Massachusetts Senate · Second Essex and Middlesex District
Barry Finegold
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Barry Finegold's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Massachusetts Senate, Second Essex and Middlesex District.
Also on the ballot: Theodore T. Semesnyei (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Barry Finegold.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Barry Finegold.
Bills
The bills Barry Finegold sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 55 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 3 of 40 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 2 of 35 Democrats (tied with 1 other)
A bill's sponsor is its primary sponsor as the Legislature records it; co-sponsors aren't counted, and a bill a committee reported in a new draft counts for no one.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| S.3230 Authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were acquired… |
Became law | Aug. 5, 2026 |
| S.1446 Relative to the residency requirement for the town manager of the town of Tewksbury |
Became law | June 5, 2026 |
| S.2544 Relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover |
Became law | May 19, 2026 |
Budget projects
Massachusetts's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Massachusetts legislators.
Contested votes where they split
6 against the Senate Majority Leader; 7 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Barry Finegold voted on each of the 237 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- malegislature.gov
- barry.finegold@masenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 109-D, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
617-722-1612
Committees
- Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Chair
- Intergovernmental Affairs Vice chair
- Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
- Census
- Housing
- Initiative Petitions Special
- Post Audit and Oversight
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Massachusetts Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Massachusetts Legislature's roll-call records, Feb. 6, 2025 to July 31, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections