State Representative 1st Middlesex 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
Chris Lyons is an Ashby restaurateur, real estate investor, and business consultant who has coached youth sports and raised money for veterans' programs. His priorities are a full audit of state government and support for police and first responders.
Democratic · Incumbent
Margaret Scarsdale has represented Ashby, Dunstable, Groton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, and Townsend in the Massachusetts House since 2023 and is a former small business owner and middle school teacher. Her priorities are fixing the state school funding formula and restoring local emergency care.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for, 3 against, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 2 for, Healthcare Affordability 2 for,
Sources: sec.state.ma.us2