Endorsements

Massachusetts Voters for Animals (MVFA) is the nonpartisan political arm of the animal protection movement in Massachusetts and the only animal organization in the state that can influence elections for animal protection since other non-profits are prohibited by law from endorsing candidates or campaigning in elections.

We support candidates regardless of party based on a single criterion: their support for animal protection. We publicize our endorsements to our mailing list and when possible help mobilize volunteers in key races. We also raise money from compassionate citizens and at times donate to certain local or state campaigns.

MVFA creates a questionnaire that requests candidates’ positions on a variety of animal protection issues. MVFA also asks candidates if they have taken action in either their public or private lives on behalf of animals, whether they would favor legislation for animals despite arguments for commercial and economic benefit from animal exploitation, and if they view animal protection as a core value. If the candidate has held elected office, MVFA also reviews their record.

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CURRENT ENDORSEMENTS - 2026:

Please check back for additional endorsements

The following people have primary races (Sept 1):

Rep. Mike Connolly
26th Middlesex - Consisting of Ward 1 Precinct 3, Ward 2 Precincts 1, 2, 3A, Ward 3 Precincts 1, 2, 3, Ward 4 Precinct 1, Ward 5 Precincts 1, 3, Ward 6 Precincts 1, and 1A, all of the city of Cambridge, Ward 1 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, and Ward 2 Precinct 1A of the city of Somerville.

Rep. Dave Rogers
24th Middlesex - Consisting of Precincts 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12, all of the town of Arlington, the town of Belmont, and Ward 11 Precincts 1, and 3, all of the city of Cambridge.

Rep. Sam Montaño
15th Suffolk - Consisting of Ward 10 Precincts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Ward 11 Precincts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Ward 19 Precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, of the city of Boston.

Rep. Tara Hong
18th Middlesex - Consisting of Ward 1 Precinct 1A, Ward 4 Precincts 3, 4A, Ward 5 Precinct 1A, Ward 6, Precincts 1, 2, 3A, 4, Ward 7 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, Ward 8 Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 4, of the city of Lowell.

Rep. Angelo Puppolo
12th Hampden - Consisting of Precincts 1, 2A, 3A, and 4A, of the town of East Longmeadow, Precinct A of the town of Monson, Ward 5 Precincts D, G, Ward 7 Precincts B, C, D, E, F, G, H1, Ward 8 Precincts B1, and G, of the city of Springfield, and the town of Wilbraham.

Rep. Lisa Field
3rd Bristol - Consisting of Precinct 4A, 5, and 6, of the town of Easton, and Ward 1 Precincts A, B, Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 7 and Ward 8, of the city of Taunton.

Rep. Christine Barber (running for Senate)
Second Middlesex Senate district - Consisting of the city of Cambridge, Ward 7 Precinct 1, Ward 8 Precinct 1, Ward 10, Ward 11, the city of Medford, the city of Somerville and the town of Winchester, Precincts 4, 5, 6, 7.

Senator William Brownsberger
Suffolk and Middlesex - Consisting of the city of Boston, Ward 4 Precincts 10, 10A, 12, Ward 5 Precincts 2, 10, 12, 15, Ward 21, Ward 22, in the county of Suffolk; and the city of Cambridge, Ward 8 Precinct 2, Ward 9, the city known as the town of Watertown and the town of Belmont in the county of Middlesex.

Rep. Rich Haggerty
30th Middlesex - Consisting of Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of the town of Reading, and Ward 1 Precinct 2A, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4, Ward 5, and Ward 6, of the city of Woburn, in the county of Middlesex.

Stephen Leibowitz
1st Barnstable - Brewster, the town of Dennis and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8, of the town of Yarmouth.

Senator Bill Driscoll
Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol - Consisting of the city known as the town of Braintree, Precincts 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B1, 4A, 5A, 5B, 6B, and the city known as the town of Randolph, Precincts 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and the towns of Milton and Stoughton in the county of Norfolk; the city known as the town of Bridgewater and the town West Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth; and the town of Easton in the county of Bristol.

The following have a general race (Nov 3):

Rep. Jim Hawkins
2nd Bristol - Consisting of Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3 Precinct A, Ward 4, Ward 5 and Ward 6, of the city of Attleboro.

Rep. Brian Ashe
2nd Hampden - Consisting of Precincts 2, 3, 4, and 5, of the town of East Longmeadow, the towns of Hampden, Longmeadow and Precincts B and C, of the town of Monson, and Ward 6 Precincts C and D, of the city of Springfield.

Rep. Margaret Scarsdale
1st Middlesex - Consisting of the towns of Ashby and Dunstable, Precincts 2, 3, of the town of Groton, and the towns of Pepperell and Townsend, all in the county of Middlesex; and Precincts A, B1, C, and D, of the town of Lunenburg.

Rep. William MacGregor
10th Suffolk - Consisting of Precinct 16, of the town of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk; Ward 10 Precinct 9A, Ward 19 Precincts 2, 3, 8, Ward 20 Precincts 1-2, 4-20, of the city of Boston.

