RepublicanIn office since Nov 2020

Steven Xiarhos

Massachusetts State Representative, District 5 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Massachusetts State Representative, District 5Born 1958

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 1; 28 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 0.9%
With party: 98%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +22.8; Won 2024
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Emergency Preparedness and Management · ranking republican member
Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery · ranking republican member
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Ways and Means
Ways and Means

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 28 sponsored · 1 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

H 4374 An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G.…
Became law Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Xiarhos sits in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Xiarhos is closer to the center than 44% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Todd Smola, Kelly Pease, Marcus Vaughn

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

With Xiarhos’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills56%

Black tick: the average of Republicans 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: Xiarhos’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Xiarhos	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Jul 22, 2026	H 5595: An Act prioritizing patient access to care	No	No	Yes	Passed 119–33
Jul 8, 2026	H 5562: An Act relative to economic development in the commonwealth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 145–6
Jul 1, 2026	H 5555: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the…	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 142–6
Jun 10, 2026	S 2726: An Act regarding free expression	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 23–133
Apr 28, 2026	H 5500: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the…	No	No	Yes	Passed 136–20

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

Career

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

202020212022202320242025202620272028Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 156 Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 5

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.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 5	Won	—	D+4.9	—
2024	Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 5	Won	R+22.8	D+4.9	+27.7
2022	Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 5	Won	—	D+10.1	—
2020	Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 156	Won	R+4.3	—	—