# Paul Mark

Paul Mark is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate for district Berkshire.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Massachusetts Senate, district Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fd5aaac8-48f5-42c2-82a8-abaf6c5de650

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fd5aaac8-48f5-42c2-82a8-abaf6c5de650 (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

Mark sits at −1.32 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.32 (standard error 0.02), from 843 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.8% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 114 bills: 112 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 236. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Massachusetts Senate 2.0%; rank 37 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 3281: An Act authorizing the town of Heath to continue the employment of a call member of the Heath fire department (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3281/
- S 3280: An Act authorizing the town of Heath to continue the employment of the fire chief (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3280/
- S 3269: An Act authorizing the town of Charlemont to continue the employment of fire department members Douglas Annear and Barry Purinton (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3269/
- S 3264: Amendment S.3264 (introduced, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3264/
- S 3207: Amendment S.3207 (introduced, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S3207/
- SD 3878: An Act relative to labor rights of chief probation officers (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3878/
- SD 3596: An Act to amend the sewer district in the town of Colrain (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3596/
- SD 3193: An Act promoting fair tax treatment for zero-emission vehicles (in committee, 2025-09-18) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/SD3193/
- S 2694: An Act promoting fair tax treatment for zero-emission vehicles (in committee, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2694/
- S 2861: An Act creating a special commission to examine school bus safety (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ma/bills/194th/S2861/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $62.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/PWM0
- Campaign site: https://www.votepaulmark.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectPaulMark
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sen_paul_mark/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mark-2b4116a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fd5aaac8-48f5-42c2-82a8-abaf6c5de650