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Patrick Roath
MA-08 Democratic nominee?
$22.0K
SEP 16, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleLawyer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationMassachusetts
BackgroundLawyer
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Notable personal detailsPatrick Thomas Roath is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Massachusetts’ 8th Congressional District. He is a lawyer who has worked on voting-rights, asylum, and transgender-rights matters and previously worked as an aide to former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. He has also served as board chair of Common Cause Massachusetts and has been involved in political campaigns and public-service roles.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations (including a minimum tax on billionaires and higher capital gains rates), closing offshore and corporate loopholes, expanding/locking in Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, and reversing recent corporate tax giveaways while supporting investments in housing, childcare, and clean energy.
Healthcare
Supports expanding access to affordable, quality healthcare and pursuing short-, medium-, and long-term reforms that build toward universal coverage; emphasizes protecting reproductive health access and reducing medical costs. Opposes Rep. Lynch’s past votes against the Affordable Care Act and frames his proposals as expanding government programs (e.g., codifying reproductive protections) rather than privatizing care.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive, humane immigration reform including a clear pathway to citizenship and the DREAM Act; favors ending family detention, reforming immigration courts, abolishing ICE and transferring enforcement functions; emphasizes protecting due process and opposing efforts to dehumanize immigrants while calling for smarter border enforcement paired with support for asylum and immigration judges.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports federal protections for reproductive freedom, says family planning decisions should remain between individuals and their healthcare providers, and pledges to champion legislation to codify Roe v. Wade (including the Women’s Health Protection Act) and ensure access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care.
Climate & Energy
Supports substantial federal investment in a broad range of clean energy technologies (offshore and onshore wind, solar, advanced nuclear, fusion, geothermal, small hydro), energy-efficiency and building retrofits, coastal resilience, consumer protections for energy affordability, and holding major polluters financially accountable. Opposes new local fossil-fuel infrastructure such as the Weymouth compressor station and supports regulation of data-center siting to limit local energy and water impacts.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports comprehensive federal gun-violence prevention measures including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, nationwide red flag (extreme risk) laws, and a national licensing/registration system with safety training and insurance requirements for gun owners.
Polls
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Endorsements
MA-08 Democratic nominee?
Endorsers of Patrick Roath for MA-08 Democratic nominee?
AFT Massachusetts
Public endorsement
AFT Massachusetts endorsed Patrick Roath for Congress in MA-08.
Boston Teachers Union
Labor organization
Boston Teachers Union endorsed Patrick Roath in his Democratic primary challenge against Stephen Lynch.
College Democrats of Massachusetts
Public endorsement
College Democrats of Massachusetts endorsed Patrick Roath for Congress in MA-08.
David Hogg
Public figure
David Hogg endorsed Patrick Roath in his Democratic primary challenge to Stephen Lynch.
Leaders We Deserve
Public figure
Leaders We Deserve endorsed Patrick Roath in his challenge to Stephen Lynch.
Ten elected officials
Labor organization
Ten elected officials endorsed Patrick Roath in an initial wave of local endorsements across the Massachusetts Eighth Congressional District.
Deval Patrick
Public figure
Deval Patrick endorsed Patrick Roath in his challenge against Stephen Lynch.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$1.1M
$834.0K
$556.0K
$278.0K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$1.1M
$458.8K
$653.2K
$36.3K
Source: FEC
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