| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | U.S. House | 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 3 | Niki Tsongas | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 6 | John Tierney | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 7 | Mike Capuano | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Barnstable | Cleon Turner | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Barnstable | Sarah Peake | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | Timothy Madden | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Berkshire | Gailanne Cariddi | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Second Berkshire | Paul Mark | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Berkshire | William Pignatelli | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Bristol | Jay Barrows | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Bristol | Elizabeth Poirier | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | First Essex | Michael Costello | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Third Essex | Brian Dempsey | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Essex | Bradford Hill | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State House | Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Essex | John Keenan, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Essex | Lori Ehrlich | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Essex | Robert Fennell | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Essex | Steven Walsh | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Essex | Theodore Speliotis | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Franklin | Stephen Kulik | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Second Franklin | Denise Andrews | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Hampden | Todd Smola | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Second Hampden | Brian Ashe | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Hampden | Don Humason, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Hampden | Sean Curran | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Hampden | Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Hampden | Benjamin Swan, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | First Hampshire | Peter Kocot | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Second Hampshire | John Scibak | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Third Hampshire | Ellen Story | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Middlesex | Danielle Gregoire | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Middlesex | Tom Sannicandro | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Middlesex | Carolyn Dykema | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Middlesex | Thomas Conroy | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Middlesex | Cory Atkins | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Middlesex | David Nangle | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Eighteenth Middlesex | Kevin Murphy | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Twentieth Middlesex | Bradley Jones, Jr. | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Third Middlesex | Sean Garballey | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Seventh Middlesex | Denise Provost | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Ninth Middlesex | Jon Hecht | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirtieth Middlesex | James Dwyer | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-First Middlesex | Jason Lewis | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Second Middlesex | Paul Brodeur | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Third Middlesex | Christopher Fallon | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Fourth Middlesex | Carl Sciortino, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Seventh Middlesex | Jen Benson | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Norfolk | Walter Timilty | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Norfolk | Alice Peisch | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fifteenth Norfolk | Frank Smizik | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Plymouth | Vinny deMacedo | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Second Plymouth | Susan Gifford | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State House | Third Plymouth | Garrett Bradley | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourth Plymouth | James Cantwell | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixth Plymouth | Josh Cutler | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Plymouth | Christine Canavan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Plymouth | Tom Calter III | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Suffolk | Carlo Basile | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Second Suffolk | Eugene O'Flaherty | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Fifth Suffolk | Carlos Henriquez | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Suffolk | Gloria Fox | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Suffolk | Edward Coppinger | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Suffolk | Elizabeth Malia | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Suffolk | Linda Forry | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Suffolk | Martin Walsh | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Fifteenth Suffolk | Jeffrey Sánchez | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Suffolk | Kathi-Anne Reinstein | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Third Worcester | Stephen DiNatale | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Fifth Worcester | Anne Gobi | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Worcester | Kevin Kuros | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Worcester | George Peterson, Jr. | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Worcester | John Fernandes | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Worcester | Matthew Beaton | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Worcester | John Fresolo | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Worcester | John Binienda, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Benjamin Downing | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Bristol and Norfolk | James Timilty | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Cape and Islands | Dan Wolf | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Third Essex | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Essex and Middlesex | Barry Finegold | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Hampden | James Welch | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Hampden and Hampshire | Gale Candaras | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Hampden and Hampshire | Michael Knapik | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | Stan Rosenberg | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Middlesex | Eileen Donoghue | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Fourth Middlesex | Kenneth Donnelly | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Fifth Middlesex | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Middlesex and Suffolk | Sal DiDomenico | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Middlesex and Worcester | James Eldridge | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Norfolk and Suffolk | Mike Rush | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | Richard Ross | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | Brian Joyce | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Barnstable | Therese Murray | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Plymouth and Bristol | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Plymouth and Bristol | Thomas Kennedy | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Norfolk | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Suffolk | Sonia Chang-Diaz | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Suffolk and Middlesex | Anthony Petruccelli | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Suffolk and Middlesex | William Brownsberger | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Worcester | Harriette Chandler | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Worcester | Mike Moore | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | Stephen Brewer | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester and Middlesex | Jennifer Flanagan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester and Norfolk | Richard Moore | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | Selectman | At-Large | John Mahoney, Jr. | 0% | |
| MA | Councilor | At-Large | Thomas Stanley | 50% | |
| MA | Councilmember | At-Large | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | 100% | |
| Kevin Aguiar | 0% | ||||
| Geraldo Alicea | 0% | ||||
| Marie Angelides | 100% | ||||
| Demetrius Atsalis | 0% | ||||
| Steven Baddour | 0% | ||||
| Frederick Berry | 0% | ||||
| Bill Bowles | 0% | ||||
| Patrick Brennan | 50% | ||||
| Jennifer Callahan | 0% | ||||
| Stephen Canessa | 0% | ||||
| Patricia Commane | 0% | ||||
| Geraldine Creedon | 50% | ||||
| Steven D'Amico | 0% | ||||
| Tim Dodd | 0% | ||||
| Mark Falzone | 0% | ||||
| Susan Fargo | 0% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 0% | ||||
| Patrick Gerry | 0% | ||||
| John Hart, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Kurt Hayes | 100% | ||||
| Laura Innis | 0% | ||||
| Carolyn Kamuda | 100% | ||||
| Michael Kane | 100% | ||||
| Peter Koutoujian | 0% | ||||
| Paul Kujawski | 50% | ||||
| Patty Lawton | 0% | ||||
| Barbara L'Italien | 0% | ||||
| Ronal Madnick | 0% | ||||
| Derek Maksy | 0% | ||||
| Allen McCarthy | 0% | ||||
| Charles Murphy | 0% | ||||
| Stanley Nacewicz | 0% | ||||
| James O'Donnell, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| John O'Leary | 50% | ||||
| John Olver | 0% | ||||
| Matthew Patrick | 0% | ||||
| Jesse Reich | 0% | ||||
| Karla Romero | 0% | ||||
| Rosemary Sandlin | 0% | ||||
| Stat Smith | 0% | ||||
| Christopher Speranzo | 0% | ||||
| Joyce Spiliotis | 50% | ||||
| Harriett Stanley | 0% | ||||
| David Sullivan | 50% | ||||
| Steven Tolman | 0% | ||||
| David Torrisi | 0% | ||||
| Jim Vallee | 0% | ||||
| Martha Walz | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Webster | 100% | ||||
| Alice Wolf | 0% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: Massachusetts Citizens for Life
2010 Positions on Pro-Life Policy
Issues:
Abortion
How to Interpret these Evaluations
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
