# Pavel Payano

Pavel Payano is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district First Essex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district First Essex
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1d33d1e7-dae9-4e98-aa9e-626b0d711d9a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d33d1e7-dae9-4e98-aa9e-626b0d711d9a (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

Payano has 58 classified statements in the MA 2025–26 session.

## What Payano says (MA 2025–26 session)

58 classified statements: 58 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Payano | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 29.3% | 42.9% | 248 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.7% | 16.1% | 104 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 29% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 29% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Government Operations and Politics 24% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Labor and Employment 12% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Transportation and Public Works 12% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 557 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 84 bills: 82 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 297. 1.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 24 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3252: Amendment S.3252 (introduced, 2026-08-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3252/
- S 3172: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Extension Order (introduced, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3172/
- S 3149: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3149/
- S 2995: Consumer Protection and Professional - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2995/
- S 2799: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe, an employee of the department of elementary and secondary education (became law, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2799/
- S 2782: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2782/
- S 2651: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe (in committee, 2025-12-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2651/
- SD 3082: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Yacinthe (in committee, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3082/
- SD 2975: An Act relative to expanding access to the Family Self-Sufficiency Program in the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-07-03) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2975/
- SD 2793: An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters (in committee, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2793/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 94% 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.

- 2025-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/payano/status/1960704524294803743
- 2025-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1959979667575738432
- 2025-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1959594459236098412
- 2025-08-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1958892644408394203
- 2025-08-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1958530456359485478
- 2025-08-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/payano/status/1958198494214164615
- 2025-08-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/payano/status/1958280696931254594
- 2025-04-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/payano/status/1915405371650215952
- 2025-04-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1915098342100475947
- 2025-04-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/payano/status/1915148680463868323

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PMP0
- Campaign site: https://www.pavelpayano.com/
- X: https://x.com/payano
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pavelpayano/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PqSyw42iq93jgrH-8FAZg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavelpayano/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d33d1e7-dae9-4e98-aa9e-626b0d711d9a