Senator in General Court - Second Middlesex District
Second Middlesex 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 181,262 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 ÷ 181,262) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.91, 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 · declared
Cambridge city councillor and engineer in his third term, known for zoning reform and universal pre-K. Priorities are expanding housing supply and improving MBTA service, including Green and Red line extensions.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for
Democratic · declared
State representative for the 34th Middlesex district since 2015, author of the Dignity Not Deportations law and health-cost measures. Priorities are expanding affordable health care and securing transit and housing investment.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 for, Housing Affordability 1 for
Democratic · declared
Three-term state representative for the 27th Middlesex district and a former antitrust economist who pushed to make committee votes public. Priorities are funding affordable housing and taxing high earners to fix the MBTA.
Democratic · declared
Somerville Ward One city councilor of twelve years, former council president and an Army veteran of two Iraq tours. Priorities are lowering the cost of living and expanding affordable and family-sized housing.
Democratic · declared
Winchester school committee member, founder of the Net Zero Institute and former president of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. Priorities are housing affordability and climate action paired with job growth.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for
Sources: sec.state.ma.us2 · malegislature.gov