# Carole Fiola Carole Fiola is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 6th Bristol. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 6th Bristol - Serving since: 2013-09-25 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/af41924a-7c46-4b6b-b71b-bba683c62c5f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/af41924a-7c46-4b6b-b71b-bba683c62c5f (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 Fiola reported $136.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). ## What Fiola says (MA 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 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 | Fiola | 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 | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 50.0% | 14.4% | 7 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.03), from 713 donors and 128 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-07-22 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 54. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 5495: Resolutions designating August 8th and 9th, 2026 as the sales tax holiday (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5495/ - H 5465: An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5465/ - HD 6086: An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated… (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6086/ - H 5431: An Act relative to firefighter staffing (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5431/ - HD 6022: An Act relative to firefighter staffing (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6022/ - H 4220: Resolutions designating August 9th and 10th, 2025 as the sales tax holiday (in committee, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4220/ - H 4071: An Act relative to authorizing the conveyance of certain parcels of land in the city of Fall River (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4071/ - HD 3101: An Act relative to training of mandated reporters (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3101/ - H 3093: An Act relative to the electronic filing of certain forms used in property valuation (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3093/ - H 574: An Act relative to the use of mobile devices in public school districts (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H574/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $136.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% 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. - 2025-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolefiola/status/1884732605716652359 - 2025-01-29 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/carolefiola/status/1884734643754123739 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/CAF1 - Campaign site: https://electcarole.com/ - X: https://x.com/carolefiola - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carole.fiola.3 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carole.fiola.3/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carole-fiola-553bb16/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/af41924a-7c46-4b6b-b71b-bba683c62c5f