# Tara Hong

Tara Hong is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 18th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 18th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e5b9b2d0-1626-4151-93cf-73c16035a584

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5b9b2d0-1626-4151-93cf-73c16035a584 (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

Hong sits at −0.41 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 80% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 697 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 260. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5508: An Act relative to veterans’ housing stability (in committee, 2026-07-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H5508/
- HD 6191: An Act relative to veterans’ housing stability (in committee, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6191/
- HD 5307: An Act ensuring uniform faithful presidential electors (in committee, 2025-11-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD5307/
- H 1526: An Act establishing a rent stabilization commission (in committee, 2026-09-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1526/
- H 3129: An Act aligning the long-term capital gains tax rate with the short-term capital gains tax rate (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3129/
- H 771: An Act relative to intergenerational community engagement (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H771/
- H 603: An Act relative to enhancing civic education in Massachusetts public schools (in committee, 2025-12-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H603/
- H 3506: An Act relative to digital inclusion for seniors (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3506/
- H 3850: An Act establishing the Massachusetts veterans service dog program (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H3850/
- HD 381: An Act relative to digital inclusion for seniors (introduced) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD381/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.3K (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/TTH1
- Campaign site: https://www.tarahong.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/State-Rep-Tara-Hong/61568587761293/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Votefortarahong
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarahongforstaterep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-hong-8831471b5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5b9b2d0-1626-4151-93cf-73c16035a584