# Dave Robertson

Dave Robertson is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House for district 19th Middlesex.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts House, district 19th Middlesex
- Serving since: 2019-01-02
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f3dd7fd8-5d7f-4fa3-b2fe-910e375f2edd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f3dd7fd8-5d7f-4fa3-b2fe-910e375f2edd (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

Robertson voted against the majority of Massachusetts House Democrats 16 times; party unity 85%, in the bottom 5% of the Massachusetts House (average 98.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.15 (standard error 0.01), from 157 donors and 133 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MA 2025–26 session)

234 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Massachusetts House 97.4%). Party unity 85% (98.5%). 16 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 54. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts House 4.0%; rank 109 of 147).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 2681: An Act relative to Constitutional rights (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2681/
- H 1298: An Act to increase enrollment in affordable health plan networks (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1298/
- H 1028: An Act relative to the protection of our drinking water from nitrosodimethylamine (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1028/
- H 1297: An Act relative to colon screenings (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1297/
- H 1299: An Act to increase enrollment in affordable health plan networks (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H1299/
- H 2948: An Act regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2948/
- H 2518: An Act relative to environmental public health (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2518/
- HD 3209: An Act to ensure senior care organization quality and accountability (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/HD3209/
- H 2160: An Act relative to the confidentiality of communications of information of labor organizations (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H2160/
- H 788: An Act to ensure senior care organization quality and accountability (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/H788/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,500 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/D_R1
- X: https://x.com/Rep_Robertson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057886485962
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertsonforrep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f3dd7fd8-5d7f-4fa3-b2fe-910e375f2edd