Past Campaign
Massachusetts State Senate District Second Middlesex
Primary election
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Erika Uyterhoeven is a Massachusetts State Representative running for State Senate in the 2nd Middlesex District (Somerville, Medford, Cambridge, Winchester). First elected in 2020, she has served three terms, filed 63+ bills, and won 12 amendments. She co-founded Act on Mass, a statewide grassroots organization for legislative transparency. Her legislative wins include free school meals for 690,000 students, ending forced brokers' fees, and protecting abortion access after the fall of Roe. Before politics, she worked as an antitrust economist. She is the daughter of an immigrant single mother.
Erika Uyterhoeven has a recorded position on 10 issues. Each is Civoren's summary of the campaign's own public material, with the source linked.
Fights to build 100,000 permanently affordable homes through public and social housing, guarantee tenants a lawyer in evictions, ban AI-enabled rent price-fixing, and lift the statewide rent-control ban.
“Erika has begun the fight to change that, and passed a law ending forced broker fees and doubled local affordable housing funding.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
Fights for a right to know when AI makes decisions about one's life, independent safety testing before government AI deployment, stopping data brokers from selling personal data to ICE, and halting data-center expansion.
“Guarantee your right to know when AI is making decisions about your job, your loan, your housing, or your healthcare, and require independent safety testing before the government deploys any AI system.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
Fights to guarantee funded access to gender-affirming care, make Massachusetts a refuge against out-of-state prosecution, and stop surveillance policies targeting queer and trans youth.
“Guarantee funded access to gender-affirming care for every trans person in Massachusetts, and for every trans young person, no matter what Washington does.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
Fights to lower energy bills and transition Massachusetts to 100% renewable energy built with union jobs, halt new gas infrastructure, and stop utilities from charging lobbying and advertising costs to ratepayers.
“Transition Massachusetts to 100% renewable energy with good union jobs, building offshore wind, solar, and a modern grid with prevailing wage, project labor agreements, and apprenticeship pipelines.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
Co-founded Act on Mass and won public posting of every committee vote; fights to pass a public records law covering all three branches of government and apply the open meeting law to the Legislature.
“Pass public records law that applies to all three branches of government. No one should be exempt from government transparency.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
Fights to pass Medicare for All in Massachusetts, prohibit private equity from investing in hospitals, and protect MassHealth and community health centers from federal cuts.
“Guarantee healthcare to every single resident by passing Medicare for All in Massachusetts, with no copays, no deductibles, and no one left uninsured.”
electerika.comAs of August 2026
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