# Brian Ashe Brian Ashe is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 2nd Hampden. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 2nd Hampden - Serving since: 2009-01-07 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/503a0888-f086-4b52-b03c-c5293378bc51 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/503a0888-f086-4b52-b03c-c5293378bc51 (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 Ashe sits at −0.28 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Democrats. ## What Ashe says (MA 2025–26 session) 4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Ashe | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.03), from 176 donors and 127 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 99.0% (98.5%). 1 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 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 91. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - HD 5356: An Act related to the enforcement of chapter 140 (in committee, 2025-12-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5356/ - H 4849: An Act related to the enforcement of chapter 140 (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4849/ - HD 4693: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System to grant credible service to Sara Scibelli (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4693/ - H 5159: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System to grant credible service to Sara Scibelli (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5159/ - H 509: An Act relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies (in committee, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H509/ - H 511: An Act ensuring language readiness in deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing children entering kindergarten (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H511/ - H 3447: An Act relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act) (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3447/ - H 1583: An Act relative to the deposit of civil process fees (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1583/ - H 510: An Act relative to changing the minimum age requirement for kindergarten (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H510/ - H 2746: An Act relative to retirement benefits for Mary Donna Nodurf (in committee, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2746/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $17.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 86% 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. - 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repashe/status/2025417927411761258 - 2025-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/repashe/status/1908300962252677188 - 2025-03-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/repashe/status/1903945751404659090 - 2025-03-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/repashe/status/1901799110132326593 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/BMA1 - X: https://x.com/repashe - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repashe/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-ashe-32a05413/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/503a0888-f086-4b52-b03c-c5293378bc51