Western Mass. legislators by District – UPDATES Sept. 2020 Co-sponsor = signed on as a co-sponsor for 2019 Act Establishing Medicare for All in OR agreed to sign on in new session based on response to Aug. 2020 Candidate Survey.

NAME (R= Republican) District Description – main areas Position on Medicare for All, notes 1st HAMPSHIRE Hatfield, N’ton, S’ton,W’ton Lead sponsor, on leadership team for M4A Legislative Caucus Daniel Carey 2nd HAMPSH Eton, Granby (2), Hadley, S.Hadley Co-sponsor 3rd HAMPSH Amherst, Granby (1), Pelham Co-sponsor – R 1st HAMPDEN Palmer, Ware, Sturbridge, etc. 2nd HAMPD E Long (2,3,4,), Hampden, Longmeadow, Co-sponsor Monson -R 3rd HAMPD Agawam, Granville, Southwick

Matthew Garlo 4th HAMPD Westfield Patricia Duffy 5th HAMPD Holyoke Pledged to co-sponsor 6th HAMPD Chicopee - some, West Sfield Jake Oliveira 7th HAMPD LUDLOW, and precincts in Chicopee, Pledged to co-sponsor Sfield, Belchertown

Joseph Wagner 8th HAMPD Chicopee 9th HAMPD Precincts in Sfield, and one in Chicopee Pledged to co-sponsor Carlos Gonzalez 10th HAMPD Precincts in Sfield Co-sponsor 11th HAMPD Precincts in Sfield Co-sponsor 12th HAMPD Precinct in E Longmeadow, parts of Sfield, Wilbraham 1st FRANKLIN Much of Franklin, some hilltowns in Co-sponsor HAMPSH Susannah Whipp –R 2nd FRANK Orange, Wendell, etc., Athol + in WORCESTER COUNTY John Barrett III 1st BERK Adams, N Adams, Williamstown, etc. Co-sponsor 2nd BERK Dalton, Peru, Windsor, precinct in Pitts’d; Co-sponsor North FC: Greenfield, Leyden, N’field, etc Trici Farley-Bouvier 3rd BERK Pittsfield Willim Smitty Pignatelli 4th BERK Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge, etc. Co-sponsor

SENATORS Adam Hinds Lives Pittsfield Parts: BERK, HAMPS, HAMPSH, FRANK Co-sponsor Adam Gomez Lives W S’field HAMPDEN Pledged to co-sponsor Eric Lesser Lives Longm 1st HAMPD, HAMPSH Co-sponsor John Velis Lives W’field 2nd HAMPD, HAMPSH Joanne Comerford Lives Amherst Parts: Hamp, Franklin, Worcester On Leadership team of Medicare for All Legislative Caucus Anne Gobi Lives Spencer Worcester, Hampd, Hampsh, Middlesex Co-sponsor

ROUND-UP AFTER NOVEMBER, 2020 election – NON-cosponsors in red type

SENATE: Velis is now the only senator in Western Mass. not cosponsoring the M4A bill.

HOUSE:

BERKSHIRE COUNTY -- Tricia Farley-Bouvier remains the only rep not co-sponsoring.

FRANKLIN COUNTY – Blais continues to co-sponsor; Whipps does not.

HAMPDEN COUNTY – Six Reps cosponsoring; six reps not (Finn, Wagner, Puppolo, Smola, Boldyga, Garlo)

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY – All three reps continue to co-sponsor (Sabadosa, Domb, Carey)