# Margaret Scarsdale

Margaret Scarsdale is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 1st Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 1st Middlesex
- Serving since: 2023-01-18
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a25fd374-e502-43bb-91fe-99c4b6c493a5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a25fd374-e502-43bb-91fe-99c4b6c493a5 (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

Scarsdale missed 6.4% of 234 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Massachusetts House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.04), from 631 donors and 132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 99.0% (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 not voting · 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 392. 4.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 46 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5532: An Act authorizing the town of Groton to prohibit the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (in committee, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5532/
- HD 6038: An Act amending the sick leave bank for Matthew McRae, an employee of the department of state police (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6038/
- H 5557: An Act amending the sick leave bank for Matthew McRae, an employee of the department of state police (in committee, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5557/
- H 4795: An Act amending the charter for the town of Groton (became law, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4795/
- H 498: An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H498/
- H 3415: An Act relative to contractor liability for unpermitted construction (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3415/
- H 497: An Act relative to rail-trail construction (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H497/
- H 1320: An Act relative to reducing the administrative burden for preauthorization (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1320/
- H 1044: Resolve establishing a special commission to study climate change staffing levels (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1044/
- HD 3953: An Act relative to reducing the administrative burden for preauthorization (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3953/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MRS1
- Campaign site: https://www.margaretscarsdale.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepScarsdale
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representativescarsdale/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-scarsdale-286524185/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a25fd374-e502-43bb-91fe-99c4b6c493a5