A State House that works for us.
Evan MacKay is a union leader and organizer running to make Beacon Hill more transparent, accountable, and focused on delivering for working people.
The State House is failing to live up to our values.
The dysfunction in the State House is not just an abstract problem. It means housing bills stall, climate programs are eliminated, immigrant protections are held up and watered down, and working families are left waiting while insiders protect the status quo. Massachusetts is one of the wealthiest and most progressive states in the country, but our State House too often operates behind closed doors and avoids accountability.
Massachusetts ranks dead last in state government transparency. We are the only state in the nation where the legislature, governor, and judiciary have all exempted themselves from public records law and we rank dead last in the number of bills passed. At a time when the Trump administration is attacking immigrants, education, healthcare, and basic freedoms, Cambridge needs a representative who will fight with urgency.
Evan is running to bridge the gap between our values and what the State House delivers.
Evan will fight for:
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Public votes, stronger public records laws, and rules that stop leadership from burying popular bills behind closed doors.
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Massachusetts has the resources to house people, care for one another, improve transit, and confront the climate crisis.
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An end to state collaboration with ICE and stronger protections so every neighbor can live, work, study, and build a life without fear.
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Tenant protections, and more housing, especially affordable housing, so that workers, families, students, and elders can stay in our communities.
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Affordable child care, health care, and elder care, with fair wages for the workers who make care possible.
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Clean air and water, safe and reliable transportation, and ambitious climate investments.
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Being part of the labor movement has been deeply influential in Evan’s political development. They will seek to empower rank-and-file workers across industries, and turn to those workers for guidance as core stakeholders in policy-making.
Evan will fight to turn these values into law and build a State House that delivers with the urgency Cambridge deserves
Evan has taken on entrenched power, and won. When Harvard was paying workers minimum wage and refusing to address sexual harassment, Evan helped create the Harvard Graduate Students Union with the UAW, the largest union victory in Massachusetts in a decade. Evan was then elected President of HGSU, the union representing the most workers in Cambridge, and worked to successfully secure mid-contract raises that naysayers said would be impossible. As an anti-corruption organizer, Evan effectively challenged decades-long entrenched corruption in the broader UAW by fighting for stronger internal democracy, greater transparency, and a union that answered to its members. Evan will bring that same commitment to accountability, democracy, and coalition-building to the State House.
Before entering office, Evan joined good-government advocates across Massachusetts in pushing the State House to adopt long-overdue transparency reforms. For years, popular bills could be killed behind closed doors through secret committee votes, allowing legislators to tell voters one thing while voting another way. In 2025, the Legislature promised public committee votes, but in 2026, the Boston Globe reported that State House leadership was still finding ways to block popular bills without a public vote. If elected, Evan will champion transparency, public accountability, and anti-corruption reforms from inside the State House.
Evan’s entire life has centered around advocating for dignity and justice: Serving on Cambridge’s LGBTQ+ Commission, supporting formerly incarcerated people in transitional housing programs, advancing sexual health and reproductive health care, and training workers to negotiate for better pay. Across that work, Evan has focused on people too often ignored by powerful institutions and helped build the coalitions needed to make change.
Evan has successfully taken on entrenched power
Endorsements
United Auto Workers UAW Region 9A
Massachusetts Peace Action-MAPA
Our Revolution Cambridge
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
IBEW 2222 AFL-CIO
Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts
See all of Evan's endorsements here
VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST
Make your plan to vote for Evan. Whether its by mail or in-person on September 1st, find out more information here about how to show up for change at the State House