# Joe McGonagle

Joe McGonagle is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 28th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 28th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2015-01-07
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c3b63a2-ef13-43e5-b6de-d5e0901aa65a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c3b63a2-ef13-43e5-b6de-d5e0901aa65a (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

McGonagle missed 4.7% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 462 donors and 131 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (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 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 43. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 1878: An Act relative to streamline the judicial review of local land use decisions (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1878/
- H 1877: An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker (in committee, 2025-10-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1877/
- H 3739: An Act allowing for partial payment of fines relating to driver’s license suspension or revocation (in committee, 2025-09-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3739/
- H 2909: An Act relative to the disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (in committee, 2025-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2909/
- H 3738: An Act relative to mopeds and scooters operating on public ways (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3738/
- H 436: An Act relative to continuing education requirements for any person holding a license as a real estate broker or salesman (in committee, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H436/
- H 364: An Act relative to small distillers (in committee, 2024-03-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H364/
- H 1669: An Act relative to the offense of assault and battery upon a transit worker (in committee, 2024-02-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H1669/
- H 1670: An Act relative to streamline the judicial review of local land use decisions (in committee, 2024-06-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H1670/
- H 366: An Act relative to continuing education requirements for any person holding a license as a real estate broker or salesman (in committee, 2023-10-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H366/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/jwm1
- Campaign site: https://www.joemcgonagle.com/
- X: https://x.com/StateRepJoe
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepJoe
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepjoe
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-mcgonagle-038b76106/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c3b63a2-ef13-43e5-b6de-d5e0901aa65a