Tony Cabral
State House, Thirteenth Bristol · Democratic · Massachusetts
Where they are running
Where they stand
Vocational education: Cabral supports expanding vocational-technical school eligibility and using a weighted admissions lottery that gives preference to protected classes, including students of color, students with special needs, economically disadvantaged students, and English Language Learners.
Education access: Cabral supports state standards and competencies for training, hiring, and using school interpreters to provide competent services to limited-English-proficient students and parents.
High school graduation: Cabral supports removing the MCAS passage requirement for high school graduation when students have met other graduation requirements, creating Commonwealth and Horace Mann diploma pathways.
Where Tony 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.
Economy and taxes · Opposes: Massachusetts should reduce broad-based state taxes and fees.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Massachusetts should invest in career, technical, and workforce-development programs.
Economy and taxes · 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 increase state funding for community-based violence prevention programs.
Rights and inclusion · Supports: Massachusetts should limit state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Rights and inclusion · Supports: Massachusetts should keep state public services available regardless of immigration status.
Rights and inclusion · Supports: Massachusetts should expand services, accessibility, and opportunities for people with disabilities.
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.
Education and families · Likely supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for public K-12 schools.
Education and families · Supports: Massachusetts should expand publicly supported early education and child care.
Education and families · Opposes: Massachusetts should restore a statewide test requirement for high school graduation.
Transportation and infrastructure · Supports: Massachusetts should increase state funding for public transit operations.
Elections and government · Likely supports: Massachusetts should improve access to public services through simpler, more coordinated state systems.
Elections and government · Supports: Massachusetts should increase and improve state aid to municipalities.
Elections and government · Supports: Massachusetts should strengthen transparency and accessibility of government records and proceedings.
In the news
Seven candidates for Legislature address housing, energy, state aid at forum (newbedfordlight.org, Oct 9, 2026)
Bill Filed To Ban Sheriffs, Deputies From Massachusetts Polling Places (cbsnews.com, Sep 22, 2020)