# Ken Gordon

Ken Gordon is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 21st Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 21st Middlesex
- Serving since: 2013-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/47c42957-b618-41b7-a557-5d24c33568cf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47c42957-b618-41b7-a557-5d24c33568cf (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

Gordon missed 6.0% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 346 donors and 130 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 64. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5052: An Act relative to town meeting accessibility (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5052/
- H 4916: An Act authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Bedford (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4916/
- H 4917: An Act relative to a town-wide ban on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4917/
- H 3113: An Act updating interest rates for property tax abatements (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3113/
- H 2439: An Act relative to clinical laboratory testing (in committee, 2025-10-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2439/
- H 3848: An Act relative to correcting the definition of active duty in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3848/
- H 961: An Act relative to the Office of the State Climatologist (in committee, 2025-10-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H961/
- H 2113: An Act relative to professional employer organizations (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2113/
- H 2109: An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker (in committee, 2025-12-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2109/
- H 3675: An Act relative to the move over law (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3675/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $32.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/KIG1
- Campaign site: https://repkengordon.org/
- X: https://x.com/RepKenGordon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenforstaterep
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ezHubPd-Md3yY46PSwtIg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-gordon-342050a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47c42957-b618-41b7-a557-5d24c33568cf