# Stephen Lynch

Stephen Lynch is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Massachusetts’s 8th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Massachusetts’s 8th district
- Serving since: 2001-10-23
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: L000562
- FEC candidate IDs: H2MA09072, S0MA00083

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000562 (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

92% of Lynch’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Massachusetts, in the top 5% of House Democrats.

## What Lynch says (119th Congress (2025–27))

557 classified statements: 498 posts on X, 33 Congressional Record speeches, 25 press releases, 1 newsletter. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lynch | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.6% | 6.6% | 88 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 28.7% | 27.5% | 105 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 67.2% | 73.2% | 176 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.1% | 9.8% | 80 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 19.9% | 22.7% | 126 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.9% | 186 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 22% (House Democrats 16%); Health 16% (House Democrats 26%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.4% (House Democrats 8.9%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (House Democrats 20%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.01), from 2,036 donors and 7,327 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 94.9% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 96.0% (96.4%). 21 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 536. 13.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 21 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1549: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American… (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1549
- H.J.Res. 184: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/184
- H.R. 8666: Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8666
- H.R. 8053: DPA Emerging Technology Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8053
- H.R. 7183: Youth Financial Learning Act (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7183
- H.Res. 973: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the designation of the "Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing… (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/973
- H.R. 6556: Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness Act (passed one chamber, 2026-07-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6556
- H.R. 6269: Modular Housing Production Act (in committee, 2025-11-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6269
- H.R. 5915: K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5915
- H.R. 5683: Military Consumer Protection Task Force Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-10-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5683

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.1M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 5.2% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 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.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2111296606519591208
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2110397778052399159
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2108627609860841914
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107870135545442658
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107905782448554410
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107935950412091845
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107526217779843300
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107157093019001285
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2107200116859773094
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenLynch/status/2106770331956363283

## Links

- Official site: https://lynch.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepStephenLynch
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repstephenlynch
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repstephenlynch
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RepLynch
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000562

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000562