# Dan Sena

Dan Sena is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 37th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 37th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2020-06-10
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8f480d9c-0741-43bb-83a4-179745e1f3b2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f480d9c-0741-43bb-83a4-179745e1f3b2 (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

Sena sits at −0.39 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 82% of State House Democrats.

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

6 classified statements: 6 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 | Sena | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 16.7% | 39.2% | 661 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 14.4% | 62 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 541 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% 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%). 1 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 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 436. 3.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 54 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5609: An Act relative to the retirement classification of Crystal Swinimer's, an employee of the Middlesex county sheriff's office (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5609/
- HD 6275: An Act relative to the retirement classification of Crystal Swinimer's, an employee of the Middlesex county sheriff's office (in committee, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6275/
- HD 4992: An Act relative to the Governor’s authority to regulate outside Milita activity (in committee, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4992/
- H 4174: An Act relative to the Ayer Library (passed both chambers, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4174/
- H 4115: An Act relative to preventing immigration reporting and ensuring the right to legal counsel (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4115/
- H 3936: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Richard Curley, an employee of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3936/
- HD 4421: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Richard Curley, an employee of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4421/
- H 699: An Act to strengthen suicide prevention in schools (in committee, 2025-10-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H699/
- H 704: An Act increasing the Commonwealth's share of the education foundation budget (in committee, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H704/
- H 700: An Act to provide universal school meals to commonwealth virtual schools (in committee, 2025-07-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H700/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $45.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2025-01-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1882929081513279779
- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1881401679473688783
- 2025-01-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1880372741255336356
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1879202383286399283
- 2025-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1876680754559590404
- 2025-01-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/repdansenama/status/1874622565173608864

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DAS1
- Campaign site: https://repdansena.com/
- X: https://x.com/repdansenama
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dansenaforstaterep/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danillo.a.sena/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f480d9c-0741-43bb-83a4-179745e1f3b2