# Mike Rush

Mike Rush is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Norfolk and Suffolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Norfolk and Suffolk
- Serving since: 2011-01-05
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a82d675-3496-48af-88cf-23c26355b01f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a82d675-3496-48af-88cf-23c26355b01f (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

Rush sits at −0.85 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 78% of State Senate Democrats.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Rush | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.03), from 778 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 124 bills: 121 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 27. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 9 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SD 4298: An Act authorizing modernizing parking enforcement notice procedures under section 20A 1/2 (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4298/
- S 3231: Amendment S.3231 (introduced, 2026-07-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3231/
- S 3224: Amendment S.3224 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3224/
- SD 3939: An Act relative to refunds and customer service standards for food delivery platforms (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3939/
- S 3103: Amendment S.3103 (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3103/
- S 3087: An Act relative to the creation of a sewer and water advisory board in the town of Walpole (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3087/
- S 3033: An Act authorizing the grant of easements in or takings of certain parcels of land to the city of Boston (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3033/
- S 2750: An Act relative to city of Boston certified emergency telecommunicators (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2750/
- SD 3010: An Act requiring health insurance coverage for scalp cooling systems (in committee, 2025-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3010/
- S 2600: An Act requiring health insurance coverage for scalp cooling systems (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2600/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $173.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 90% 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.

- 2025-05-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatormikerush/status/1918396656837415080

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MFR0
- X: https://x.com/senatormikerush
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatormikerush/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-rush-98742b47/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a82d675-3496-48af-88cf-23c26355b01f