# Marcus Vaughn

Marcus Vaughn is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 9th Norfolk.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 9th Norfolk
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2dd65a68-0ea5-4c15-b5fe-bcde086eb357

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2dd65a68-0ea5-4c15-b5fe-bcde086eb357 (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

Vaughn missed 9.8% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 691 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 90.1% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 96.1% (98.5%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted nay · 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 70 bills: 70 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 230. 1.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 68 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6148: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Giampa, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6148/
- H 4382: An Act relative to the town charter of the town of Plainville (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4382/
- H 4386: An Act relative to the town charter of the town of Plainville (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4386/
- H 4383: An Act relative to the town charter of the town of Plainville (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4383/
- H 4385: An Act relative to the town charter of the town of Plainville (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4385/
- H 4384: An Act relative to the town charter of the town of Plainville (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4384/
- H 4268: An Act to authorize the Wrentham Select Board to remove the position of lieutenant of the town of Wrentham Police Department from the requirements of M.G.L.… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4268/
- H 4269: An Act authorizing the town of Wrentham to exempt from taxation certain real estate owned and occupied by the surviving spouse of Wrentham Deputy Chief George… (became law, 2026-08-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4269/
- HD 4298: An Act clarifying the existing pipefitting exemption (in committee, 2025-09-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4298/
- H 4543: An Act clarifying the existing pipefitting exemption (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4543/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MSV1
- Campaign site: https://www.vaughn4staterep.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcus.vaughn.376
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msvaughn85/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcussvaughn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2dd65a68-0ea5-4c15-b5fe-bcde086eb357