# Ryan Fattman

Ryan Fattman is a Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Worcester and Hampden.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Worcester and Hampden
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/edebef62-78d9-4f8b-a94d-65a29dbc09f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/edebef62-78d9-4f8b-a94d-65a29dbc09f6 (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

Fattman sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 82% of State Senate Republicans.

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

10 classified statements: 10 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fattman | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 10.0% | 2.3% | 18 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 9.5% | 56 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 20.0% | 37.3% | 284 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 100% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 100% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 100% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 951 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 203 bills: 202 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 148. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 16 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SD 4054: An Act relative to passenger vanity plates (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD4054/
- S 3031: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office (became law, 2026-07-07) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3031/
- S 3051: An Act relative to a certain retirement benefit to be paid to the surviving spouse of fallen officer, Stephen LaPorta, of the police department of the town of… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3051/
- SD 3759: An Act relative to youth social media safety (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3759/
- SD 3754: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3754/
- S 3099: An Act relative to wakesurfing (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3099/
- SD 3462: An Act relative to wakesurfing (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3462/
- SD 3320: An Act relative to vehicle inspection stickers (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3320/
- S 2668: An Act relative to the Monson select board (in committee, 2025-12-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2668/
- SD 3315: An Act relative to insurance coverage (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3315/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2025-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1919040791797719225
- 2025-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1919040926631993817
- 2025-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1919041202319417555
- 2025-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1919050427720429583
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1905693402714509456
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1905729466556645661
- 2025-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1905014572081135659
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1879689323161026792
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1879160506298311133
- 2025-01-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ryanfattman/status/1876596717350490258

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RCF0
- X: https://x.com/ryanfattman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.fattman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-c-fattman-40166b103/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/edebef62-78d9-4f8b-a94d-65a29dbc09f6