# Tom Stanley

Tom Stanley is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 9th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 9th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2becbe4e-5b5e-4b42-be87-b4abf57550c7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2becbe4e-5b5e-4b42-be87-b4abf57550c7 (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

Stanley sits at −0.38 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State House Democrats.

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

160 classified statements: 160 posts 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 | Stanley | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.1% | 10.4% | 563 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 72.5% | 39.2% | 32 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 2.9% | 250 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 30.0% | 14.4% | 86 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 51% (State House Democrats 15%); Families 13% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Education 8.7% (State House Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 7.8% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Labor and Employment 7.0% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 710 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 253. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 58 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 5765: An Act relative to the Veterans Memorial Rink located in the city of Waltham (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5765/
- H 5315: An Act relative to the Veterans Memorial Rink located in the city of Waltham (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5315/
- HD 5682: An Act relative to medication administration in rest homes (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5682/
- H 5243: An Act relative to medication administration in rest homes (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5243/
- H 4323: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (became law, 2025-09-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4323/
- H 4398: Order relative to extending until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 the time within which the committee on Aging and Independence is authorized to report on current… (in committee, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4398/
- H 4425: An Act relative to Medicare coverage of end-stage renal disease (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4425/
- HD 4991: An Act relative to Medicare coverage of end-stage renal disease (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4991/
- HD 4895: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (in committee, 2025-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4895/
- H 790: An Act to support quality improvement in nursing homes (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H790/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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.

- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2024937104267001974
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2024574713494749185
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2024136834771525776
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2024186957169836512
- 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2021993578617049221
- 2026-02-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2021607837156208988
- 2026-02-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2021237734409634171
- 2026-02-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2019807695633522851
- 2026-02-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2019425789272551610
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repstanley/status/2019138898342142444

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/TMS1
- Campaign site: http://tomstanley.org/
- X: https://x.com/repstanley
- Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-m-stanley-43871360/
- LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/tom.stanley.31

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2becbe4e-5b5e-4b42-be87-b4abf57550c7