# Kate Donaghue

Kate Donaghue is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 19th Worcester.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 19th Worcester
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e2aa2c0f-d6e6-49d7-8483-d595a3a1eb3a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2aa2c0f-d6e6-49d7-8483-d595a3a1eb3a (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

Donaghue sits at −0.89 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.89 (standard error 0.03), from 1,024 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 67. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5425: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises (in committee, 2026-07-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5425/
- H 4108: An Act relative to the death of a candidate running for public office (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4108/
- H 3939: An Act relative to music therapy licensure (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3939/
- H 66: Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to oaths of office (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H66/
- H 934: An Act creating special funds for the division of fisheries and wildlife (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H934/
- H 1670: An Act relative to the repeal or reform of certain unenforceable or unconstitutional archaic laws on religion, piety, and morality (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1670/
- H 3319: An Act relative to municipal lobbying (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3319/
- H 2262: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to issue pension obligation bonds or notes (in committee, 2025-07-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2262/
- HD 5308: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to issue pension obligation bonds or notes (in committee, 2024-09-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/HD5308/
- H 5056: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to issue pension obligation bonds or notes (passed one chamber, 2024-12-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/193rd/H5056/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/K_D1
- Campaign site: https://www.katedonaghue.org/
- X: https://x.com/KateDonaghue
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateDonaghue
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-donaghue-022b553/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2aa2c0f-d6e6-49d7-8483-d595a3a1eb3a