Jamie Eldridge
State Senate, Middlesex & Worcester · Democratic · Massachusetts
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Where Jamie stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Housing · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase housing production by reducing local zoning barriers to new housing.
Housing · Supports: Massachusetts should allow cities and towns to limit annual rent increases through local rent stabilization policies.
Housing · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for affordable housing.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Massachusetts should expand collective bargaining rights to more workers.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Massachusetts should promote broad economic growth and job creation through state policy.
Public safety and justice · Likely supports: Massachusetts should limit the use of cash bail in criminal cases.
Public safety and justice · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand state oversight of police conduct.
Public safety and justice · Likely opposes: Massachusetts should increase criminal penalties for violent crime and drug dealing.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Massachusetts should speed up state permitting for clean energy projects.
Energy and environment · Supports: Massachusetts should expand clean electricity from renewable and other carbon-free sources.
Energy and environment · Likely 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 · Supports: Massachusetts should protect and improve drinking water quality and water infrastructure.
Energy and environment · Supports: Massachusetts should strengthen state action to lower household utility and energy costs.
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.
Transportation and infrastructure · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for public transit operations.
Transportation and infrastructure · Supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for local roads and bridges.
Transportation and infrastructure · Supports: Massachusetts should increase state support for bicycle, pedestrian, and trail infrastructure.
Elections and government · Likely supports: Massachusetts should ensure responsive constituent services from elected officials and state offices.
Elections and government · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase and improve state aid to municipalities.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should create a publicly administered single-payer health insurance system.
Health and human services · Supports: Massachusetts should expand access to general health care coverage and services.
Health and human services · Likely supports: Massachusetts should expand the health and human-services workforce.
In the news
Senator Eldridge seriously injured in fall (mysouthborough.com, Oct 15, 2009)