"Would you support Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to license resort casinos in Massachusetts?"
In a poll conducted by the Boston Globe, 155 members* of the Massachusetts House of Representatives were asked if they support the governor’s casino legislation.
*Of 160 seats, five are vacant.
COMPILED BY: Matt Viser, Matt Collette, and John Drake
| Legislature |
Party |
Town |
Yes |
Leaning
Yes |
No |
Leaning
No |
Undecided |
Refused
To Answer |
Did Not
Respond |
| Alicea, Geraldo |
D |
Charlton |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Allen, Willie Mae |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Atkins, Cory |
D |
Concord |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Atsalis, Demetrius J. |
D |
West Hyannisport |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Ayers, Bruce J. |
D |
Quincy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Balser, Ruth B. |
D |
Newton |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Barrows, Fred |
R |
Foxborough |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Basile, Carlo P. |
D |
East Boston |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Binienda, John J. |
D |
Worcester |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Bosley, Daniel E. |
D |
North Adams |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Bradley, Garrett J. |
D |
Hingham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Brownsberger, William |
D |
Belmont |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Cabral, Antonio F. D. |
D |
New Bedford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Callahan, Jennifer M. |
D |
Sutton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Calter, Thomas J. |
D |
Kingston |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Campbell, Linda Dean |
D |
Methuen |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Canavan, Christine E. |
D |
Brockton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Canessa, Stephen R. |
D |
New Bedford |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Casey, Paul C. |
D |
Winchester |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Coakley-Rivera, Cheryl A. |
D |
Springfield |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Conroy, Thomas |
D |
Wayland |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
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| Costello, Michael A. |
D |
Newburyport |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| Creedon, Geraldine |
D |
Brockton |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
| Curran, Sean |
D |
Springfield |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| D’Amico, Steven |
D |
Seekonk |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| DeLeo, Robert A. |
D |
Winthrop |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| deMacedo, Viriato Manuel |
R |
Plymouth |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Dempsey, Brian S. |
D |
Haverhill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| DiMasi, Salvatore F. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| DiNatale, Stephen |
D |
Fitchburg |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
| Donato, Paul J. |
D |
Medford |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Donelan, Christopher J. |
D |
Orange |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Driscoll, Joseph R. |
D |
Braintree |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Eldridge, James B. |
D |
Acton |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Evangelidis, Lewis G. |
R |
Holden |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Fagan, James H. |
D |
Taunton |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fallon, Christopher G. |
D |
Malden |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Falzone, Mark V. |
D |
Saugus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Fennell, Robert F. |
D |
Lynn |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Fernandes, John |
D |
Milford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Finegold, Barry R. |
D |
Andover |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Flanagan, Jennifer L. |
D |
Leominster |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Flynn, David L. |
D |
Bridgewater |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
| Forry, Linda Dorcena |
D |
Boston |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fox, Gloria L. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| Fresolo, John P. |
D |
Worcester |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Frost, Paul K. |
R |
Auburn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Galvin, William C. |
D |
Canton |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Garry, Colleen M. |
D |
Dracut |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gifford, Susan W. |
R |
Wareham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Gobi, Anne M. |
D |
Spencer |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Golden, Thomas A., Jr. |
D |
Lowell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Grant, Mary E. |
D |
Beverly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Greene, William G., Jr. |
D |
Billerica |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Guyer, Denis E. |
D |
Dalton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Haddad, Patricia A. |
D |
Somerset |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Hall, Geoffrey D. |
D |
Westford |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Hargraves, Robert S. |
R |
Groton |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Harkins, Lida E. |
D |
Needham |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Hill, Bradford |
R |
Ipswich |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Honan, Kevin G. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Humason, Donald F., Jr. |
R |
Westfield |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Hynes, Frank M. |
D |
Marshfield |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Jones, Bradley H., Jr. |
R |
North Reading |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Kafka, Louis L. |
D |
Stoughton |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Kane, Michael F. |
D |
Holyoke |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Kaprielian, Rachel |
D |
Watertown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Kaufman, Jay R. |
D |
Lexington |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Keenan, John, D. |
D |
Salem |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Kennedy, Thomas P. |
D |
Brockton |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Khan, Kay |
D |
Newton |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Kocot, Peter V. |
D |
North Hampton |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Koczera, Robert M. |
D |
New Bedford |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Koutoujian, Peter J. |
D |
Waltham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Kujawski, Paul |
D |
Webster |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kulik, Stephen |
D |
Worthington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Lantigua, William |
D |
Lawrence |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| Lepper, John A. |
R |
Attleboro |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Linsky, David P. |
D |
