# Cynthia Creem

Cynthia Creem is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Norfolk and Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Norfolk and Middlesex
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ece82669-b6f6-4f0f-ae5d-7b238b1cd1dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ece82669-b6f6-4f0f-ae5d-7b238b1cd1dd (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 Creem talks about and legislates on agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

40 classified statements: 40 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Creem | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 10.3% | 139 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 52.5% | 42.9% | 116 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.0% | 3.4% | 19 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 55.0% | 16.1% | 2 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Environmental Protection 24% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Health 14% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Commerce 9.5% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.5% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.03), from 485 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 123 bills: 115 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 2.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 13 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3272: Amendment S.3272 (introduced, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3272/
- S 3249: An Act authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes (passed one chamber, 2026-08-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3249/
- S 3203: Amendment S.3203 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3203/
- S 3218: Amendment S.3218 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3218/
- S 3205: Amendment S.3205 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3205/
- S 3204: Amendment S.3204 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3204/
- S 3142: An Act removing the term hearing impaired from the General Laws (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3142/
- S 3092: An Act authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3092/
- SD 3608: Order relative to a convention of the two branches (introduced, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3608/
- S 1057: An Act relative to fentanyl test strips (passed one chamber, 2025-10-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S1057/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2025-05-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1925554768262377557
- 2025-05-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1925592127502774371
- 2025-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1924517464898961437
- 2025-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1924227553507582216
- 2025-05-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1923398858534457537
- 2025-05-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1922715835572871329
- 2025-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1920562730508906597
- 2025-05-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1920157318534009125
- 2025-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1918818736607199547
- 2025-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cindycreem/status/1917309888646279359

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/CSC0
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorcindycreem.com/
- X: https://x.com/cindycreem
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorcindycreem/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorcindycreem
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judithmckinnon/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ece82669-b6f6-4f0f-ae5d-7b238b1cd1dd