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DemocratStephen F. Lynch
U.S. Representative · Massachusetts
Massachusetts's 8th district
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
0 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
Stephen F. Lynch won the 2024 U.S. House election in Massachusetts (District 8) with 66.7% of the vote (265,432 votes).
- Stephen F. Lynch · Democrat66.7%265,432
- Robert G. Burke · Republican27.8%110,638
- Blanks · Na5.3%20,937
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%760
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Stephen F. Lynch has sponsored bills related to consumer protection, financial services, and military-related issues. He has sponsored multiple bills related to consumer financial protection, such as the 'Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026' and the 'Military Consumer Protection Task Force Act of 2025', as well as legislation addressing air traffic noise and pollution. His committee memberships include oversight and financial services committees. Focus areas (from the record): Consumer Protection · Financial Services · Military Affairs · Government Oversight · Environmental Issues Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There is insufficient evidence to assess alignment with declared positions or tracked promises. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal Lynch's motives or intentions behind his legislative actions; There is no information on the effectiveness or impact of the bills he has sponsored; The absence of declared positions limits the understanding of his priorities and commitments. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Stephen F. Lynch has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2021–2023 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Stephen F. Lynch has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 31
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$38K5%
- Large individual (itemized)$212K30%
- PAC / committee$464K65%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Military and Foreign AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Capital MarketsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Financial InstitutionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Delivering on Government EfficiencyOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
224 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $542,308, spent $447,477, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HJRES 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". ↗May 13, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8666: Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026 ↗May 7, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8053: DPA Emerging Technology Act of 2026 ↗Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7183: Youth Financial Learning Act ↗Jan 21, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 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. ↗Dec 30, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6556: Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6269: Modular Housing Production Act ↗Nov 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5915: K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025 ↗Nov 4, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5683: Military Consumer Protection Task Force Act of 2025 ↗Oct 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5344: Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program Act ↗Sep 15, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 316: Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents relating to the use of insecure electronic communication platforms, including Signal, for official communications and to the compliance of the Administration with all Federal records laws. ↗Apr 9, 2025
- Sponsored HR 1484: Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025 ↗Feb 21, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 224 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 265
- Nay
- 319
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 25
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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