# Patrick O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor is a Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate for district First Plymouth and Norfolk.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district First Plymouth and Norfolk
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/493988da-4de8-49a0-8d6c-090097e89920

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/493988da-4de8-49a0-8d6c-090097e89920 (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

0% of the 244 bills O'Connor sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Massachusetts Senate.

## What O'Connor says (MA 2025–26 session)

374 classified statements: 374 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 | O'Connor | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 2.9% | 9.5% | 244 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 32.9% | 37.3% | 212 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.9% | 2.3% | 154 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 18.4% | 15.4% | 127 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 20% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 16% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 9.0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Families 8.2% (State Senate Republicans 4.2%); Government Operations and Politics 8.2% (State Senate Republicans 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 1,296 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 244 bills: 244 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 323. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 37 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SD 3553: An Act relative to enhancing playground safety (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3553/
- SD 3352: An Act creating a behavioral health emergency response pilot program (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3352/
- SD 3182: An Act requiring local approval for battery storage facility permitting (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3182/
- SD 3173: An Act prohibiting exorbitant energy delivery charges (in committee, 2025-09-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3173/
- SD 3088: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Irene O'Rourke, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (in committee, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3088/
- S 2584: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Irene O'Rourke, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (in committee, 2025-08-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2584/
- S 2599: An Act providing insurance coverage for the medically necessary treatment of port-wine stains (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2599/
- SD 3071: An Act providing insurance coverage for the medically necessary treatment of port-wine stains (in committee, 2025-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3071/
- SD 2436: An Act relative to the improvement of the data collection of adult and youth consumption of marijuana (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2436/
- SD 2433: An Act relative to the labeling of marijuana (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2433/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $86.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% 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.

- 2026-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2079574388387565825
- 2026-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2079574391138984323
- 2026-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2079574393026396251
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2069854203330048494
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2069854206656188743
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2069854209218920595
- 2026-04-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2043708305697128946
- 2026-04-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2043708308943446518
- 2026-04-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2043708311107743828
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/patrickmoconnor/status/2041898185291903358

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PMO
- Campaign site: https://www.senatoroconnor.com/
- X: https://x.com/patrickmoconnor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pat.oconnor.399
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickoconnor4/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-o-connor-29b3b29/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/493988da-4de8-49a0-8d6c-090097e89920