# Michelle Badger

Michelle Badger is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 1st Plymouth.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 1st Plymouth
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a0c80d02-beb0-42c3-b7ff-31fc0d5351f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0c80d02-beb0-42c3-b7ff-31fc0d5351f5 (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

Badger sits at −0.25 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 446 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 98.1% (98.5%). 2 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 231. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 42 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5013: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program (in committee, 2026-07-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5013/
- H 5012: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5012/
- HD 5510: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5510/
- HD 5511: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5511/
- HD 5254: An Act relative to a transfer of retirement benefits for Valeria D'Orazio an associate professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5254/
- H 4977: An Act relative to a transfer of retirement benefits for Valeria D'Orazio an associate professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4977/
- H 4565: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Marie Letendre (became law, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4565/
- HD 5128: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Marie Letendre (in committee, 2025-09-25) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5128/
- H 4696: An Act establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4696/
- HD 4717: An Act establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors (in committee, 2025-10-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4717/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $87.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MLB1/Biography
- Campaign site: https://badgerforplymouth.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Committee-to-Elect-Michelle-Badger-for-State-Rep-61554712894395/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badgerforplymouth/#
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badgerforplymouth

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0c80d02-beb0-42c3-b7ff-31fc0d5351f5