# Julian Cyr

Julian Cyr is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Cape and Islands.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Cape and Islands
- Serving since: 2017-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5a0688ef-c0cd-469d-bd3c-fe9848724387

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a0688ef-c0cd-469d-bd3c-fe9848724387 (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

Cyr sits at −1.38 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Cyr says (MA 2025–26 session)

61 classified statements: 61 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 | Cyr | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.6% | 2.4% | 113 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 11.5% | 10.3% | 118 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 57.4% | 42.9% | 93 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.5% | 3.4% | 14 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 29.5% | 16.1% | 46 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 20% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Housing and Community Development 20% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Immigration 17% (State Senate Democrats 4.2%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.38 (standard error 0.02), from 1,919 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.3% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 151 bills: 149 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 168. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 15 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3273: An Act providing for the retirement status of employees of the division of natural resources of the town of Yarmouth (passed one chamber, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3273/
- SD 4203: An Act relative to designating September 25th as 9 to 5 Day in honor of Dolly Parton (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4203/
- S 3241: Amendment S.3241 (introduced, 2026-07-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3241/
- S 3114: Amendment S.3114 (introduced, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3114/
- SD 3650: An Act for long-term coverage of gender affirming care medications (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3650/
- S 2791: Housing -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2791/
- SD 3200: An Act providing for mobile driver’s licenses in the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-10-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3200/
- S 2905: An Act providing for mobile driver’s licenses in the commonwealth (in committee, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2905/
- SD 140: An Act relative to Children’s Advocacy Centers (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD140/
- SD 2292: An Act relative to child care cost transparency (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2292/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $238.0K (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.

- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2057178279736447196
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2056878559956783455
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2037271186439057498
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2037271188334850361
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2032201443101364599
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2029678469550924144
- 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2022073693934121040
- 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2022073698065535344
- 2026-01-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2017273056620609778
- 2026-01-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliancyr/status/2015468139132186665

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JAC0
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorcyr.com/
- X: https://x.com/juliancyr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julian.s.cyr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliancyr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliancyr/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a0688ef-c0cd-469d-bd3c-fe9848724387