2024 State Senate Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester District
The Senate is comprised of 40 members, with each Senator elected to represent a district of approximately 159,000 people and each elected for a two-year term. As required by the Massachusetts Constitution, the Senate meets year-round in either formal or informal sessions to consider legislation. The Massachusetts Senate is led by the President of the Senate who is elected by the members of the body at the beginning of each two-year legislative session. Base salary for each Senator is approximately $66,256.
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Jo Comerford
(Dem)
Do you support election day voter registration? Why or why not?
What actions should the legislature take to address the climate emergency?
What should the legislature do to increase the supply of affordable and middle-market housing in Massachusetts?
What measures would you support to deal with the needs of the large number of immigrants coming to Massachusetts?
What are your priorities for dealing with transportation statewide and in your district?
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Yes. I believe that the state must do everything it can to break down barriers to voting.
We need comprehensive reform to equitably accelerate green infrastructure and green energy development while also ensuring a necessary focus on carbon sequestration and carbon reduction.
We have just passed a major housing bond bill -- the Affordable Homes Act -- which should help with the equitable development of affordable housing while also advancing some key protections.
I supported additional resources for emergency assistance shelters. I also support efforts to better align the shelter system with refugee resettlement agencies to achieve more collaboration and forward momentum. I also support efforts to engage MassHire and educational opportunities -- so that we are supporting english-language development and employment development avenues simultaneously to housing.
I have supported increases to RTA funding for base operations and innovations like micro transit. I am also supporting the development of regional rail.
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