Senator in General Court - Second Middlesex District
Source: electionstats.state.ma.us
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:
Burhan Azeem
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
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
Christine P. Barber
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
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
Erika Uyterhoeven
AdvancedDemocratic · advanced
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.
Records: Anti-Corruption 9 for, Environment and Public Health 9 for, Labor Rights 9 for,
Matthew McLaughlin
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
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.
Thomas E. Hopcroft
Did not advanceDemocratic · lost
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