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Evan MacKay
Evan MacKay (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 25th Middlesex District. MacKay lost as a write-in in the general election on November 5, 2024.
MacKay completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Evan MacKay earned a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree from Harvard University in 2020 and 2022, respectively.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District
Incumbent Marjorie Decker defeated Evan MacKay in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marjorie Decker (D) | 96.8 | 13,724 |
 | Evan MacKay (D) (Write-in)  | 2.5 | 350 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 99 | ||
| Total votes: 14,173 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District
Incumbent Marjorie Decker defeated Evan MacKay in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marjorie Decker | 50.3 | 3,471 |
| Evan MacKay | 49.7 | 3,430 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 6,904 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for MacKay in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Evan MacKay completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by MacKay's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My life has been molded by my family. My mother in public education and my father in healthcare passed on the value of public service. Growing up, my family welcomed over a hundred children in the foster care system into our home. This opened my eyes to the school-to-prison pipeline and housing instability and continually grounds my advocacy for system-level change.
I first moved to Cambridge for school, where I received both my Bachelors in Sociology and Masters in Statistics from Harvard. I fell deeply in love with Cambridge's inclusive and vibrant community. My research has led me to delve into the need for tax reform, the brokenness of our criminal legal system, and the purposely obscure halls of the State House.
From my experience in community organizing, I realized the importance of being involved in my union, the HGSU-UAW. I’ve proudly worked shoulder-to-shoulder with my union siblings to secure the fair wages and safe working conditions every worker needs. Throughout our struggle for a fair workplace, I learned about the UAW’s anti-democratic corruption scandal and overall lack of accountability. I organized alongside the reform caucus of my union, Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), to truly put workers in charge.- Government transparency is essential to a healthy and functioning democracy. Voters in my district and across the state deserve better than a legislature full of politicians who say one thing and then do the opposite. Learn more at www.actonmass.org
- We live in one of the most progressive states in the country—we CAN solve the housing crisis, deliver on climate justice, and make corporations and the ultrawealthy pay their fair share to fund our public schools and the MBTA. It’s a matter of priorities and political will.
- My district, one of the most progressive in all of our state, needs a reliable progressive representative who consistently fights for our values, even if that means going up against state house leadership.
To learn more about the need for greater transparency and reforms in our state legislature, watch this three-minute video from Act On Mass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflRK0RWOZ4
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Rules
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 6, 2024
