# Dan Hunt Dan Hunt is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 13th Suffolk. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 13th Suffolk - Serving since: 2014-04-16 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/2990f236-cb76-4d93-af19-7792fa77290b Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2990f236-cb76-4d93-af19-7792fa77290b (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 Hunt sits at −1.17 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Democrats. ## What Hunt says (MA 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Hunt | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −1.17 (standard error 0.03), from 587 donors and 131 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.0% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-07-22 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 23. 5.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 39 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 5034: An Act relative to waiving the maximum age requirement for police officers for Matthew Cummings (passed one chamber, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5034/ - H 4508: An Act relative to the disability pension for Patricia M. Lampron administered by the Boston retirement board (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4508/ - H 3140: An Act exempting veterans’ organizations from state and local meals tax (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3140/ - H 1199: An Act protecting consumers' privacy in mortgage applications (in committee, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1199/ - H 1198: An Act to improve patient access to non-emergency medical transportation (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1198/ - H 249: An Act relative to financial literacy (in committee, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H249/ - H 2644: An Act relative to fire protection (passed one chamber, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2644/ - H 2127: An Act relative to the notification of large job layoffs (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2127/ - H 2287: An Act relative to snow removal fines (in committee, 2025-11-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2287/ - H 154: An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana (in committee, 2025-10-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H154/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $71.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 84% 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. - 2025-06-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/repdanhunt/status/1938425691306869118 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/djh1 - Campaign site: https://www.danhunt.org/ - X: https://x.com/repdanhunt - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/huntdaniel - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdanhunt - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-hunt-9636286/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2990f236-cb76-4d93-af19-7792fa77290b