# Donald Wong

Donald Wong is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House for district 9th Essex.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 9th Essex
- Serving since: 2011-01-05
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e8071049-2a8d-4633-b6cb-c1f6ae83bb7a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8071049-2a8d-4633-b6cb-c1f6ae83bb7a (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

Wong voted against the majority of Massachusetts House Republicans 14 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom 5% of the Massachusetts House (average 98.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 189 donors and 131 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 87% (98.5%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-22 · voted nay · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 45.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HD 6375: An Act tax exemption for veteran organizations (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD6375/
- H 4215: An Act regarding the disability pension of Christopher Taylor (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H4215/
- H 5048: An Act allowing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers (in committee, 2020-10-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H5048/
- H 5049: An Act authorizing the town of Saugus to designate a check-off box on it's municipal tax bills or motor vehicle excise tax bills for the Saugus Emergency… (in committee, 2020-11-02) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H5049/
- HD 4665: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Susan Brown, an employee of the Department of Mass Health (in committee, 2019-12-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/HD4665/
- HD 4122: An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of Lynn as the Army SPC Antonio J. Syrakos foot bridge (in committee, 2019-05-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/HD4122/
- H 3743: An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of Lynn as the Army SPC Antonio J. Syrakos foot bridge (in committee, 2020-02-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H3743/
- H 1584: An Act relative to towing and storage of a motor vehicle (in committee, 2019-10-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H1584/
- H 2017: An Act governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service (in committee, 2020-02-24) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H2017/
- H 3188: An Act relative to the study of traffic on route one (in committee, 2020-03-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/191st/H3188/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DHW1
- X: https://x.com/RepDonaldWong
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008581985004
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donald_h_wong/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8071049-2a8d-4633-b6cb-c1f6ae83bb7a