Danny Ryan
State House, Second Suffolk · Democratic · Massachusetts
Where they are running
Where they stand
Labor: Ryan supports airport workers' efforts to secure a $15 wage.
Workers' Rights: Ryan supports protecting public-sector employees' collective bargaining rights after Janus.
Workplace Safety: Ryan supports codifying welding safety regulations at construction sites.
Where Danny stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should strengthen state enforcement of equal pay laws.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Massachusetts should invest in career, technical, and workforce-development programs.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand collective bargaining rights to more workers.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should promote broad economic growth and job creation through state policy.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Massachusetts should raise the state minimum wage.
Public safety and justice · Likely opposes: Massachusetts should increase criminal penalties for violent crime and drug dealing.
Rights and inclusion · Supports: Massachusetts should keep its state civil-rights protections for LGBTQ people.
Rights and inclusion · Likely supports: Massachusetts should protect access to gender-affirming health care under state law.
Rights and inclusion · Supports: Massachusetts should expand services, accessibility, and opportunities for people with disabilities.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand clean electricity from renewable and other carbon-free sources.
Energy and environment · Supports: Massachusetts should strengthen state climate adaptation and resilience planning for communities and infrastructure.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Massachusetts should conserve open space and invest in parks and public lands.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Massachusetts should adopt stricter state limits on air pollution.
Education and families · Supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for public K-12 schools.
Education and families · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state support for school-based mental health and wraparound services.
Education and families · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state support to make public higher education more affordable.
Transportation and infrastructure · Supports: Massachusetts should increase state support for bicycle, pedestrian, and trail infrastructure.
Elections and government · Supports: Massachusetts should increase and improve state aid to municipalities.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand access to general health care coverage and services.
Health and human services · Supports: Massachusetts should expand access to mental-health and substance-use treatment and recovery services.
Health and human services · Supports: Massachusetts should expand state benefits and services for veterans.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should support public health and preventive health programs.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand access to long-term care.