# Barry Finegold

Barry Finegold is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Second Essex and Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Second Essex and Middlesex
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/49397268-3fc9-4c83-a385-f55be18597f4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/49397268-3fc9-4c83-a385-f55be18597f4 (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

Finegold reported $509.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

194 classified statements: 194 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Finegold | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.5% | 10.3% | 276 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 39.2% | 42.9% | 190 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.1% | 3.4% | 101 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.5% | 16.1% | 155 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 20% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Education 14% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Science, Technology, Communications 14% (State Senate Democrats 2.7%); Transportation and Public Works 12% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%); Commerce 11% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 1,475 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 107 bills: 107 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 65. 2.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 11 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3230: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were… (became law, 2026-08-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3230/
- SD 4031: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were… (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4031/
- S 3108: An Act authorizing the town of Andover to exempt all Andover police officers from civil service (in committee, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3108/
- S 3093: An Act authorizing the town of Andover to prohibit the use of anticoagulant rodenticides by commercial pesticide applicators (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3093/
- S 3112: An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated… (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3112/
- SD 3902: An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated… (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3902/
- S 3003: Economic Development and Emerging Technologies - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3003/
- S 2767: Economic Development and Emerging Technologies - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2767/
- S 2544: An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2544/
- SD 2945: An Act promoting the safety of dogs in the custody of kennels (in committee, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2945/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $509.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 87% 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.

- 2026-03-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2029282092400492931
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2028857416620929176
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2028864461415551106
- 2026-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2028500282150146492
- 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2027781737665724541
- 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2027841216188907521
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2027090912283599196
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2026305621000138874
- 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2025963169307357407
- 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry_finegold/status/2025632349149421861

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/BRF0
- Campaign site: https://www.barryfinegold.com/
- X: https://x.com/barry_finegold
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barryfinegoldma/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barry.finegold
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-finegold-93b2211/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/49397268-3fc9-4c83-a385-f55be18597f4