SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT, PLYMOUTH & BARNSTABLE DISTRICT
Plymouth and Barnstable District; Massachusetts
My vote power
High
Election date
September 1, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 188,565 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,044,056 ÷ 188,565) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.73, measured against a statewide vote in MA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Dylan Fernandes represents Plymouth, Falmouth, Pembroke, Bourne, Sandwich, Mashpee and Kingston in the Massachusetts Senate, focusing on the environment, affordable housing and the opioid epidemic. He served in the Massachusetts House from 2017 to 2025 and has had more than 30 bills signed into law.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for, Data Privacy 1 for
Republican · declared
Kari Della MacRae is the Republican candidate for Massachusetts' Plymouth and Barnstable Senate District in 2026. She currently chairs the elected Bourne School Committee, with a term expiring in 2027. She was the Republican nominee for this Senate district in 2022 and also ran in its 2024 Republican primary.
Sources: sec.state.ma.us23