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Democrat · Massachusetts House, district 9th Middlesex

Serving since Jan 1, 2011MA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Tom Stanley, rendered as a two-tone print
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84%
of State House Democrats score to the left of Stanley on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.38 (approximate range −0.43 to −0.33, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 710 donors and 133 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Stanley sits among State House Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. The policy areas Stanley talks about and legislates on agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State House Democrats. Stanley reported $65.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top half of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

The measures on which Stanley sits furthest from the middle of State House Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

CSIP ideology

−0.38

More conservative than 84% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.66

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 73rd of 503

Attendance

100%

Massachusetts House average 97.4% · ranks 30th of 156 · 234 roll calls

Party unity

100%

Massachusetts House average 98.5% · ranks 58th of 156 · 0 votes against the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$65.3K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 774th of 2,082

From Massachusetts, 2026

95%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 813th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Stanley, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Stanley is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Stanley says

Stanley attacks opponents personally less than 76% of State House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0% of 160 statements, against 2.5% for the average State House Democrat; 584th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Stanley’s 160 statements in the MA 2025–26 session (160 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the MA 2025–26 session

0%80%
Stanley
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion116 statements
73%
39%
32nd of 764
Credit claiming48 statements
30%
14%
86th of 764
Policy criticism5 statements
3%
10%
563rd of 764
Bipartisanship5 statements
3%
3%
250th of 764
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
584th of 764
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Stanley's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowStanleyPeers
Policy discussion73%39%
Credit claiming30%14%
Policy criticism3%10%
Bipartisanship3%3%
Personal attacks0%3%
160

statements classified

160 posts on X.

posts on X: 160 (100.0%)posts on X 160
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Stanley's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X160
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Stanley; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Stanley does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Stanley used no extreme labels in 160 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the MA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 92025-02: 152025-03: 102025-04: 82025-05: 62025-06: 72025-07: 02025-08: 102025-09: 152025-10: 242025-11: 172025-12: 132026-01: 152026-02: 112026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 24 · Oct ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 24Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 13.3% · Jan ’26 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: 6.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-03: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-09: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-10: 0.0% of 24Policy criticism, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-12: 7.7% of 13Policy criticism, 2026-01: 13.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-02: 0.0% of 11Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 100.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 54.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: 80.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-03: 100.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: 60.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-09: 66.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-10: 58.3% of 24Policy discussion, 2025-11: 70.6% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-12: 76.9% of 13Policy discussion, 2026-01: 93.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-02: 54.5% of 11Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 13.3% · Sep ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 6.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 13.3% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 8.3% of 24Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 45.5% · Feb ’26 · latest 45.5%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: 40.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-03: 40.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: 30.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-09: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-10: 25.0% of 24Credit claiming, 2025-11: 35.3% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-12: 30.8% of 13Credit claiming, 2026-01: 20.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-02: 45.5% of 11Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 24Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Stanley, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’259— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’25150.0%6.7%80.0%6.7%40.0%0.0%
Mar ’25100.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%40.0%0.0%
Apr ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’25100.0%0.0%60.0%0.0%30.0%0.0%
Sep ’25150.0%0.0%66.7%13.3%6.7%0.0%
Oct ’25240.0%0.0%58.3%8.3%25.0%0.0%
Nov ’25170.0%0.0%70.6%0.0%35.3%0.0%
Dec ’25130.0%7.7%76.9%0.0%30.8%0.0%
Jan ’26150.0%13.3%93.3%0.0%20.0%0.0%
Feb ’26110.0%0.0%54.5%0.0%45.5%0.0%
Mar ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the MA 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 13 months are hatched here; 9 of them have no statements.

In Stanley’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Policy discussion

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 10, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Health · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 12, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Armed Forces and National Security · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Jan 27, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Immigration; Health · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 160 statements

Newest first, the MA 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 160 posts on X.

