# Joe McKenna Joe McKenna is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 18th Worcester. - Party: Republican - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 18th Worcester - Serving since: 2015-01-07 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0e6c20bd-bfcb-445c-a1ce-3be99e26398e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e6c20bd-bfcb-445c-a1ce-3be99e26398e (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 McKenna sits at +0.70 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans. ## What McKenna says (MA 2025–26 session) 4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | McKenna | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 | | Policy criticism | 75.0% | 9.3% | 1 of 792 | | Policy discussion | 75.0% | 31.9% | 14 of 792 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Republicans 18%); Transportation and Public Works 33% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.70 (standard error 0.04), from 169 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 10 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-07-22 · voted nay · H. 5595 On Engrossment · H 5595 An Act prioritizing patient access to care · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5595/ - 2026-07-22 · voted yea · S. 2735 On Enactment Land Taking · S 2735 An Act dissolving the North Carver water district · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2735/ - 2026-07-22 · voted yea · H. 5388 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5388 An Act authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the town of Marion from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5388/ - 2026-07-15 · voted yea · H. 2250 , changed On Enactment Land Taking · H 2250 An Act dissolving the Whately Water District · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2250/ - 2026-07-08 · voted yea · H. 5569 On passing to be engrossed · H 5569 An Act relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5569/ - 2026-07-08 · voted nay · H. 5562 On adoption of consolidated amendment A · H 5562 An Act relative to economic development in the commonwealth · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5562/ - 2026-07-01 · voted nay · H. 5555 On Enactment Land Taking · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/ - 2026-07-01 · voted yea · S. 3106 On Engrossment · S 3106 An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3106/ - 2026-07-01 · voted nay · H. 5555 On acceptance of conference report · H 5555 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities… · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5555/ - 2026-06-17 · voted yea · H. 5511 On acceptance of conference report · H 5511 An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy · pass · https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5511/ ## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 220. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 6224: An Act relative to tethered caps on single-serve beverage containers (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6224/ - HD 5346: An Act exempting Software as a Service (SaaS) products from sales taxes (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5346/ - H 3741: An Act establishing an emergency responder yellow dot program (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3741/ - H 3525: An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3525/ - H 1881: An Act granting Indian tribes access to the Massachusetts courts (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1881/ - H 1879: An Act to ensure backyard privacy (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1879/ - H 3186: An Act ensuring consistent reimbursement of PILOT funding (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3186/ - H 2147: An Act relative to employee references (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2147/ - H 1880: An Act relative to illegal drug and firearm trafficking (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1880/ - H 2665: An Act relative to access to constitutional rights (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2665/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $38.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-05-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/josephdmckenna/status/2050285112000954789 - 2025-11-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/josephdmckenna/status/1987586599191023941 - 2025-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/josephdmckenna/status/1978180578731081779 - 2025-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/josephdmckenna/status/1976252488044224774 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JDM1 - X: https://x.com/josephdmckenna - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joe.mckenna.587 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephdmckenna/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-mckenna/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e6c20bd-bfcb-445c-a1ce-3be99e26398e