# Dennis Gallagher

Dennis Gallagher is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 8th Plymouth.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 8th Plymouth
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3601344e-8a37-488b-a3b1-f355f4e52ea7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3601344e-8a37-488b-a3b1-f355f4e52ea7 (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

100% of Gallagher’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Massachusetts, in the top 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.31 (standard error 0.04), from 204 donors and 131 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 97.2% (98.5%). 3 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 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 137. 13.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 13 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6337: An Act establishing a community public safety improvements fund (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6337/
- HD 6338: An Act establishing long term water supply sustainability for the city known as the town of Bridgewater (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6338/
- H 5545: An Act establishing an amendment to Bridgewater Town Charter: Article IV, Section 4-1 Town Manager term of office (in committee, 2026-07-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5545/
- H 5544: An Act establishing an amendment to Bridgewater Town Charter Article VIII, Section 8-2 Citizen Referendum Petition Timeframe (in committee, 2026-07-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5544/
- H 4962: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Sally Desrosiers, an employee of the Department of Correction (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4962/
- HD 5525: An Act establishing tax exemptions for veteran's clubs and organizations (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5525/
- H 4877: An Act authorizing the town of Raynham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages, not to be drunk on the premises (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4877/
- HD 5431: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Sally Desrosiers, an employee of the Department of Correction (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5431/
- H 4748: An Act to allow an additional all alcohol beverages package store license for 233 Broad Street (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4748/
- H 4578: An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language (in committee, 2025-11-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4578/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DCG2
- Campaign site: https://www.gallagherforrep.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/State-Representative-Dennis-C-Gallagher-61556092423599/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-gallagher-6850a07/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3601344e-8a37-488b-a3b1-f355f4e52ea7