Senator Jake Oliveira
Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester - Consisting of the city of Chicopee, Ward 1 Precincts A, B, Ward 6 Precincts A, B, Ward 8, Precinct B, Ward 9 Precinct B, the city of Palmer and the city of Springfield, Ward 6 Precincts B, D, Ward 7 Precincts B, C, D, E, F, G, H1, and the towns of East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Wilbraham, Belchertown, Granby and South Hadley and Warren.

Rep. Kristen Kassner
2nd Essex - Consisting of the towns of Georgetown, Hamilton, Ipswich, Newbury, and Rowley, and Precinct 1, of the town of Topsfield.

Rep. Ryan Hamilton
15th Essex - Consisting of Ward 2 Precincts 1, 2, Ward 5 Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 3, Ward 7 Precincts 1, 2, 2A, and 3A, in the city of Haverhill, and Precincts 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, of the city of Methuen.

Rep. Michelle Badger
1st Plymouth - Consisting of Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, of the town of Plymouth.

Senator Jamie Eldridge
Middlesex and Worcester - Consisting of the city of Marlborough and the towns of Acton, Ayer, Boxborough, Hudson, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, Harvard and Southborough.

Sarah Hewins
2nd Plymouth state rep district- parts of Carver, Wareham, and Precincts 3, 6, and 7A of Middleborough.

Lori Childs
5th Plymouth state rep district- Hanover and Rockland, Precinct 1, of the town of Hanson, and Precincts 1, and 2, of the town of Norwell.

Joseph Markey
20th Middlesex state rep district - Lynnfield, Precincts 1, 2A, and 3, of the town of Middleton, North Reading, and Precincts 1, 7, and 8, of the town of Reading

Ravi Simon
13th Middlesex state rep district - Precincts 3, and 4, in the town of Concord, Precinct 1, of the town of Lincoln, Ward 1 Precincts 1, 2, Ward 2 Precinct 2A, and Ward 7 Precinct 2A of the city of Marlborough, the town of Sudbury, and Precincts 1, and 4, of the town of Wayland.

Senator Vanna Howard
17th Middlesex - Consisting of Ward 3, Ward 4 Precincts 1, 2, 3A, Ward 5 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, Ward 6, Precincts 3, 4A, Ward 7 Precinct 3A, and Ward 8 Precinct 4A, of the city of Lowell, and Precinct 1, of the town of Tewksbury.

Senator Mark Montigny
Second Bristol and Plymouth - Consisting of the city of New Bedford and the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett.

PAST ENDORSEMENTS:

Special election - 2025
Lisa Field (D) for state representative in the 3rd Bristol District (district consists of Precincts 4A, 5, and 6 in the south-west part of Easton, and Ward 1 Precincts A, B, Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 7 and Ward 8 in the west side of Taunton)

General Election State Legislative Races - 2024
endorsements have been made in contested races only

• denotes victory 11/5/24

Endorsements to date/HOUSE:

5th Barnstable
Representative Steven G. Xiarhos*

3rd Berkshire
Leigh Davis*

1st Bristol
Kostas Loukos

2nd Bristol
Representative Jim Hawkins*

14th Bristol
Representative Adam Scanlon*

2nd Essex
Representative Kristen Kassner*

5th Essex
Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante*

4th Hampden
Bridget Matthews Kane

1st Middlesex
Representative Margaret Scarsdale*

11th Middlesex
Amy Sangiolo*

17th Middlesex
Representative Vanna Howard*

7th Norfolk
Clinton Graham

13th Norfolk
William Dermody

1st Plymouth
Michelle Badger*

2nd Plymouth
Sarah Hewins

6th Plymouth
Becky Coletta

9th Plymouth
Bridget Plouffe*

12th Plymouth
Kathleen LaNatra*

10th Suffolk
Representative William MacGregor*

1st Worcester
Representative Kimberly Ferguson*

4th Worcester
Representative Natalie Higgins*

Endorsements to date/SENATE:

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, Hampshire
Senator Paul Mark*

2nd Essex
Senator Joan Lovely*

1st Middlesex
Senator Edward Kennedy*

Norfolk, Worcester & Middlesex
Senator Becca Rausch*

3rd Suffolk
Senator Lydia Edwards*

Endorsed primary winners with no general election opponent:

11th Essex
Sean Reid - won primary (no general election opponent)

11th Plymouth
Representative Rita Mendes - won primary (no general election opponent)

8th Suffolk
Representative Jay Livingstone - won primary (no general election opponent)

7th Middlesex
Representative Jack Patrick Lewis - won primary (no general election opponent)

Norfolk, Plymouth & Bristol (Senate)
Bill Driscoll, Jr. (current State Rep) - won primary (no general election opponent)

Hampden (Senate)
Senator Adam Gomez - won primary (no general election opponent)

2nd Bristol and Plymouth (Senate)
Mark Montigny - won primary (no general election opponent)

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