# Brendan Crighton

Brendan Crighton is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Third Essex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Third Essex
- Serving since: 2018-03-07
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/77994b2c-f88c-4a5f-bf9d-7abd1875d8dc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77994b2c-f88c-4a5f-bf9d-7abd1875d8dc (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

Crighton sits at −0.87 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 79% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.03), from 540 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 133 bills: 131 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 120. 0.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 28 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3221: Amendment S.3221 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3221/
- SD 4068: An Act protecting individuals with neurodegenerative diseases from theft (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4068/
- S 3037: Transportation - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3037/
- S 3021: An Act updating Massachusetts student transportation (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3021/
- SD 3482: An Act updating Massachusetts student transportation (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3482/
- S 2781: Transportation - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2781/
- S 2693: Amendment S.2693 (introduced, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2693/
- SD 2993: An Act authorizing automated curb enforcement and improving parking violation procedures (in committee, 2025-08-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD2993/
- S 2639: An Act authorizing automated curb enforcement and improving parking violation procedures (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2639/
- SD 1716: An Act ensuring access to behavioral health services for children involved with state agencies (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD1716/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/BPC0
- Campaign site: https://brendancrighton.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorcrighton/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendancrighton
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-crighton-618b168b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77994b2c-f88c-4a5f-bf9d-7abd1875d8dc