# Dan Cahill Dan Cahill is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 10th Essex. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 10th Essex - Serving since: 2016-05-18 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/5f227f77-f58b-4ac6-b193-9f406bde4055 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f227f77-f58b-4ac6-b193-9f406bde4055 (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 Cahill sits at −0.94 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State House Democrats. ## What Cahill says (MA 2025–26 session) 3 classified statements: 3 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 | Cahill | 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 | 66.7% | 39.2% | 52 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 33.3% | 2.9% | 1 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 100.0% | 14.4% | 1 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 50% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 50% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.94 (standard error 0.03), from 307 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (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 not voting · 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 51 bills: 50 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 91. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 66 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 4598: Order relative to extending until Wednesday, October 22, 2025 the time within which the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security is authorized to… (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4598/ - H 4149: An Act relative to the charter in the city of Lynn (became law, 2025-12-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4149/ - H 3933: An Act relative to the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation (in committee, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3933/ - HD 2964: An Act relative to the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation (introduced, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2964/ - H 1600: An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official (in committee, 2025-10-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1600/ - H 2767: An Act establishing a commission to resolve issues arising from collective bargaining stalemates (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2767/ - H 1106: An Act relative to home investments (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1106/ - H 1103: An Act relative to default insurance programs for certain public construction projects (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1103/ - H 1354: An Act to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1354/ - H 3040: An Act relating to improvements to residential properties (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3040/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $55.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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. - 2025-11-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanCahill/status/1991529697306661325 - 2025-02-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanCahill/status/1894875169807642891 - 2025-01-01 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanCahill/status/1874565648019538338 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DFC1 - X: https://x.com/RepDanCahill - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDanCahill - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep_dan_cahill/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f227f77-f58b-4ac6-b193-9f406bde4055