Michelle L. Badger
Democratic · MA · Massachusetts State Representative, 1st Plymouth District
Michelle Badger has represented Plymouth in the Massachusetts House since 2025 after more than 13 years on the Plymouth School Committee; she works in college fundraising. Her priorities are affordability, protecting coastal waters, and public health after the Pilgrim nuclear plant's shutdown.
Where Michelle L. Badger stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Immigration (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Filed H.898 in 2025 to end the harvest of horseshoe crabs for use as fishing bait. The environment committee approved a new draft (H.5266) in March 2026 and sent it to House Ways and Means.
March 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Filed H.4040 in 2025 to ban dumping radioactive material, such as wastewater from the closed Pilgrim nuclear plant, into state waters. The environment committee approved a new draft (H.5148) in February 2026 and sent it to House Ways and Means.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted for H.5305, the PROTECT Act limiting how state and local police take part in federal civil immigration enforcement. The House vote on engrossment was 134-21.
March 25, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted for H.5555, the final fiscal year 2027 state budget. The House vote on conference report was 142-6.
July 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for H.57, a supplemental budget adding money for the state's emergency family shelter system. The House vote on engrossment was 126-26.
February 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted for H.57, a supplemental budget adding money for the state's emergency family shelter system. The House vote on engrossment was 126-26.
February 6, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted for S.2581, a bill requiring schools to limit student cell phone use during the school day. The House vote on engrossment was 129-25.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Voted for H.5595, a bill removing the state's 24-week limit on abortion and leaving the decision to a doctor's judgment. The House vote on engrossment was 119-33.
July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Voted for S.2543, a law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care. The House vote on enactment was 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted for S.2543, a law expanding legal protections for people who provide or receive abortion and gender-affirming care. The House vote on enactment was 132-24.
July 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: malegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts for re-election to the 1st Plymouth House seat in 2026.
October 7, 2026
Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org
Sponsored H.4887, a law letting Plymouth set up a special town account to save money for buying land. The governor signed it on July 7, 2026 (Chapter 133 of the Acts of 2026).
July 7, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Received the endorsement of AFT Massachusetts, the teachers' union, for re-election to the 1st Plymouth House seat in 2026.
June 22, 2026
Source: ma.aft.org
Voted for H.5151, the House energy affordability bill, which cut $1 billion from the Mass Save efficiency program to lower utility bills. The House vote on engrossment was 128-27.
February 26, 2026
Source: malegislature.gov
Past race Michelle L. Badger ran in:
- Massachusetts State House of Representatives District 1st Plymouth · November 3, 2026 · 1st Plymouth District; Massachusetts · incumbent