Candidate · November 3, 2026

Michael J. Rodrigues

State Senate, 1st Bristol & Plymouth

On the ballot as: Democratic

The race

Michael J. Rodrigues and Gabriel Boomer Amaral are running for State Senate, 1st Bristol & Plymouth.

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What does a State Senator do? Senators vote on state laws and the state budget. Bills that pass the Senate and the House go to the Governor to sign or veto.

The Senate has 40 members, each elected for two years.

Sources: Massachusetts Legislature

Public record on MassVoter

State Senator, First Bristol and Plymouth: votes, attendance, committees →

Campaign money

$592,792raised in 2025–26

$418,846spent in 2025–26

$1,108,599cash on hand through Sep 30, 2026

Where the 2025–26 contributions came from

Individuals93%
PACs and other political committees7%
Unions and associations<1%

From Massachusetts86%
From other states14%
Small gifts not listed one by one<1%

Gifts from individuals

$200 or less37%
More than $20063%

Contributions deposited since Sep 30: $7,850, from deposit reports. They will be in the totals above when the next bank report comes in.

Outside spending in 2026

Groups not tied to the campaign reported spending $8,000 to support Michael J. Rodrigues.

Professional Fire Fighters of MA Independent Expenditure PAC to support $8,000

Year by year

Year	Raised	Spent	Cash at the end
2026	$299,973	$229,525	$1,108,599 so far
2025	$292,820	$189,320	$995,803
2024	$270,612	$173,338	$876,320
2023	$304,785	$136,460	$764,184
2022	$194,754	$127,173	$595,858
2021	$188,661	$77,730	$528,278
2020	$125,982	$59,634	$417,348

As reported to OCPF. See the full reports at OCPF

How to read this

Candidates report to OCPF, the state’s campaign finance office. Most file with a bank that reports to OCPF, so totals are updated often.
“Raised” is all money the campaign took in, including loans from the candidate. “Cash on hand” is what was left on the latest report.
Shares count contributions only, from the line-by-line reports up to the latest bank report date, so they are shown as percentages. “PACs and other political committees” includes party committees. “Small gifts not listed one by one” are gifts of $50 or less that the law lets campaigns report as one total.
Outside spending is money spent by groups that are not part of the campaign, such as independent expenditure PACs. The candidate does not control it.
Federal candidates (U.S. Senate and U.S. House) report to the Federal Election Commission, not OCPF, and are not shown here.
MassVoter updates these numbers every night from OCPF. Last update: October 12, 2026.

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