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Voter Registration Deadline:
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Primary: Saturday, August 22
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General: Saturday, October 24
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Deadline for election official to receive your ballot application:
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Primary: Wed, August 26, 5PM
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General: Wed, October 28, 5PM
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In-person early voting:
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Primary: August 22-26
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General: October 17-30
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Election Day:
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Primary: Tuesday, September 1
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General: Tuesday, November 3
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MEET SENATOR RAUSCH
PROVEN LEADERSHIP, WORKING FOR YOU
First elected in an iconic 2018 victory, Senator Becca Rausch is an effective agent of positive change in the Massachusetts Legislature. She is the first woman and first Jewish person to represent several of the communities in the Senate's Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex District. Re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024, Senator Rausch is currently serving her fourth term and is the only mother of younger children in the Senate.
Rausch serves as Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources and the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional government; Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on the Census; at-large board member for the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators; co-chair of the Massachusetts Commission on Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of Municipal Public Safety Personnel; appointed member of the Massachusetts Hate Crimes Task Force; and leadership council member for the National Association of Jewish Legislators (NAJL). She is also a member of 5 additional legislative committees. Early in her tenure, Senator Rausch was appointed by Senate President Karen E. Spilka to serve on the Senate's Temporary Committee on Rules, an honor rarely earned by first-term legislators.
Reflecting her commitment to intersectional social justice, fairness, and equality for all, Senator Rausch’s policy portfolio includes abortion access, public education, infectious disease prevention, mental health care, reproductive justice, election reform, combating discrimination, supporting families, and good government. A proven champion for positive policy and the communities she serves, Senator Rausch has successfully advanced both legislation and state funding on these and other issues, as well as rules changes and on-the-record voting.
Prior to Rausch’s election to the Senate, she served as an elected local government official and an award-winning Secretariat-level attorney in both the Patrick and Baker administrations. Rausch is a former law professor and scholar, union steward, and private sector attorney. Senator Rausch earned degrees from Brandeis University (B.A.), Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.), and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M.). She lives in Needham with her husband, their two young children, and their family dog.
