Vanna Howard
Democratic · MA · State Senator, First Middlesex District, Massachusetts
Massachusetts legislator from Lowell, formerly a constituent-services aide to Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and a staffer in the district attorney's office. Priorities include housing affordability and childcare access.
Where Vanna Howard stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Filed a bill to expand insurance coverage for breast cancer screening and early detection. A committee backed it on March 28, 2024, but the bill was sent to study that July.
March 28, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Filed a government accountability bill together with State Auditor Diana DiZoglio. A House committee backed the bill on March 11, 2024 and sent it to House Ways and Means, where it stalled.
March 11, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Filed a bill to treat removing a condom during sex without consent as indecent assault and battery. The House sent it to the Judiciary Committee on March 29, 2021, and the committee later sent it to study.
March 29, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Offered an amendment to the Senate's economic development bill proposing a state grant program paying school districts to build full-day pre-kindergarten for children from age 2 years 9 months up to kindergarten age (Senate Amendment 194 to S.3178).
July 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Filed a bill to create universal prekindergarten access in Massachusetts. The bill went to the Education Committee on February 27, 2025 and got a public hearing that September.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Took the oath of office as state senator for the First Middlesex District on March 18, 2026. She became the first Cambodian American state senator in the nation.
March 18, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Received an endorsement from the advocacy group Progressive Massachusetts on January 21, 2026. The group cited her work on food security, education equity and health care access.
January 21, 2026
Source: progressivemass.com · researched August 9, 2026
Track record — Other records
Other records · 1 record
Proposed a state constitutional amendment to change the length of terms for judges. The Judiciary Committee rejected it on April 27, 2023 and placed it on file.
April 27, 2023
Source: malegislature.gov · researched August 9, 2026
Past race Vanna Howard ran in:
- Senator in General Court, First Middlesex District · September 1, 2026 · First Middlesex District; Massachusetts · incumbent
Profile last researched August 9, 2026.