Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
Manny Cruz
Manny Cruz (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 7th Essex District. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Cruz (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 7th Essex District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Manny Cruz was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Cruz graduated from Salem High School.[1] He earned a B.S. in political science and government from Northeastern University in 2016.[2] Cruz's career experience includes working as the advocacy director of Latinos for Education Massachusetts, the district director of the Office of State Representative Paul Tucker, a legislative aide with the Office of State Representative Juana Matias, and a national park service ranger with the Salem Maritime National Historic Site. He has served on the City of Salem School Committee; on the boards of LEAP For Education, Plummer Youth Promise, and the North Shore Community Actions Program; as a founding board member and secretary of the MA Alliance for Early College; and on the Salem Race Equity Task Force.[1][2]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Cruz was assigned to the following committees:
- Cannabis Policy Joint Committee
- Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management
- Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
- Transportation Joint Committee
Elections
2024
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District
Incumbent Manny Cruz won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Manny Cruz (D) | 99.3 | 18,548 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 130 | ||
| Total votes: 18,678 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District
Incumbent Manny Cruz advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Manny Cruz | 99.8 | 3,907 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 3,916 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cruz in this election.
2022
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District
Manny Cruz won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Manny Cruz (D) | 99.7 | 13,608 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 46 | ||
| Total votes: 13,654 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District
Manny Cruz defeated Domingo Dominguez and Gene Collins in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Manny Cruz | 59.9 | 4,818 |
| Domingo Dominguez | 31.8 | 2,557 | ||
| Gene Collins | 8.2 | 662 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 8,039 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Manny Cruz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Manny Cruz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cruz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
His life was saved with the help of his many mentors and local organizations. Mentors like Officer Mike Fecto, a school resource officer, Andre Daley of the Boys and Girls Club, and Linda Saris of LEAP4Ed wouldn’t give up on him. Linda became his sponsor to join the Governor Deval Patrick’s Statewide Youth Council, and drove him all over the state to participate.
- Affordable Housing and Economic Opportunity for All: We are facing a housing crisis in Salem. I’ll fight for more affordable homeownership and rental assistance program. I’ll support affordable homeownership programs to build wealth and promote opportunities to own a homes. I will advocate to secure funds to support tenancy preservation, expand civil legal representation, and ensure developers are paying their fairshare in taxes so we can build affordable housing.
- Education for All: Kids in our public schools are struggling. As the Vice-Chair of the Salem School Committee I have seen firsthand the supports that our educators and students needs. Access to youth programming and summer jobs literally saved my life. As your next State Rep I’ll be an effective champion for our kids and fight for our share of education dollars from Boston.
- Transportation, Climate Change, and Coastal Resiliency: I’ll prioritize expanding bus, ferry, and commuter rail services and ensure that they are safe and reliable. We need to build infrastructure right now to prevent flooding, invest in off-shore wind power, and expand tax incentives for home solar panels
Climate and Sustainability Policy
Affordable Housing
Economic Development
Healthcare and Reproductive rights
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Massachusetts scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2024, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2024, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 31. Formal session ended on July 31, 2024 and an informal session was convened from August 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
|
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 15.
|
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District |
Officeholder Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 10, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Manny Cruz," accessed April 18, 2023
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paul Tucker (D) |
Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Essex District 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
