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Stephen F. Lynch

Stephen F. Lynch

U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 8th districtD-MA-8

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645

recorded votes

0

bills sponsored

25

cosponsored

4%

votes missed

2001

first took office

The numbers

based on decisive floor votes
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Agrees with you

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100%

Kept their word

11 kept · 0 broken

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Sides with constituents

not enough local votes yet

96%

Votes with party

617 roll calls

“Agrees with you” compares your recorded position on a bill against this member's vote on the bill's decisive roll call — passage or an equivalent up-or-down vote, not procedural motions. Abstentions are excluded rather than counted as disagreement.

Who funds them

FEC filings, 2024 + 2026 cycles

$674k

from PACs

338

contributions

$2,000

moved between their own committees

A PAC can give a candidate up to $10,000 per election cycle — $5,000 for the primary and $5,000 for the general — so totals spanning two cycles run to about $20,000 at the top end. Occasional larger figures usually mean a special election or a runoff, which counts as another election.

Money moved between committees the candidate controls — a House campaign fund transferred to a Senate run, for instance. It isn't a donation from anyone and isn't counted as one.

The PAC figures above are the organizations' own contributions only. Earmarked money they merely carried is listed separately, and independent expenditures separately again — they aren't gifts to the campaign, and money spent against a member would otherwise appear as backing. Source: FEC bulk filings ↗

Individuals vs PACs

FEC filings, 2026 cycle
From individuals$299k · 31%
From PACs$674k · 69%

7%

from outside Massachusetts

8%

in gifts under $200

24

maximum contributions

$275k

itemised, from 269 gifts

That's state, not district. ZIP codes straddle congressional districts, so placing a donation inside one would be a guess — and this site doesn't guess. For a House member, treat the out-of-state figure as a floor: some of the in-state money came from outside the district too.

Where their donors work

  • Mass General Hospital3 donors$8,000
  • Forward Financing2 donors$7,000
  • National Development8 donors$5,200
  • Cashman Constructors2 donors$5,000
  • Henry Kara Law Offices2 donors$5,000
  • Martin Realty2 donors$4,500
  • Redgate7 donors$4,500
  • Beacon1 donor$3,500
  • Aci1 donor$3,500
  • Beacon Residential Management1 donor$3,500

Grouped from what donors wrote in the employer box on their own filing. It's free text, so “retired”, “self” and “homemaker” are dropped rather than dressed up as employers — and one employer can appear twice under two spellings, because merging them would mean guessing which spellings mean the same thing. A company listed here has given nothing itself; its employees have, as individuals.

Maximum donors

People who gave at least one full election maximum — 24 such contributions in total. The largest 19 are listed.

  • MUSICANT, MYRAMA$7,000
  • COHEN, HOWARD E.MA$7,000
  • BAKES, JUSTIN SMITHMA$7,000
  • BAKES, DANIELAMA$7,000
  • HARRIS, WILLIAM HMA$7,000
  • COYNE, WILLIAM F. JRMA$3,500
  • TRANE, PAULMA$3,500
  • QUIRK, DANIEL J.MA$3,500
  • MARTIN, LEOMA$3,500
  • HEANUE, DANIELLEMA$3,500
  • HARRIS, MARCMA$3,500
  • CASHMAN, JAY M.MA$3,500
  • WINN, GILBERT J.MA$3,500
  • WINN, ARTHUR MMA$3,500
  • WALSH, MARTINMA$3,500
  • OLEARY, JAMESMA$3,500
  • KEITH, JOHN W.MA$3,500
  • KARA, HENRY G.MA$3,500
  • FORDE, TIMOTHYMA$3,500

Name and state only — no address, no employer, and no way to search for a person on this site. These are public FEC filings, but someone who gave $3,500 is a private citizen, not a public official, and the point of listing them is to show who funds a politician rather than to build a directory of donors.

Individual giving is aggregated by the FEC and read from its API — including the $23k given in amounts under $200, which never appears in the bulk download because donors under that threshold aren't named. Source: FEC ↗

When a donor said what it wanted

23 bills
65%

Voted with donors

15 of 23

Across 23 bills where an organization that gave Lynch money publicly stated what it wanted, and Lynch cast a recorded vote. Those organizations gave $183k in total.

Read this carefully: it counts only bills where the organization itself stated a position, in its own lobbying filing or a public statement, and where the member cast a recorded vote. VoteWire never guesses what a donor wanted. And alignment is not influence — PACs overwhelmingly give to members who already vote their way, so a high number more often reflects who chose whom than who bought whom. The full method.

Did they keep their word?

stated position vs. recorded vote

Fair warning on reading this section: a bill can change a great deal between the day a member adds their name to it and the day it reaches the floor. Voting against a bill you cosponsored is sometimes a reversal and sometimes a reasonable response to an amendment — which is why every row links to the official record instead of just handing you a verdict.

Recent votes on bills

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BillDateThey votedYou
H.Con.Res. 89 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jul 23, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 8884 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

On Passage

Jul 23, 2026Nayweigh in
H.Con.Res. 113 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jul 22, 2026Nayweigh in
H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

On Passage

Jul 22, 2026Nayweigh in
H.R. 7008 Stop Insider Trading Act

On Passage

Jul 22, 2026Nayweigh in
H.Res. 1438 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of t

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jul 21, 2026Noweigh in
H.R. 6955 Main Street Act

On Passage

Jul 21, 2026Nayweigh in
H.R. 9770 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

On Passage

Jul 21, 2026Nayweigh in
H.R. 1118 Value Over Cost Act of 2026

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jul 21, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 8823 Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jul 20, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 4541 To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jul 20, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 9237 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act

On Motion to Recommit

Jul 16, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 5362 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Jul 16, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 8595 Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

On Passage

Jul 15, 2026Nayweigh in
H.Res. 1423 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jul 14, 2026Noweigh in
H.R. 139 Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

On Passage

Jul 14, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 1181 Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

On Passage

Jul 14, 2026Nayweigh in
H.R. 8897 Improving Travel for American Families Act

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jul 13, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 3106 Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Jul 13, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.Res. 1398 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jun 30, 2026Noweigh in
H.Res. 1399 Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to .monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jun 30, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.Con.Res. 108 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Jun 30, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 7757 SCREEN Act

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jun 29, 2026Not Votingweigh in
H.R. 7128 TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jun 29, 2026Yeaweigh in
H.R. 2478 Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Jun 25, 2026Yeaweigh in