# Peter Durant

Peter Durant is a Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Worcester and Hampshire.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Worcester and Hampshire
- Serving since: 2023-11-29
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c674060b-4568-43fa-b72d-0921f4876713

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c674060b-4568-43fa-b72d-0921f4876713 (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

101% of Durant’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Massachusetts, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Durant says (MA 2025–26 session)

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Durant | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 40.0% | 37.3% | 161 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Finance and Financial Sector 50% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 50% (State Senate Republicans 0.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.69 (standard error 0.04), from 789 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 97 bills: 97 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 181. 4.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 6 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3160: An Act relative to the dissolution of the Holmes Park Water District (became law, 2026-08-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3160/
- S 2958: An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain land in the town of Brookfield (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2958/
- SD 3276: An Act establishing the Massachusetts Digital Settlement Sandbox Program (in committee, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3276/
- SD 3176: An Act relative to hardship licenses for second offenders under the operating under the influence statute (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3176/
- SD 3155: An Act relative to creditable service for Vincent Provencher (in committee, 2025-08-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3155/
- S 2128: An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain land in the town of Brookfield (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2128/
- S 1968: An Act relative to the small businesses operated on leased commonwealth property (in committee, 2025-11-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S1968/
- S 1519: An Act relative to medical records requests (in committee, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S1519/
- S 2386: An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates (in committee, 2025-12-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2386/
- SD 629: An Act relative to sanctuary policies in the commonwealth (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD629/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $85.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 101% 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.

- 2026-02-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/DurantForSenate/status/2022414879160955146
- 2025-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DurantForSenate/status/1968740905348694251
- 2025-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/DurantForSenate/status/1968741471332315214
- 2025-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DurantForSenate/status/1962482487868764512
- 2025-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/DurantForSenate/status/1958150625893433507

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PJD0
- Campaign site: https://peterdurant.com/
- X: https://x.com/DurantForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjdurant
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatordurant/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-durant-21904a35/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c674060b-4568-43fa-b72d-0921f4876713