# Jo Comerford

Jo Comerford is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Hampshire.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2998b05b-b83e-4a9b-9659-a609ddc63a34

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2998b05b-b83e-4a9b-9659-a609ddc63a34 (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

99% of Comerford’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Massachusetts, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.73 (standard error 0.03), from 1,001 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 134 bills: 131 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 718. 1.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 20 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3181: An Act providing equal opportunity for residents to vote on establishment of the Great River Regional School District (became law, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3181/
- S 3135: Amendment S.3135 (introduced, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3135/
- S 3268: An Act authorizing the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William… (in committee, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3268/
- SD 4007: An Act authorizing the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William… (in committee, 2026-07-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4007/
- SD 3936: An Act authorizing the South Deerfield Fire District to continue the employment of fire department member Steven Kolakoski (in committee, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3936/
- S 3155: An Act authorizing the South Deerfield Fire District to continue the employment of fire department member Steven Kolakoski (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3155/
- S 3055: An Act clarifying the operation of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3055/
- SD 3676: An Act clarifying the operation of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3676/
- SD 3498: An Act designating asparagus as the official vegetable of the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3498/
- S 3073: An Act designating asparagus as the official vegetable of the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3073/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $90.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JMC0
- Campaign site: https://senatorjocomerford.org/
- X: https://x.com/jo_comerford
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjocomerford/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocomerfordma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-comerford-587b7242/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2998b05b-b83e-4a9b-9659-a609ddc63a34