Russell Holmes
Photo: Joshua Qualls (Massachusetts Governor’s Press Office), Public domain
DemocratIn office since Nov 2010

Russell Holmes

Massachusetts State Representative, District 128 since 2010. Ran in 9 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 9. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Massachusetts State Representative, District 128Born 1969

In office
16 yrs
Since 2010
Bills became law
0
34 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
3.0%
Chamber median 0.9%
With party
99%
On votes splitting the parties
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028
Elections
10
2010–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Operations, Facilities and Security · vice chair
  • Legislative Black and Latino Caucus
  • Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
  • Racial Equity, Civil Rights and Inclusion
  • Ways and Means
  • Ways and Means

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 34 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Holmes sits in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Holmes is closer to the center than 89% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianHolmesMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Mike Finn, Brian Ashe, Richard Wells

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:51 PM ET

With Holmes’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills1%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Holmes’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Holmes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 128Won—D+74.5—
2024Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 128Won—D+74.5—
2022Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 128Won—D+85.6—
2020Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189Won———
2018Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189Won———
2016Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189Won———
2014Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189Won———
2014Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189 (primary)Won———
2012Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 189Won———
2010Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 128Won———

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$15K
Spent
$55.6K
Cash
$2.2K

Source: Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance filings through Sep 30, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 6:19 PM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Holmes Committee
State
Active

Source: Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance filings through Sep 30, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 6:19 PM ET

Seats Holmes has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Holmes

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET