# Jason Lewis

Jason Lewis is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Fifth Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Fifth Middlesex
- Serving since: 2014-04-16
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/92a770ae-a348-4f86-92ad-c4a8ebc568f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/92a770ae-a348-4f86-92ad-c4a8ebc568f6 (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 Lewis talks about and legislates on agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

1,040 classified statements: 1,040 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lewis | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.4% | 157 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 8.6% | 10.3% | 156 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 61.4% | 42.9% | 52 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.9% | 3.4% | 147 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 21.8% | 16.1% | 92 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 122 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 37% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 21% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 9.8% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Immigration 9.3% (State Senate Democrats 4.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.02), from 835 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 221 bills: 220 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 380. 0.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 32 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 2934: Education Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2934/
- S 2808: Amendment S.2808 (introduced, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2808/
- S 2770: Education - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2770/
- S 2769: Education - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2769/
- S 2771: Education - Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2771/
- S 2580: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, an employee of the trial court of the commonwealth (became law, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2580/
- SD 3091: An Act to notify employees of an I-9 audit (in committee, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3091/
- S 2665: An Act to notify employees of an I-9 audit (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2665/
- SD 3072: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, an employee of the trial court of the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3072/
- SD 535: An Act to support cannabis equity businesses (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD535/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2114113453094830278
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2113712813541589355
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2113011550801793309
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2113011553779994639
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2113011555763904833
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2113011557055504677
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2112305929106620632
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2112305933506224634
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2112305934756163854
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senjasonlewis/status/2111591585922027549

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/jml0
- Campaign site: https://senatorjasonlewis.com/
- X: https://x.com/senjasonlewis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senjasonlewis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senjasonlewis/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-lewis-683a1a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/92a770ae-a348-4f86-92ad-c4a8ebc568f6