Massachusetts State Representative 1st 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:
Democratic · Incumbent
Dawne Shand has represented Newburyport, Amesbury, Merrimac, and Salisbury in the Massachusetts House since 2023; she is a published writer and former leader of the Mass Women's Political Caucus. Her priorities are health care costs, coastal flood resilience, and housing.
Records: Women's Reproductive Rights 3 for, Government Spending Reduction 2 against, Civil Rights 1 for,
Sources: sec.state.ma.us23