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Bill Humphrey
Image of Bill Humphrey
Elections and appointments
Last election

September 3, 2024

Education

High school

Newton South High School

Bachelor's

University of Delaware, 2012

Personal
Birthplace
Boston, Mass.
Profession
Political Consultant
Contact

Bill Humphrey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 12th Middlesex District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 3, 2024.

Humphrey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Bill Humphrey was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned a high school diploma from Newton South High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware in 2012. His career experience includes working as a political consultant.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Middlesex District

Greg Schwartz won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Middlesex District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Schwartz
Greg Schwartz (D)
 
98.4
 
18,410
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
305

Total votes: 18,715
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Middlesex District

Greg Schwartz defeated Bill Humphrey and Rick Lipof in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Middlesex District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Schwartz
Greg Schwartz
 
39.9
 
3,424
Image of Bill Humphrey
Bill Humphrey Candidate Connection
 
30.4
 
2,609
Image of Rick Lipof
Rick Lipof
 
29.6
 
2,543
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 8,583
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Bill Humphrey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Humphrey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Bill Humphrey is a third-term Newton City Councilor with a career of public service, who is committed to working for the public on the important public policy decisions of our time with the time, energy, and thoughtfulness they deserve. He is a 33-year-old, living in a multi-generation household, a fifth-generation Newton resident, and a public school graduate. He believes Massachusetts should be a Commonwealth for everyone. Based on his many years of knocking doors to speak directly with residents, Bill has always taken a constituent-services-first approach to public service, coupled with a broader vision for the future.
  • Massachusetts should be a Commonwealth for everyone and a Beacon for the nation. Massachusetts should be leading the way:

    We need a Green New Deal that gets us off fossil fuels with economic justice, controls flooding, and builds hundreds of thousands of green homes for young adults, seniors, and families.

    We need to restore a public transit system and road network we can be proud of.

    We should create universal pre-K and daycare, properly fund our K through 12 schools, and expand public higher ed.

    We should finally establish universal healthcare, including abortion and maternal health, and address mental health and substance use with more health services, not criminalization.

    We deserve an inclusive society for everyone.
  • It’s time to stop studying the problems and start implementing the policies we already know work. It’s time to get the Massachusetts House of Representatives moving again. Bill Humphrey will continue to be a responsive elected official with strong communications, political courage, and vision.
  • Bill Humphrey has been endorsed in 2024 for the State House of Representatives by the Mass Sierra Club, Progressive Mass, the Newton Teachers Association, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU Massachusetts, the Ironworkers Local 7, the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts, and more.
Climate action, the housing crisis, public transit, labor rights, reproductive freedom, childcare, eldercare, universal healthcare, LGBTQ rights, racial justice and criminal justice reform, and disability inclusion.
Integrity, ethics, and a strong personal moral worldview that guides a set of policy positions and principles in a unified way.
I have been committed to public and community service and leadership from a young age, including obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout, and I am experienced not only in political activism and elected office but specifically in political communications with my district, which is essential in an environment of declining local news media.
Constituent services and communications, political strategy to advance legislation in concert with advocacy groups and labor unions, leadership in the community and the world.
Data entry of passenger surveys for the state's public transportation planners. This was a summer job.
The climate emergency, the housing shortage, and reliable mass transit to help address both.
It is helpful to have some experience to understand how to maneuver and which levers to pull, but it is also important to not have become enmeshed in the business as usual approach.
It is essential to find your "team" of colleagues in the chamber who will work collaboratively, strategically, and closely on not only a set of issues but a coherent strategy for moving them ahead.
The climate emergency is going to gradually increase the frequency of emergency declarations and the need for emergency action, both short-term and long-term. The legislature should be prepared to grant this authority, while also maintaining close oversight of it.
Mass Sierra Club, Mass Alliance, Progressive Mass, Mass Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU Massachusetts, the Newton Teachers Association, Ironworkers Local 7, the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts, and many others.
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy; Joint Committee on Housing; Joint Committee on Labor/Workforce Development
As progressives it is important to have financial transparency and accountability so that we can stretch dollars as far as possible and make the case for additional programs and services. Outsourcing is a problem not only in the long run financially but also because it limits transparency and removes accountability from government services.
I would prefer that more legislative work be done by the legislature, rather than at the ballot box, but it has sometimes proven necessary. I am always concerned about abuse of referendum power to put people's fundamental rights up for debate by the public at large. The ballot initiative process also seems to lend itself to big money campaign spending, which is troubling.

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Campaign finance summary


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Bill Humphrey campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Middlesex DistrictLost primary$53,786 $0
Grand total$53,786 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2024


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