# Paul Feeney

Paul Feeney is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Bristol and Norfolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Bristol and Norfolk
- Serving since: 2017-11-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b390af07-1fa2-4516-b8f0-b6bd1b62121a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b390af07-1fa2-4516-b8f0-b6bd1b62121a (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

Feeney sits at −0.90 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 81% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Feeney 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 Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Feeney | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 50.0% | 2.4% | 1 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 100.0% | 10.3% | 1 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 42.9% | 1 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 50% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Health 50% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.90 (standard error 0.03), from 576 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 232 bills: 230 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 188. 1.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 18 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3266: An Act authorizing the town of Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises (passed one chamber, 2026-09-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3266/
- S 3226: Amendment S.3226 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3226/
- S 3174: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3174/
- S 3123: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3123/
- S 3104: RESOLUTIONS RESPONDING TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT’S ORDER OF MAY 7, 2026, AND ENHANCING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3104/
- S 3079: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3079/
- S 3081: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3081/
- S 3080: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3080/
- SD 3845: An Act to ensure fairness in retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Correction (in committee, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3845/
- S 2990: Financial Services -- Extension Order (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2990/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 94% 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.

- 2025-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/paulfeeneyma/status/1978252233746559143
- 2025-01-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/paulfeeneyma/status/1882134833545326678

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PRF0
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorfeeney.com/
- X: https://x.com/paulfeeneyma
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorpaulfeeney/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulfeeneyma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-feeney-b6525aa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b390af07-1fa2-4516-b8f0-b6bd1b62121a