# Dan Donahue

Dan Donahue is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 16th Worcester.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 16th Worcester
- Serving since: 2013-09-25
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d70e97f1-b8ec-489d-ab5a-2b7f3775ae8a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d70e97f1-b8ec-489d-ab5a-2b7f3775ae8a (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

The policy areas Donahue talks about and legislates on agree at 0.40 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

61 classified statements: 61 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 | Donahue | 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 | 49.2% | 39.2% | 234 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.6% | 2.9% | 88 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 24.6% | 14.4% | 146 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 17% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Transportation and Public Works 13% (State House Democrats 5.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.04), from 197 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 41. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 1140: An Act to remove barriers to patient care (in committee, 2025-10-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1140/
- H 3084: An Act relative to increasing economic development and business opportunity in the design and manufacture of video games through the use of tax credits (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3084/
- H 3085: An Act providing incentives to the digital interactive media/entertainment industries (in committee, 2026-07-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3085/
- H 3656: An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3656/
- H 3322: An Act relative to regulation of privatization contracts (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3322/
- H 3481: An Act relative to the maximum storage charges on motor vehicles involuntarily towed (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3481/
- H 2406: An Act relative to health care worker and first responder safety (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2406/
- H 224: An Act improving accessibility in the creative economy (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H224/
- H 3321: An Act modernizing microphotographic recording of documents (in committee, 2025-12-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3321/
- H 1141: An Act increasing access to acute hospital at home services (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1141/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.8K (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.

- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2108217698723504541
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2098111556533846234
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2091961061314375787
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2086896090171797926
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2085069422297804941
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2082161468972110012
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2079290908969689366
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2077470444987248677
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2072712225622507739
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDanDonahue/status/2072420170325279133

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DMD1
- Campaign site: https://www.repdandonahue.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepDanDonahue
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDanielDonahue
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel.m.donahue

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d70e97f1-b8ec-489d-ab5a-2b7f3775ae8a