# Kelly Dooner

Kelly Dooner is a Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Third Bristol and Plymouth.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Third Bristol and Plymouth
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/062618e6-3ba4-4170-8b4f-9d0fa325a9ab

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/062618e6-3ba4-4170-8b4f-9d0fa325a9ab (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

Dooner sits at +0.97 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.97 (standard error 0.04), from 785 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 58. 10.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 1 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3275: An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Dighton (passed one chamber, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3275/
- S 3018: An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officials (became law, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3018/
- S 2735: An Act dissolving the North Carver water district (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2735/
- S 2700: An Act amending the charter of the town of Wareham (passed one chamber, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2700/
- S 2643: An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to continue the employment of Edward J. Walsh as chief of police in the city of Taunton (passed one chamber, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2643/
- SD 3177: An Act relative to the purchase of out-of-state creditable service (in committee, 2025-09-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3177/
- S 2560: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker, an employee of the Suffolk County Sherriff's office (became law, 2025-09-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2560/
- S 2562: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the department of correction (in committee, 2025-08-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2562/
- SD 3058: An Act ensuring uniform treatment of vote by mail ballots (in committee, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3058/
- S 2738: An Act addressing rising insurance costs for manufactured home residents (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2738/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $50.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 107% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/KAD0
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/State-Senator-Kelly-Dooner/61571490729480/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectKellyDooner
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VoteKellyDooner

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/062618e6-3ba4-4170-8b4f-9d0fa325a9ab