Derek Bennett

Public safety is not optional. It’s not a luxury.” — That’s what I told Town Meeting when leading the citizens’ petition drive to save 4 critical positions in Duxbury PD & Fire. Signatures collected at supermarkets → overwhelming approval: Article 4 (Police): 241-78, Article 5 (Fire): 216-63. We proved: When we work together, we win for our neighborhoods and taxpayers. Grateful for the support from residents and first responders! #DuxburyMA #PublicSafetyFirst #MarshfieldMA #PlymouthMA duxburyclipper.com/articles/takin…

@agenturban Great info!

BREAKING: Massachusetts Attorney General, Andrea Campbell, is getting CHALLENGED. Video is up: youtu.be/EOknE47lCAI?si…

@OnlyInBOS Carbon neutral on paper, fossil-fueled in reality. Just a press release and a spreadsheet win.

Starting in 2026, ALL electricity used by the City of Cambridge will be 100% carbon neutral. Powered by a new wind project in North Dakota, backed by Harvard, MIT, Mass General Brigham, and local partners. Cambridge’s government emissions will drop ~70% from 2008 levels.

Affordability isn’t a slogan, it’s the result of real policy choices. Beacon Hill shifts costs to towns, homeowners pay the price, and now we’re told permanent overrides are the answer. The Globe sees through it too: lots of talk, not much relief. That’s why locking in higher taxes right now is a mistake. I laid out why a one-year, level-services approach is the smarter move until elections and state tax policy are clearer. x.com/DerekBennettMA…

Even the Boston Globe is pointing out what many of us already know: Maura Healey’s “affordability agenda” is all talk. Families are still facing higher energy bills, higher housing costs, and higher taxes because she won’t cut the mandates and fees driving costs up. When will Healey stop campaigning on affordability and start delivering it? #mapoli #magov

ISO-NE has warned New England faces an “increasing risk of energy shortfalls during extreme weather” and that the grid still depends on “fuel-secure, dispatchable resources” to keep the lights on. At the same time, MA is mandating electrification, blocking gas infrastructure, and betting on intermittent renewables that ISO-NE says do not replace firm capacity. This isn’t climate denial. It’s physics. When policy ignores the grid operator, ratepayers pay, and reliability suffers. #EnergyPolicy #MaPol #AffordableMA

@LaurenAPreston @agenturban Yes, someone may qualify for a different rate, but the system is subsidized by everyone else and usage still drives massive bills. That model isn’t sustainable. Heat pumps increase usage in cold climates. That’s reality.

@agenturban If you have electric heat you can get the rate changed to a lower price. The usage is high though. Is this for a residence? You may want to take advantage of the energy efficiency programs that are part of your bill.

Delivery 👀

@EdMarkey Go make Massachusetts affordable. Do something for your constituents.

A federal judge just unsealed the court records and confirmed what we’ve known all along—Rümeysa was taken from Massachusetts and sent thousands of miles away to a horrific detention center in Louisiana when she had committed no crime. No funding for Trump's ICE thugs.

Seth, while you're impeaching Noem over a Minnesota detention and crying about a Spider-Man backpack, Massachusetts families are getting crushed by 44% auto insurance hikes, 92% home insurance jumps, flat local aid, billion-dollar shelter spending, and energy bills that force choices between heat and groceries. Your district deals with the same cost-of-living pain as mine. Yet you're spending energy on DC drama and refusing DHS funding votes instead of fighting Beacon Hill's endless mandates, runaway taxes, and overrides threatening seniors. Immigration enforcement isn't 'kidnapping'—it's enforcing laws voters chose in 2024 to secure borders and ease the burden on states like ours. Compassion means orderly, lawful process that doesn't bankrupt working families here. Focus on real relief for MA: lower costs, real choices, common sense. We need results in 2026, not more rage tweets from another out-of-touch pol. #AffordableMA #MassachusettsFirst #MApoli #Vote2026

Nothing says “deporting the worst of the worst” quite like detaining a preschooler with a Spider-Man backpack. This should make anyone with a soul absolutely sick. Puppy-killing, child-kidnapping @KristiNoem needs to be impeached ASAP.

