# Frank Moran

Frank Moran is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 17th Essex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 17th Essex
- Serving since: 2013-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8c42603e-4483-44f1-995f-5956fa09c73c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c42603e-4483-44f1-995f-5956fa09c73c (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

The policy areas Moran talks about and legislates on agree at 0.40 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

98 classified statements: 98 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 | Moran | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 2.0% | 10.4% | 603 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 41.8% | 39.2% | 355 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 2.9% | 254 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 28.6% | 14.4% | 100 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 32% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 32% (State House Democrats 15%); Transportation and Public Works 17% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Housing and Community Development 15% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Families 9.8% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 469 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 57. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5565: An Act authorizing and directing the retirement board of the city of Lawrence to grant credible service to Lawrence police officer Abel Cano Jr (in committee, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5565/
- H 4686: An Act relative to Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4686/
- HD 4484: An Act relative to Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome (in committee, 2025-10-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4484/
- H 3534: An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections (in committee, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3534/
- H 3195: An Act regarding a sales tax exemption (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3195/
- H 2672: An Act relative to firearm industry accountability and gun violence victims’ access to justice (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2672/
- H 1899: An Act related to educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1899/
- H 92: An Act creating the Massachusetts digital equity broadband adoption program (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H92/
- HD 2931: An Act to support community-based schools (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD2931/
- H 3196: An Act to reform the healthcare cost benchmark (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3196/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% 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.

- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2081744660238639166
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2072795586932215831
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2072795591415832781
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2072795595652075995
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2072795599464771987
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2062712768516509798
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2062712771716780069
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2062712775508480078
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2062712780193485041
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepFrankMoran/status/2062712784417169651

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/FAM1
- X: https://x.com/RepFrankMoran
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.moran.752
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electfrankmoran/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c42603e-4483-44f1-995f-5956fa09c73c