# Mark Cusack

Mark Cusack is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 5th Norfolk.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 5th Norfolk
- Serving since: 2011-01-05
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b51c5c27-7da0-42f5-b67b-22085173af7a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b51c5c27-7da0-42f5-b67b-22085173af7a (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

Cusack sits at −0.91 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 85% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.91 (standard error 0.03), from 518 donors and 132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (98.5%). 0 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 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 35. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5359: An Act to provide equitable access to military creditable service for judges (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5359/
- HD 5999: An Act to provide equitable access to military creditable service for judges (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5999/
- H 4818: Order relative to extending until Wednesday, March 18, 2026 the time within which the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy is authorized to… (in committee, 2025-12-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4818/
- HD 5066: An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5066/
- H 5498: An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5498/
- H 4369: Order relative to extending until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 the time within which the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy is authorized to… (in committee, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4369/
- HD 4810: An Act authorizing automated curb enforcement and improving parking violation procedures (in committee, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD4810/
- H 4402: An Act authorizing automated curb enforcement and improving parking violation procedures (in committee, 2026-08-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4402/
- H 1356: An Act relative to transparency of hospital and health system finances (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1356/
- H 1120: An Act relative to patient access to primary care services (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1120/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $148.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/MJC1
- Campaign site: https://repcusack.com/
- X: https://x.com/repmarkcusack
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcusack4staterep
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repcusack/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b51c5c27-7da0-42f5-b67b-22085173af7a