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Stephen F. Lynch

Stephen F. Lynch

Democratic · MA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

26 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2001

  • background Born and raised in South Boston; son of an ironworker
  • background Worked as ironworker; became union's youngest president at age 30
  • background Earned J.D. from Boston College Law School, 1991
  • role Massachusetts state representative, 1994, then state senator, 1995
  • role U.S. House representative since 2001; district redrawn to 8th in 2013
  • achievement Ran for U.S. Senate Democratic nomination in 2013 special election; lost to Ed Markey

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 58.8%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 15
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 510 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 15 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 5 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 10
    Disclosed stock trades →

    3 tickers · 10 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 1
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Stephen F. Lynch. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

58.8%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House MA-08 · 2026 General Election

  • $710,124 raised
  • $976,310 spent
  • $1,088,724 cash on hand
$710.12K
$685.11K
$277.61K
Itemized (≥ $200)$274.57K
Unitemized (< $200)$3.04K
Other committees (PACs)$407.50K
Offsets to expenditures$200.00
Other receipts$24.82K
$976.31K
Operating expenditures$775.31K
Other disbursements$201.00K
Cash on hand$1.09M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Stephen F. Lynch campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2002$2,495,151$2,386,570$99,583
2004$1,161,372$591,802$669,154
2006$1,170,455$868,169$971,440
2008$1,066,683$739,426$1,301,692
2010$1,000,091$1,629,198$672,586
2012$729,836$642,217$760,206
2014$881,489$1,235,108$406,587
2016$1,216,340$528,716$1,094,211
2018$860,218$511,997$1,442,432
2020$911,202$1,140,250$1,213,384
2022$962,334$820,808$1,354,910
2024$710,124$976,310$1,088,724
2026$817,344$664,950$1,241,118

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • AT HOME $12,400
  • NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT $10,000
  • CRONIN DEVELOPMENT $7,600
  • JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES $6,600
  • REDGATE $5,250
  • LEE KENNEDY CO. INC $4,800
  • PAPPAS PROPERTIES INC. $4,300
  • Employer not reported $3,800
  • JOHN HARRINGTON $3,300
  • JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES INC $3,300

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10642To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10713To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a process for considering telework requests of Federal employees, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10640To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to establish an Urban Health Transformation Program.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HRES 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10718To establish a temporary process for former Federal employees to obtain personnel records, secure administrative corrections to personnel and benefits documentation, and receive benefits coordination support, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10557Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10538Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10527Smithsonian Integrity and Historical Independence Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 20, 2026
  • HRES 1565Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Lewis Howard Latimer, in recognition of his distinctive life, scientific achievements, and his civic contributions to technological advancement, to commemorate the 178th year anniversary of his birth and that the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HRES 1549Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.sponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10426Backlog Justice Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10473Justice for Ukrainian Children ActcosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10415Food for Thought Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HJRES 216Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10397Survivors’ Rights Restitution Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10372FABRIC ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HR 10345EBOLA ActcosponsoredSep 9, 2026
  • HRES 1483Expressing support for the recognition of August 17 through August 23, 2026, as "Warehouse Worker Recognition Week", celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10013Compassionate Care ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9983Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9944TPS Review ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9845Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Enhancement Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
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Committee assignments (7)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Lynch most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Lynch, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Lynch connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.