# Bruce Tarr

Bruce Tarr is a Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate for district First Essex and Middlesex.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district First Essex and Middlesex
- Serving since: 1995-01-03
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/429f87cf-f7a1-4201-ade4-9efeb9149d03

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/429f87cf-f7a1-4201-ade4-9efeb9149d03 (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

Tarr sits at −0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Tarr says (MA 2025–26 session)

8 classified statements: 8 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tarr | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 12.5% | 37.3% | 322 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Public Lands and Natural Resources 100% (State Senate Republicans 2.2%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.06 (standard error 0.03), from 879 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.5% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 277 bills: 267 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 622. 1.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 25 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3223: Amendment S.3223 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3223/
- S 3101: Amendment S.3101 (introduced, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3101/
- S 3085: Amendment S.3085 (introduced, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3085/
- S 3083: Order relative to requesting the opinions of the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on important questions of law relative to promoting rule of… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3083/
- S 3053: Amendment S.3053 (introduced, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3053/
- SD 3760: An Act requiring only one license plate (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3760/
- S 2913: An Act extending the time for the town of Boxford to grant 2 additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2913/
- S 2896: An Act authorizing the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea to adopt a bylaw restricting the use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2896/
- S 2719: Amendment S.2719 (introduced, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2719/
- SD 3285: An Act to promote emergency contract accountability and integrity (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3285/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $94.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/2073485118056890505
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/2073106886669275462
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/2073150403311521932
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/2073150406788530426
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/1994067441131930059
- 2025-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/1973847244433723868
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/1966240192244887891
- 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/senbrucetarr/status/1933966831196504435

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/BET0
- Campaign site: https://brucetarr.org/
- X: https://x.com/senbrucetarr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorbrucetarr/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/429f87cf-f7a1-4201-ade4-9efeb9149d03