Natick |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| L'Italien, Barbara A. |
D |
Andover |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Loscocco, Paul J. |
R |
Holliston |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Malia, Elizabeth A. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Mariano, Ronald |
D |
Quincy |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| McCarthy, Allen |
D |
East Bridgewater |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| McMurtry, Paul |
D |
Dedham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Miceli, James R. |
D |
Wilmington |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Moran, Michael |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Murphy, Charles A. |
D |
Burlington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Murphy, James M. |
D |
Weymouth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Murphy, Kevin J. |
D |
Lowell |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Nangle, David M. |
D |
Lowell |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Natale, Patrick M. |
D |
Woburn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Naughton, Harold P., Jr. |
D |
Clinton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Nyman, Robert J. |
D |
Hanover |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| O'Day, James J. |
D |
West Boylston |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| O'Flaherty, Eugene L. |
D |
Chelsea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Patrick, Matthew |
D |
Falmouth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Peake, Sarah K. |
D |
Provincetown |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Pedone, Vincent A. |
D |
Worcester |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Peisch, Alice H. |
D |
Wellesley |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Perry, Jeffrey D. |
R |
Sandwich |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Peterson, George N., Jr. |
R |
Marblehead |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
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| Petrolati, Thomas M. |
D |
Ludlow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Pignatelli, William Smitty |
D |
Lenox |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Poirier, Elizabeth A. |
R |
North Attleboro |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Polito, Karyn E. |
R |
Shrewsbury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Provost, Denise |
D |
Somerville |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
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| Puppolo, Angelo |
D |
Wilbraham |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Quinn, John F. |
D |
Dartmouth |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Reinstein, Kathi-Anne |
D |
Revere |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Rice, Robert L, Jr. |
D |
Gardner |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Richardson, Pam |
D |
Framingham |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Rodrigues, Michael J. |
D |
Westport |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Rogeness, Mary S. |
R |
Longmeadow |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Rogers, John H. |
D |
Norwood |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Ross, Richard J. |
R |
Wrentham |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
| Rush, Michael F. |
D |
West Roxbury |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Rushing, Byron |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Sánchez, Jeffrey |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Sandlin, Rosemary |
D |
Agawam |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Sannicandro, Tom |
D |
Ashland |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Scaccia, Angelo M. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Scibak, John W. |
D |
South Hadley |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Sciortino, Carl |
D |
Somerville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Smith, Stephen |
D |
Everett |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Smizik, Frank Israel |
D |
Brookline |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Smola, Todd M. |
R |
Three Rivers |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Speliotis, Theodore C. |
D |
Danvers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Spellane, Robert P. |
D |
Worcester |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Speranzo, Christopher |
D |
Pittsfield |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Spiliotis, Joyce A. |
D |
Peabody |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| St. Fleur, Marie P. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Stanley, Harriett L. |
D |
Newbury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Stanley, Thomas M. |
D |
Waltham |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Story, Ellen |
D |
Amherst |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Straus, William M. |
D |
Mattapoisett |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
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| Sullivan, David B. |
D |
Fall River |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
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| Swan, Benjamin |
D |
Springfield |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
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| Timilty, Walter F. |
D |
Milton |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
| Tobin, A. Stephen |
D |
Quincy |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Toomey, Timothy J., Jr. |
D |
Cambridge |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Torrisi, David M. |
D |
North Andover |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Turkington, Eric |
D |
Falmouth |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
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| Turner, Cleon H. |
D |
East Dennis |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
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| Vallee, James E. |
D |
Franklin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
| Verga, Anthony J. |
D |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| Wagner, Joseph F. |
D |
Chicopee |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Wallace, Brian P. |
D |
Boston |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Walrath, Patricia A. |
D |
Stow |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Walsh, Martin J. |
D |
Boston |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Walsh, Steven M. |
D |
Lynn |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
| Walz, Martha M. |
D |
Boston |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
| Webster, Daniel K. |
R |
Hanson |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Welch, James T. |
D |
West Springfield |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
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| Wolf, Alice K. |
D |
Cambridge |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
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| TOTALS |
|
|
19 |
8 |
27 |
13 |
40 |
7 |
41 |
| Legislature |
Party |
Town |
Yes |
Leaning
Yes |
No |
Leaning
No |
Undecided |
Refused
To Answer |
Did Not
Respond |
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