# Vanna Howard Vanna Howard is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district First Middlesex. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district First Middlesex - Serving since: 2021-01-06 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/053aae1e-ae76-41b0-912c-39f27f3f6d6f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/053aae1e-ae76-41b0-912c-39f27f3f6d6f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline 5.6% of the 18 bills Howard sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Massachusetts Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.04), from 836 donors and 89 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 141 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (100%). 1 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · H. 5151 On adoption of Consolidated Amendment B · H 5151 An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5151/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · H. 5151 On adoption of amendment #113 · H 5151 An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness · fail · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5151/ - 2026-02-11 · voted nay · H. 5093 On adoption of amendment #3 · H 5093 An Act to protect against election misinformation · fail · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5093/ - 2026-02-11 · voted yea · H. 5093 On passing to be engrossed · H 5093 An Act to protect against election misinformation · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5093/ - 2026-01-28 · voted yea · H. 3417 On passing to be engrossed · H 3417 An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3417/ - 2026-01-28 · voted yea · H. 4314 On Enactment Land Taking · H 4314 An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4314/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · H. 4362 On Enactment Land Taking · H 4362 An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4362/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · H. 4772 On Enactment Land Taking · H 4772 An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell. · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4772/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · H. 4761 On Enactment · H 4761 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4761/ - 2025-11-19 · voted yea · H. 4692 On adoption of the resolutions · H 4692 Resolutions rescinding previous Article V Convention applications · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4692/ ## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 18 bills: 16 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 645. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 2 of 40). Recent sponsored bills: - S 3288: An Act relative to the retirement of police sergeant Vincent Fernandez from the city of Lowell police department (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3288/ - S 3248: An Act relative to a certain parcel of land in the city of Lowell (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3248/ - S 3213: Amendment S.3213 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3213/ - S 3214: Amendment S.3214 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3214/ - S 3118: An Act providing for the filling of a vacancy on the Groton-Dunstable School Committee (passed one chamber, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3118/ - S 3061: An Act relative to a certain property in the city of Lowell (in committee, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3061/ - SD 3832: An Act relative to a certain property in the city of Lowell (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3832/ - HD 5645: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Adrian Mitchell (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5645/ - HD 5363: An Act relative to social media, algorithm accountability, and transparency (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5363/ - HD 4994: An Act relative to breast cancer equity and early detection (in committee, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4994/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $135.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/V_H1 - Campaign site: https://vannahoward.com/ - X: https://x.com/voteforvanna - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voteforvanna/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voteforvanna/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanna-howard-6219ab1b Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/053aae1e-ae76-41b0-912c-39f27f3f6d6f