Massachusetts State Representative 9th Essex District
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Republican · Incumbent
Saugus restaurant owner and state representative since 2011 who earlier chaired the Saugus Board of Selectmen. He has backed utility rate relief for residents and businesses and better Alzheimer's and dementia training for police, firefighters and EMS.
Records: Government Efficiency 1 for, Gun Control 1 against, Public Infrastructure 1 for,
Democratic
Lynn Ward 1 city councilor, dentist who owns a local practice, and U.S. Navy veteran. His top goal is lowering living costs, including a ban on algorithms that inflate rents and mortgages and a freeze on building AI data centers that raise energy bills.
Records: Public Infrastructure 1 for
Sources: sec.state.ma.us2