# Danny Ryan Danny Ryan is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 2nd Suffolk. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Massachusetts House, district 2nd Suffolk - Serving since: 2014-04-16 - Current term: MA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c0519476-08fc-44af-9114-c77d197f883d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0519476-08fc-44af-9114-c77d197f883d (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 Ryan sits at −0.88 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 82% of State House Democrats. ## What Ryan says (MA 2025–26 session) 29 classified statements: 29 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 | Ryan | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 756 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.03), from 835 donors and 132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MA 2025–26 session) 234 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (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 not voting · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 17. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147). Recent sponsored bills: - H 5321: An Act empowering municipalities and local governments (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5321/ - H 4253: An Act relative to elected terms and municipal years (in committee, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4253/ - H 1305: An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications (in committee, 2025-09-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1305/ - H 2329: An Act to support the equitable utilization of third party consultants in land use determinations (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2329/ - H 3773: An Act relative to mobile carrying devices (in committee, 2025-11-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3773/ - H 1306: An Act ensuring transparency in the practice of dental leased networks (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1306/ - H 2165: An Act relative to apprenticeship programs (in committee, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2165/ - HD 3905: An Act relative to updating construction safety standards (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3905/ - H 1404: An Act to improve patient care through integrated electronic health records (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1404/ - H 3231: An Act relative to National Guard state tax exemption (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3231/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $93.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% 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. - 2025-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1975292639764488360 - 2025-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1973198196542238956 - 2025-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1969196963502420377 - 2025-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1967933864455835801 - 2025-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1968084955487248450 - 2025-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1964463123592806563 - 2025-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1964463407572394427 - 2025-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1964463591563927657 - 2025-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1956152146573058405 - 2025-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanRyan/status/1955034863980990942 ## Links - Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/djr1 - Campaign site: https://www.repdanryan.com/ - X: https://x.com/RepDanRyan - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danryanforrep - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepdanryan/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-ryan-a206303/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0519476-08fc-44af-9114-c77d197f883d