# Justin Thurber

Justin Thurber is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 5th Bristol.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 5th Bristol
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4002361d-3211-4f02-b627-95d6e6a3f76c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4002361d-3211-4f02-b627-95d6e6a3f76c (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

Thurber sits at +0.82 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 186 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 99.0% (98.5%). 15 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 53. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6262: An Act relative to strengthening penalties and enforcement of prison contraband laws (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6262/
- HD 6261: An Act relative to the prevention of financial exploitation of the elderly (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6261/
- H 3906: An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises (in committee, 2025-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3906/
- H 3257: An Act to give tax relief to parents with children in private schools (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3257/
- H 2549: An Act relative to fluoride in water warnings (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2549/
- H 2716: An Act to repeal expanded firearms bans (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2716/
- H 2715: An Act relative to firearms features (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2715/
- H 2548: An Act banning artificial fluoridation schemes (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2548/
- H 2011: An Act relative to bodily autonomy and family integrity (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2011/
- H 500: An Act relative to corporate disclosure when dealing with cities and towns (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H500/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.7K (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/J_T2
- Campaign site: https://www.justinthurber.com/
- X: https://x.com/JustinThurber22
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vote4Thurber/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinthurbertime/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4002361d-3211-4f02-b627-95d6e6a3f76c