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Massachusetts State Missed
Votes Scorecard

2%
In Massachusetts, the average Senate missed 2% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
MA Second Middlesex and Norfolk D Karen Spilka
62%
69 112 1
MA Third Middlesex D Michael Barrett
11%
12 112 2
MA First Suffolk and Middlesex D Joseph Boncore
0%
0 72 3
MA Second Plymouth and Bristol D Michael Brady
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Suffolk and Middlesex D William Brownsberger
0%
0 112 3
MA First Worcester D Harriette Chandler
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Suffolk D Sonia Chang-Diaz
0%
0 112 3
MA First Suffolk D Nick Collins
0%
0 112 3
MA Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester D Joanne Comerford
0%
0 112 3
MA First Middlesex and Norfolk D Cynthia Creem
0%
0 112 3
MA Third Essex D Brendan Crighton
0%
0 112 3
MA Worcester and Middlesex D John Cronin
0%
0 112 3
MA Cape and Islands D Julian Cyr
0%
0 112 3
MA Middlesex and Suffolk D Salvatore DiDomenico
0%
0 112 3
MA First Essex D Diana DiZoglio
0%
0 112 3
MA Middlesex and Worcester D James Eldridge
0%
0 112 3
MA Worcester and Norfolk R Ryan Fattman
0%
0 112 3
MA Bristol and Norfolk D Paul Feeney
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Essex and Middlesex D Barry Finegold
0%
0 112 3
MA Fourth Middlesex D Cindy Friedman
0%
0 112 3
MA Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex D Anne Gobi
0%
0 112 3
MA Hampden D Adam Gomez
0%
0 112 3
MA Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden D Adam Hinds
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Middlesex D Patricia Jehlen
0%
0 112 3
MA Norfolk and Plymouth D John Keenan
0%
0 112 3
MA First Middlesex D Edward Kennedy
0%
0 112 3
MA First Hampden and Hampshire D Eric Lesser
0%
0 112 3
MA Fifth Middlesex D Jason Lewis
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Essex D Joan Lovely
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Bristol and Plymouth D Mark Montigny
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Worcester D Michael Moore
0%
0 112 3
MA Plymouth and Barnstable D Susan Moran
0%
0 112 3
MA Plymouth and Norfolk R Patrick O'Connor
0%
0 112 3
MA First Plymouth and Bristol D Marc Pacheco
0%
0 112 3
MA Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex D Rebecca Rausch
0%
0 112 3
MA First Bristol and Plymouth D Michael Rodrigues
0%
0 112 3
MA Norfolk and Suffolk D Michael Rush
0%
0 112 3
MA First Essex and Middlesex R Bruce Tarr
0%
0 112 3
MA Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth D Walter Timilty
0%
0 112 3
MA Second Hampden and Hampshire D John Velis
0%
0 112 3
Methodology

The 2021 Massachusetts Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – MASSACHUSETTS 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Massachusetts’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 112 votes in the Massachusetts Senate and 66 votes in the Massachusetts House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/28/2021 – 11/17/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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