# Christine Barber

Christine Barber is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 34th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 34th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2015-01-07
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/35396516-6096-4336-ab74-80d6d8e53bcd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/35396516-6096-4336-ab74-80d6d8e53bcd (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

Barber sits at −1.66 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 100% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.66 (standard error 0.02), from 1,075 donors and 127 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.1% 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%). 1 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 199. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 4876: An Act relative to applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates (in committee, 2025-07-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4876/
- H 4353: An Act relative to applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4353/
- H 4179: An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to employ automated enforcement of certain traffic violations (in committee, 2026-08-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4179/
- H 4153: An Act establishing a charter for the city of Somerville (in committee, 2025-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4153/
- H 4152: An Act granting the city of Medford the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4152/
- H 4035: An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to establish a net zero emissions standard for new constructed buildings and major renovation projects (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4035/
- H 3918: An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17… (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3918/
- H 3923: An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3923/
- H 3921: An Act further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3921/
- H 1589: An Act to amend the definition of hate crime (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1589/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $234.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/CPB2
- Campaign site: https://www.christinebarber.org/
- X: https://x.com/barber4staterep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christinebarberstaterep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-barber-3a0a524/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/35396516-6096-4336-ab74-80d6d8e53bcd