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Policy

Health is what Stanley talks about most: 51% of policy statements, 3.4 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 73rd of 503).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Stanley talks about. The bills Stanley sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Stanley talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the MA 2025–26 session

0%56%
Stanley
Peers
Health59 statements
51%
15%
Families15 statements
13%
5%
Education10 statements
9%
15%
Housing and Community Development9 statements
8%
6%
Labor and Employment8 statements
7%
6%
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Policy areas Stanley talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowStanleyPeers
Health51%15%
Families13%5%
Education9%15%
Housing and Community Development8%6%
Labor and Employment7%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Stanley’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 56%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 51% (State House Democrats 15%)51%Health, legislates on: 35% (State House Democrats 15%)35%FamiliesFamilies, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 5%)13%Families, legislates on: 3% (State House Democrats 3%)3%EducationEducation, talks about: 9% (State House Democrats 15%)9%Education, legislates on: 3% (State House Democrats 10%)3%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 8% (State House Democrats 6%)8%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 3% (State House Democrats 5%)3%Labor and EmploymentLabor and Employment, talks about: 7% (State House Democrats 6%)7%Labor and Employment, legislates on: 12% (State House Democrats 6%)12%
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Stanley's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Health51%15%35%15%
Families13%5%3%3%
Education9%15%3%10%
Housing and Community Development8%6%3%5%
Labor and Employment7%6%12%6%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 73rd of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Stanley legislates on exactly the areas Stanley talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Stanley sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Stanley sits at −0.38 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 84% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.43 to −0.33, which understates the uncertainty; from 710 donors and 133 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.38

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.43 to −0.33. From 710 donors and 133 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Stanley −0.4State House Democrats −0.6Massachusetts House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Stanley, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Stanley’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Stanley sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Stanley −0.4Massachusetts Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Stanley's CSIP score of −0.38 placed against State House Democrats, Massachusetts House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Stanley
State House Democrats2392−0.684%
Massachusetts House157−0.669%
All State House5324+0.138%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Stanley in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Stanley.

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Money

Stanley reported $65.3K in the 2026 cycle, above the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 95% of itemized individual money came from Massachusetts.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$65.3K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 271 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)Individuals (itemized): $49.3K (75.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $16.0K (24.5%)
  • Individuals (itemized)75 squares$49.3K
  • PACs and other committees25 squares$16.0K
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Sources of Stanley's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$49.3K75.5%
PACs and other committees$16.0K24.5%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $56.7K$56.7K20202022 cycle: $64.3K$64.3K20222024 cycle: $78.6K$78.6K20242026 cycle: $65.3K$65.3K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Stanley's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$56.7K
2022 cycle$64.3K
2024 cycle$78.6K
2026 cycle$65.3K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 95% came from Massachusetts.

  1. Massachusetts$46.9K
  2. Florida$1,300
  3. Rhode Island$500
  4. New Hampshire$500
  5. Maine$50

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $50MEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $500NHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: $500RIMassachusetts: $46.9KMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $1,300FL
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Stanley's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Massachusetts$46.9K
Florida$1,300
New Hampshire$500
Rhode Island$500
Maine$50
AlaskaNo data
VermontNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
271

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

95%

from Massachusetts

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Massachusetts. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$6,090 36 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$4,900 20 donors
  3. NOT EMPLOYED$3,622 31 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$3,050 10 donors
  5. PRINCIPAL$2,700 11 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. 1199 SEIU MA PAC$1,000
  2. BOSTON CARMEN'S UNION PAC$1,000
  3. CARPENTERS LOCAL UNION 339 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
  4. IRONWORKERS UNION LOCAL 7 POL ACTION COMM$1,000
  5. LOCAL 509 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION COMM ON POL ED, MA WORKERS' POL ACTION COMM.$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. PRETI STRATEGIES$700 4 donors
  2. BULFINCH STRATEGIES GROUP$600 3 donors
  3. CHATEAU RESTAURANT$600 3 donors
  4. CITY OF WALTHAM$600 7 donors
  5. COMMONWEALTH OF MA$475 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Stanley voted with the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats on 100% of party-line votes and missed none of 234 roll calls. Massachusetts House on average: 98.5% party unity, 97.4% attendance. Across all roll calls, Stanley never voted against the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats.

