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Republican · Massachusetts House, district 22nd Middlesex

Serving since Jan 5, 2011MA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Marc Lombardo, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
100%
of State House Republicans score to the left of Lombardo on the CSIP scale

CSIP score +1.22 (approximate range +1.16 to +1.28, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 531 donors and 130 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 Lombardo sits among State House Republicans, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. Lombardo missed 4.7% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%). 0% of the 22 bills Lombardo sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the Massachusetts House.

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

CSIP ideology

+1.22

More conservative than 100% of State House Republicans · ± 0.06

Attendance

95.3%

Massachusetts House average 97.4% · ranks 121st of 156 · 234 roll calls

Out of committee

0%

Massachusetts House average 4.0% · ranks 109th of 147

From Massachusetts, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 814th of 2,335 State House Republicans

Party unity

100%

Massachusetts House average 98.5% · ranks 58th of 156 · 35 votes against the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans

Itemized, 2026

$49.0K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 991st of 2,521

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

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What Lombardo says

No statements for the MA 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

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Policy

No policy statements for the MA 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

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Ideology

Lombardo sits at +1.22 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 100% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +1.16 to +1.28, which understates the uncertainty; from 531 donors and 130 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”.

+1.22

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.16 to +1.28. From 531 donors and 130 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Lombardo +1.2State House Republicans +0.4Massachusetts House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Lombardo, 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 Lombardo’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 Lombardo sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Lombardo +1.2Massachusetts Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Lombardo's CSIP score of +1.22 placed against State House Republicans, Massachusetts House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Lombardo
State House Republicans2917+0.4100%
Massachusetts House157−0.699%
All State House5324+0.1100%
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 Lombardo 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 Lombardo.

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Money

Lombardo reported $49.0K in the 2026 cycle, above the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% 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
$49.0K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 168 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

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

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  • Individuals (itemized)99 squares$48.5K
  • PACs and other committees1 squares$500
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Sources of Lombardo's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$48.5K99.0%
PACs and other committees$5001.0%
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 Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $77.5K$77.5K20202022 cycle: $98.4K$98.4K20222024 cycle: $47.5K$47.5K20242026 cycle: $49.0K$49.0K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Lombardo's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$77.5K
2022 cycle$98.4K
2024 cycle$47.5K
2026 cycle$49.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from Massachusetts.

  1. Massachusetts$48.4K
  2. New Hampshire$100
  3. Florida$25

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: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $100NHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $48.4KMAOregon: 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: $25FL
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Lombardo's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Massachusetts$48.4K
New Hampshire$100
Florida$25
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo 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
168

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

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$8,760 23 donors
  2. EXECUTIVE$6,000 4 donors
  3. OWNER$3,750 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. W.L. FRENCH$5,500 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Lombardo voted with the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans on 100% of party-line votes and missed 4.7% of 234 roll calls. Massachusetts House on average: 98.5% party unity, 97.4% attendance. Across all roll calls, Lombardo voted against the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans 35 times.

234 roll calls Lombardo 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 Lombardo voted with the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

35

votes against the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans

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

80%100%
Lombardo
Peers
Rank
Attendance
95.3%
97.4%
121st of 156
Party unity
100%
98.5%
58th of 156
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Lombardo's attendance and party unity against Massachusetts House.
RowLombardoPeers
Attendance95.3%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
NayWith 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 Lombardo most often

  1. Nick BoldygaR199 shared votes100%
  2. Joe McKennaR208 shared votes89%
  3. Alyson Sullivan-AlmeidaR209 shared votes89%
  4. Justin ThurberR223 shared votes88%
  5. John GaskeyR206 shared votes88%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Lombardo least often

  1. Vanna HowardD134 shared votes26%
  2. Natalie BlaisD98 shared votes28%
  3. Ann-Margaret FerranteD94 shared votes29%
  4. Margaret ScarsdaleD212 shared votes33%
  5. Danielle GregoireD205 shared votes33%
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

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Legislation

Lombardo sponsored 22 bills in the MA 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 56 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House average 4.0%; 109th of 147).

The bills Lombardo 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

Sponsored22 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2222Sponsored, In committee: 2222Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored56 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 5656Cosponsored, In committee: 5656Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Lombardo sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2222000
Cosponsored5656432
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Massachusetts House average 4.0%. Ranks 109th of 147.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Brad Jones16
  2. Steven Howitt13
  3. Natalie Higgins12
  4. Marcus Vaughn12
  5. Sam Montaño12
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 Lombardo’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 5492An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to transfer control of certain land in the town of Billerica for the Yankee Doodle Bike PathCosponsorJul 16, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Signed by the Governor, Chapter 168 of the Acts of 2026 Aug 5, 2026
H 5443An Act relative to increasing access to epinephrineCosponsorMay 20, 2026Passed one chamberHealth(model)Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means May 21, 2026
H 5217An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environmentCosponsorMar 12, 2026In committeeEnvironmental Protection(model)Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means Mar 12, 2026
H 5125An Act limiting the use of prison laborCosponsorFeb 19, 2026In committeeLabor and Employment(model)Read second and ordered to a third reading Mar 19, 2026
H 5037An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursementsCosponsorFeb 5, 2026In committeeHealth(model)Reporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026 Jul 9, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Lombardo’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 Lombardo 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 Lombardo posted

No images from Lombardo’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

34 turns, Feb 25, 2025 to Apr 29, 2026

Floor speeches

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

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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 Lombardo is most unusual among State House Republicans, 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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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.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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