# Pat Jehlen

Pat Jehlen is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Second Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Second Middlesex
- Serving since: 2005-10-12
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6de50ed2-4fe8-4b98-894d-0bc391c876b5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6de50ed2-4fe8-4b98-894d-0bc391c876b5 (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

Jehlen reported $3,240 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.00 (standard error 0.04), from 248 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 100 bills: 97 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 355. 1.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 26 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SD 3838: An Act relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3838/
- S 3057: An Act relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3057/
- S 2954: Amendment S.2954 (introduced, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2954/
- SD 3574: An Act ensuring law enforcement identification for public safety (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3574/
- S 2760: Aging and Independence - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2760/
- S 2604: Amendment S.2604 (introduced, 2025-09-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2604/
- S 2597: Amendment S.2597 (introduced, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2597/
- SD 1122: An Act supporting seniors’ financial stability (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1122/
- SD 1357: An Act promoting housing stability for older adults across the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1357/
- SD 1962: An Act establishing a special commission on a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1962/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,240 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 80% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PDJ0
- Campaign site: https://www.patjehlen.org/about-pat
- X: https://x.com/senjehlen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorpatriciajehlen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patjehlen/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-jehlen-271940a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6de50ed2-4fe8-4b98-894d-0bc391c876b5