234 roll calls Stanley could vote on in the MA 2025–26 session, compared with Massachusetts House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Stanley voted with the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

0

votes against the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats

Party unity 100%, Massachusetts House average 98.5%, ranks 58th of 156. 234 roll calls in the MA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Stanley, the thin grey bar the Massachusetts House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Stanley
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
97.4%
30th of 156
Party unity
100%
98.5%
58th of 156
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Stanley's attendance and party unity against Massachusetts House.
RowStanleyPeers
Attendance100%97.4%
Party unity100%98.5%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the MA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jul 22, 2026
H 5595
An Act prioritizing patient access to care
H. 5595 On Engrossment
YeaWith majoritypassD 117–9 · R 0–24 · I 1–0Democrats 117 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 24 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 22, 2026
S 2735
An Act dissolving the North Carver water district
S. 2735 On Enactment Land Taking
YeaWith majoritypassD 127–0 · R 24–0 · I 1–0Democrats 127 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 24 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 22, 2026
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
H. 5388 On Enactment Land Taking
YeaWith majoritypassD 128–0 · R 24–0 · I 1–0Democrats 128 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 24 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 15, 2026
H 2250
An Act dissolving the Whately Water District
H. 2250 , changed On Enactment Land Taking
YeaWith majoritypassD 127–0 · R 24–0 · I 1–0Democrats 127 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 24 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 8, 2026
H 5569
An Act relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years
H. 5569 On passing to be engrossed
YeaWith majoritypassD 125–0 · R 23–0 · I 1–0Democrats 125 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 23 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Stanley most often

  1. Jay LivingstoneD234 shared votes100%
  2. Bill GalvinD222 shared votes100%
  3. David LinskyD222 shared votes100%
  4. Patrick KearneyD215 shared votes100%
  5. Jessica GianninoD234 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Stanley least often

  1. Nick BoldygaR201 shared votes36%
  2. Marc LombardoR223 shared votes36%
  3. John GaskeyR216 shared votes37%
  4. David DeCosteR234 shared votes47%
  5. Ken SweezeyR233 shared votes47%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

MA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Stanley sponsored 31 bills in the MA 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 253 others. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House average 4.0%; 58th of 147).

The bills Stanley sponsored and cosponsored in the MA 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the MA 2025–26 session

Sponsored31 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3131Sponsored, In committee: 3131Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored253 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 253253Cosponsored, In committee: 252252Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1818Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 88Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Stanley sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3131111
Cosponsored2532521882
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Stanley sponsored, ochre blocks bills Stanley cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

3.2%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Massachusetts House average 4.0%. Ranks 58th of 147.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Stanley, by number of shared bills in the MA 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Jamie Eldridge58
  2. Jo Comerford46
  3. Pat Jehlen45
  4. Vanna Howard41
  5. Jason Lewis40
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Stanley’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H 5697An Act relative to firefighter retirement benefitsCosponsorOct 21, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead third and passed to be engrossed Oct 21, 2026
H 5631An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employerCosponsorJul 31, 2026Passed both chambersHealth(model)Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading Oct 19, 2026
H 5627An Act to improve Massachusetts home careCosponsorJul 30, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Signed by the Governor, Chapter 180 of the Acts of 2026 Aug 6, 2026
H 5620An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatmentCosponsorJul 29, 2026Became lawCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)Signed by the Governor, Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2026 Aug 5, 2026
S 3131An Act supporting family caregiversCosponsorJul 9, 2026In committeeFamilies(model)Accompanied a study order, see S3191 Jul 22, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Stanley’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Stanley’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Stanley posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Stanley posted

No images from Stanley’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

4 turns, Apr 28, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Stanley is most unusual among State House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

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Open States
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Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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