Andy Vargas
State House, Third Essex · Democratic · Massachusetts
Where they are running
Where they stand
Civics education: Vargas supports mandating civics education in schools and identifies it as legislation signed into law.
Housing production: Vargas supports policies to boost housing production and identifies them as legislation signed into law.
School meals: Vargas supports universal school meals, which became law.
Where Andy stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Housing · Supports: Massachusetts should increase housing production by reducing local zoning barriers to new housing.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should support small businesses and entrepreneurship through state economic-development policies.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should promote broad economic growth and job creation through state policy.
Public safety and justice · Likely supports: Massachusetts should keep the 2024 state law that tightened gun regulations.
Public safety and justice · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for community-based violence prevention programs.
Education and families · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for public K-12 schools.
Education and families · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand publicly supported early education and child care.
Elections and government · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand voting access through early and mail-in voting.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand access to general health care coverage and services.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand access to mental-health and substance-use treatment and recovery services.
Health and human services · Supports: Massachusetts should support public health and preventive health programs.