Representative · Massachusetts's 8th district
Stephen F. Lynch
Stephen F. Lynch is a Democratic representative for Massachusetts's 8th district, in Congress since 2001. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 34, and cast 439 of 457 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Oct 23, 2001
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressHouse of Representatives | 675 | 5.0%34 of 675 · rank 78 of 439 | 96%439 of 457 · rank 345 of 439 | 150 became law | 14%74 of 529 |
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 2.7%33 of 1,222 · rank 196 of 442 | 96%802 of 836 · rank 266 of 442 | 150 became law | 13%67 of 509 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.6%6 of 997 · rank 294 of 443 | 98%562 of 571 · rank 183 of 443 | 311 became law | 5%28 of 558 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1−0.34+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
- Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
- Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 267–159· Against party
- Dec 4, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–166· Against party
- Dec 3, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 242–176· Against party
- Dec 3, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 269–146· Against party
- Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
- Nov 18, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 236–183· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
61 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced5793%
- Reported by committee23.3%
- Passed one chamber11.6%
- Became law11.6%
Policy areas
- Finance and Financial Sector16
- Transportation and Public Works12
- Government Operations and Politics9
- International Affairs7
- Armed Forces and National Security6
- Education4
- Water Resources Development2
- Arts, Culture, Religion1
Latest activity
- H.Res. 1549 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 16, 2026
- H.R. 6556 Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness ActPassed one chamber· Finance and Financial Sector· Jul 15, 2026
- H.J.Res. 184 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Fair Credit Reporting; File Disclosure".Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· May 13, 2026
- H.R. 8666 Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· May 7, 2026
- H.R. 8053 DPA Emerging Technology Act of 2026Introduced· Congress· Mar 24, 2026
- H.Res. 973 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the designation of the "Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" constitutes a violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.Introduced· Arts, Culture, Religion· Feb 2, 2026
- H.R. 7183 Youth Financial Learning ActIntroduced· Education· Jan 21, 2026
- H.R. 6269 Modular Housing Production ActIntroduced· Housing and Community Development· Nov 21, 2025
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Massachusetts's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1B
- Per resident
- $1,283
- Rank in Massachusetts
- 5 of 9
- Contract actions
- 57.6K
- New awards: 53.3K
By fiscal year
- 570.8MFY2017
- 635.8MFY2018
- 665.6MFY2019
- 717.1MFY2020
- 918.6MFY2021
- 1.2BFY2022
- 1.8BFY2023
- 1.9BFY2024
- 1.7BFY2025
- 1BFY2026
Top buyers
- Defense Logistics Agency$245.7M24%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$226.3M22%
- Department of the Navy$128.9M13%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$74.1M7.4%Department of Defense
- Office of Procurement Operations$38.4M3.8%Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Army$34.1M3.4%Department of Defense
- Food and Drug Administration$34.1M3.4%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Health and Human Services
Top recipients
- NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC$264.5M26%29,310 awards
- SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.$76.4M7.6%2 awards
- GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$55.3M5.5%22 awards
- ULTRA ELECTRONICS OCEAN SYSTEMS INC.$44.3M4.4%22 awards
- BIRD-JOHNSON PROPELLER COMPANY, LLC$40.4M4.0%32 awards
- HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC.$33.7M3.3%3 awards
- GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.$28.4M2.8%3 awards
- AMERICAN EAGLE PROTECTIVE SERVICES CORP$28.2M2.8%1 award
- FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.$21.7M2.2%1 award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$18.9M1.9%4 awards
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $910.2K
- through Aug 12, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $642.3K
- From committees
- $343.7K
- 99 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $52.3K
- 17 PACs · 15% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $10K | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee | $6,000 | RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.9B |
| international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee | $5,000 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization | — |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $5,000 | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| pitney bowes inc.pitney bowes inc. political action committee | $5,000 | PITNEY BOWES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $32M |
| john hancock life insurance company (usa)john hancock life insurance company (usa) federal political action committee | $4,500 | JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE CO.AI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| organogenesis inc.organogenesis inc. political action committee, a/k/a organopac | $3,300 | ORGANOGENESIS INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $40.4K |
| state street bank and trust companystate street bank and trust company voluntary political action committee | $2,500 | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $0 |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $2,500 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| transuniontransunion political action committee (tu pac) | $2,500 | TRANS UNION LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization | $3.6M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $910.2K | $343.7K | $52.3K17 PACs · 15% of committee money |
| 2024 | $710.1K | $376.3K | $61.8K20 PACs · 16% of committee money |
| 2022 | $962.3K | $408.9K | $79.9K25 PACs · 20% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Massachusetts's 8th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
- House · Massachusetts's 9th districtOct 23, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- lynch.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-8273
- Office
- 2109 Rayburn House Office Building
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.