
0% |
|
Fiola |
(D-Fall River) |
0% |
|
Fox |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Frost |
(R-Auburn) |
96% |
|
Galvin |
(D-Canton) |
0% |
|
Garballey |
(D-Arlington) |
4% |
|
Garlick |
(D-Needham) |
0% |
|
Garry |
(D-Dracut) |
80% |
|
Gifford |
(R-Wareham) |
96% |
|
Gobi |
(D-Spencer) |
0% |
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Golden |
(D-Lowell) |
12% |
|
Gordon |
(D-Bedford) |
0% |
|
Gregoire |
(D-Marlboro) |
8% |
|
Haddad |
(D-Somerset) |
0% |
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Harrington |
(R-Groton) |
96% |
|
Hecht |
(D-Watertown) |
4% |
|
Heroux |
(D-Attleboro) |
28% |
|
Hill |
(R-Ipswich) |
96% |
|
Hogan |
(D-Stow) |
0% |
|
Holmes |
(D-Boston) |
4% |
|
Honan |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Howitt |
(R-Seekonk) |
96% |
|
Hunt |
(R-Sandwich) |
96% |
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Hunt, D |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Jones |
(R-North Reading) |
96% |
|
Kafka |
(D-Stoughton) |
0% |
|
Kaufman |
(D-Lexington) |
0% |
|
Keefe |
(D-Worcester) |
4% |
|
Keenan |
(D-Salem) |
0% |
|
Khan |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
|
Kocot |
(D-Northampton) |
0% |
|
Koczera |
(D-New Bedford) |
0% |
|
Kulik |
(D-Worthington) |
0% |
|
Kuros |
(R-Uxbridge) |
100% |
|
Lawn |
(D-Watertown) |
0% |
|
Linsky |
(D-Natick) |
0% |
|
Livingstone |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Lombardo |
(R-Billerica) |
100% |
|
Lyons |
(R-Andover) |
100% |
|
Madden |
(D-Nantucket) |
0% |
|
Mahoney |
(D-Worcester) |
0% |
|
Malia |
(D-Boston) |
4% |
|
Mannal |
(D-Barnstable) |
8% |
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Mariano |
(D-Quincy) |
0% |
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Mark |
(D-Hancock) |
0% |
|
Markey |
(D-Darmouth) |
0% |
|
Matewsky |
(D-Everett) |
8% |
|
McMurtry |
(D-Dedham) |
0% |
|
Miceli |
(D-Wilmington) |
44% |
|
Michlewitz |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Mirra |
(R-West Newbury) |
100% |
|
Moran, F |
(D-Lawrence) |
0% |
|
Moran, M |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Murphy, J |
(D-Weymouth) |
0% |
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Nangle |
(D-Lowell) |
16% |
|
Naughton |
(D-Clinton) |
0% |
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Nyman |
(D-Hanover) |
16% |
|
O'Connell |
(R-Taunton) |
100% |
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O'Day |
(D-West Boylston) |
0% |
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Orrall |
(R-Lakeville) |
100% |
|
Parisella |
(D-Beverly) |
0% |
|
Peake |
(D-Provincetown) |
0% |
|
Peisch |
(D-Wellesley) |
0% |
|
Peterson |
(R-Grafton) |
96% |
|
Petrolati |
(D-Ludlow) |
13% |
|
Pignatelli |
(D-Lenox) |
0% |
|
Poirier |
(R-North Attleboro) |
96% |
|
Provost |
(D-Somerville) |
8% |
|
Puppolo |
(D-Springfield) |
0% |
|
Rogers, D. |
(D-Cambridge) |
4% |
|
Rogers, J. |
(D-Norwood) |
16% |
|
Rosa |
(D-Leominster) |
48% |
|
Roy |
(D-Franklin) |
0% |
|
Rushing |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Ryan, D |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Sanchez |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Sannicandro |
(D-Ashland) |
0% |
|
Scaccia |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Schmid |
(D-Westport) |
0% |
|
Scibak |
(D-South Hadley) |
0% |
|
Silvia |
(D-Fall River) |
11% |
|
Smizik |
(D-Brookline) |
0% |
|
Smola |
(R-Palmer) |
96% |
|
Speliotis |
(D-Danvers) |
0% |
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Stanley, T |
(D-Waltham) |
21% |
|
Story |
(D-Amherst) |
0% |
|
Straus |
(D-Mattapoisett) |
0% |
|
Swan |
(D-Springfield) |
0% |
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Timilty |
(D-Milton) |
48% |
|
Toomey |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
|
Turner |
(D-Dennis) |
4% |
|
Vega |
(D-Holyoke) |
4% |
|
Velis |
(D-Westfield) |
50% |
|
Vieira |
(R-Falmouth) |
86% |
|
Vincent, R. |
(D-Revere) |
0% |
|
Wagner |
(D-Chicopee) |
0% |
|
Walsh, C |
(D-Framingham) |
0% |
|
Wong |
(R-Saugus) |
96% |
|
Zlotnik |
(D-Gardner) |
48% |
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2013-2014 CLT SENATE RATING |
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SENATOR |
PARTY/DISTRICT |
RATING |
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Barrett |
(D-Lexington) |
4% |
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Brewer |
(D-Barre) |
4% |
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Brownsberger |
(D-Belmont) |
4% |
|
Candaras |
(D-Wilbraham) |
4% |
|
Chandler |
(D-Worcester) |
4% |
|
Chang-Diaz |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Creem |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
|
DiDomenico |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
|
Donnelly |
(D-Arlington) |
4% |
|
Donoghue |
(D-Lowell) |
20% |
|
Downing |
(D-Pittsfield) |
5% |
|
Eldridge |
(D-Acton) |
0% |
|
Finegold |
(D-Andover) |
4% |
|
Flanagan |
(D-Leominster) |
4% |
|
Forry |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Hedlund |
(R-Weymouth) |
100% |
|
Humason* |
(R-Westfield) |
89% |
|
Ives |
(D-Newburyport) |
56% |
|
Jehlen |
(D-Somerville) |
0% |
|
Joyce |
(D-Milton) |
4% |
|
Keenan |
(D-Quincy) |
4% |
|
Kennedy |
(D-Brockton) |
13% |
|
Lewis, J |
(D-Winchester) |
11% |
|
Lovely |
(D-Salem) |
20% |
|
McGee |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
|
Montigny |
(D-New Bedford) |
16% |
|
Moore, M |
(D-Millbury) |
24% |
|
Moore, R |
(D-Uxbridge) |
28% |
|
Murray |
(D-Plymouth) |
0% |
|
Pacheco |
(D-Taunton) |
43% |
|
Petruccelli |
(D-Boston) |
4% |
|
Roderigues |
(D-Westport) |
12% |
|
Rosenberg |
(D-Amherst) |
4% |
|
Ross |
(R-Wrentham) |
92% |
|
Rush |
(D-Boston) |
24% |
|
Spilka |
(D-Ashland) |
4% |
|
Tarr |
(R-Gloucester) |
92% |
|
Timilty |
(D-Walpole) |
71% |
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Welch |
(D-West Springfield) |
4% |
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Wolf |
(D-Harwich) |
4% |
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*
Senator Humason, recently elected to the State Senate,
received a 100% rating as a State Representative during
the 2013 session. |
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Box 1147 ▪ Marblehead, MA 01945
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