Ken has the passion, energy, and common sense needed to get re-elected, he truly gets it and fights for what Massachusetts families in his District actually need! @RepSweezey @ShortsleeveMA

@RepSweezey @ShortsleeveMA Amen Ken!

@DerekBennettMA @ShortsleeveMA This is great! Spot on as well! We need more people to see that change is necessary and I hope day by day we reach new voters open to that change.

@RepSweezey crushed the Republican response last night. Here's my take on why MA families are still waiting for real relief. High energy bills, housing crisis, endless spending... we need change in 2026. What do you think, Ken & Brian? @ShortsleeveMA

@MassFiscal That’s better than .07%

At 11:50 a.m. today, .08% of our energy was being produced by solar. iso-ne.com #mapoli

@ShortsleeveMA @RepSweezey @RepSweezey We love Ken, he represents his district well. Thanks Ken!

Congratulations to @RepSweezey for delivering last night's official Republican response to Maura Healey's State of the Commonwealth Address! He did a great job countering Healey's happy talk and showing how her policies have made our state completely unaffordable for ordinary families. #mapoli #magov

Spot on Ken. We really do need way more of these real conversations between now and November. Massachusetts families are feeling the squeeze, and a lot of folks are starting to see through the shiny promises and empty slogans coming out of this administration. It’s time we all face what’s actually happening and talk about it openly, like neighbors who care about the same future. I put together a short video with my own thoughts on what every one of us here in MA needs to wake up to. Would mean a lot if if I could share what you think: x.com/derekbennettma… Thanks for keeping the discussion going!

Mass. state Rep. Ken Sweezey delivers Republican response to State of the Commonwealth | Click on the image to read the full story wcvb.com/article/republ…

In Duxbury, we rejected a tax override last year, yet town officials are already pushing for another one this March. Had the override passed, many seniors on fixed incomes would’ve been forced out. That’s the real consequence no one wants to talk about. Overrides often pit town hall against taxpayers. Transparency suffers. Fear tactics ramp up. Residents are told to vote “yes” or lose essential services, with public safety conveniently placed on the chopping block to pressure approval. That’s why I gathered signatures through a citizens’ petition and placed two articles on the warrant to fund police and fire directly from our stabilization fund. Both passed overwhelmingly at Town Meeting. It worked, but it shouldn’t have to come to this. Many local budgets were inflated during COVID. Those temporary expansions are now being used to manufacture shortfalls and justify permanent tax increases. Refunding and reforming local aid would go a long way toward restoring trust and protecting taxpayers, especially seniors and working families.

Maura Healey is speaking today at the Mass Municipal Association’s Connect 351 conference. What you won’t hear from her is a commitment to increase local aid, even though it’s been flat for years. As governor, I’ll audit every executive agency, cut waste, and return $1 billion directly to cities and towns so taxpayers aren’t crushed anymore. #mapoli #magov

@Ilhan But you voted yes to give childless daycare’s millions.

I voted NO on a funding bill giving ICE billions to terrorize our communities. It is beyond shameful the bill passed.

@SenWarren Massachusetts didn’t become unaffordable overnight and it didn’t start with Trump. Real leadership means taking responsibility for the policies driving costs here at home, not endlessly deflecting blame.

One year of Trump in a nutshell. Still waiting for those "day one" lower prices.

Mileage tracking is just the next squeeze. My auto insurance is up 44% in two years and my home insurance is up 92% in three years, with no claims and no coverage changes. Massachusetts doesn’t have a free-market insurance system. These rates are supposed to be reviewed and justified by the Division of Insurance. Before taxing miles or tracking drivers, Beacon Hill should explain why regulated insurance has turned into legalized price gouging.

Maura Healey and her allies on Beacon Hill are now trying to track your mileage so they can tax you for driving! This is absolutely outrageous, no wonder so many people call this state #Taxachusetts. Why would we punish hardworking commuters for simply going to work? #mapoli #magov

@SenSanders At what point do Democrats start prioritizing American workers over sanctuary policies? Asking working families to shoulder the cost indefinitely isn’t sustainable.

This is authoritarianism, plain and simple. The Trump administration is targeting states that didn’t vote for him — including my home state of Vermont. Using federal power to punish political opponents is anti-democratic and blatantly illegal.