Commonwealth Report Legislators Method

Senate · Democrat

Anne M. Gobi

Former member, served 2015–2023 in the sessions covered here · Worcester and Hampshire

Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.

Residence

Spencer

First elected

House 2001 (special); Senate 2014

Occupation

Legislator/Attorney

Left office

appointed (June 4, 2023); successor elected in special election November 7, 2023

Seats held, General Courts 189–194 (the FY2017–FY2026 budgets)
SessionChamberDistrictLinesNote
189th (2015–16)SenateWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex2011 lines
190th (2017–18)SenateWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex2011 lines
191st (2019–20)SenateWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex2011 lines
192nd (2021–22)SenateWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex2011 lines
193rd (2023–24)SenateWorcester and Hampshire2021 lines

Posts and stipends

Anne M. Gobi was paid $160,054 in leadership and committee stipends from 2016 to 2023.

Posts and stipends by session (stipends by calendar year)
SessionPostsFirst yearSecond year
189th (2015–16)Chair, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologiesnot available$7,500
190th (2017–18)Chair, Joint Committee on Election Laws; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs$15,000$15,000
191st (2019–20)Chair, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; Vice chair, Joint Committee on Public Service$32,496$32,496
192nd (2021–22)Chair, Joint Committee on Higher Education; Vice chair, Senate Committee on Redistricting$22,951$22,951
193rd (2023–24)Title not in the roster records; a stipend was paid$11,661not available

Posts: the Legislature’s leadership and roster records as compiled for this project; where those name no post, the member’s committee chair, vice-chair and ranking roles from the Legislature’s member profiles. Stipends: additional compensation in the Comptroller’s payroll data (CTHRU dataset 9ttk-7vz6), 2016–2026; 2026 is the year to date. Stipends for 2015 are not available. Base salary is not included.

The district

Worcester and Hampshire on its 2021 lines: 22 cities and towns, 167,231 residents (2020).

Gardner · Holden · Worcester · Spencer · Leicester · Ware · Rutland · Westminster · Templeton · Sterling · Barre · Paxton · North Brookfield · Hubbardston · West Brookfield · Princeton · Brookfield · Hardwick · East Brookfield · Oakham · Phillipston · New Braintree

Percentages are each place’s share of the district’s 2020 residents; for a town split between districts, the share of the town inside this one follows.

Population-weighted Fairness Index of the district’s cities and towns: 56 for all state aid and 49 for discretionary money (50 is a fair share).

Local earmarks are counted three ways. District money uses the first, clauses that name a place in the district; the second table adds organizations located in the district (placed in the district) and state facilities located there (everything placed). Three ways to count a local earmark.

District money, first measure: enacted earmarks in clauses naming a place in the district, by session (district money, not the member’s)
SessionDistrictDollarsIn corrective clausesPer resident per budget, rankWithout corrective clauses, rank
189th (2015–16)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$570,000$0$3.44 · 17th of 40$3.44 · 17th of 40
190th (2017–18)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$1.2M$0$3.65 · 26th of 40$3.65 · 26th of 40
191st (2019–20)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$795,000$0$2.40 · 36th of 40$2.40 · 36th of 40
192nd (2021–22)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$1.5M$0$4.47 · 35th of 40$4.47 · 35th of 40
193rd (2023–24)Worcester and Hampshire$2.1M$0$6.15 · 33rd of 40$6.15 · 33rd of 40

District money is where enacted earmarks land, by the place a clause names, mapped to districts by 2020 population; it is not attributed to the member and does not include leadership’s base-text money that names no place. Ranks are of district money per resident among the chamber’s districts, 1 = most. “In corrective clauses” is the part carried by a Ways and Means chair’s corrective amendments, which is leadership’s money; the last column gives the per-resident figure and rank without it. Sessions are labeled by the General Court that enacted each budget. Per-resident figures use the district as drawn for each session (2011 lines through the 192nd General Court, 2021 lines from the 193rd), so they will not equal a session’s dollars divided by the resident count above.

The same district on the other two measures, by session (enacted; includes any corrective-clause money)
SessionDistrictPlaced in the districtPer resident per budget, rankEverything placedPer resident per budget, rank
189th (2015–16)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$670,000$4.05 · 18th of 40$670,000$4.05 · 20th of 40
190th (2017–18)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$1.3M$3.87 · 30th of 40$1.4M$4.18 · 29th of 40
191st (2019–20)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$990,000$2.99 · 36th of 40$990,000$2.99 · 37th of 40
192nd (2021–22)Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex$1.7M$5.28 · 39th of 40$1.7M$5.28 · 39th of 40
193rd (2023–24)Worcester and Hampshire$5.3M$15.88 · 12th of 40$5.3M$15.88 · 14th of 40

Budget amendments

Anne M. Gobi sponsored 216 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $170 million in all.

Amendments sponsored

216

FY2017–FY2026 budgets

Adopted, known outcomes

45%

97 of 216

Chamber rate, same ask sizes

39%

expected at the chamber’s rates

Of the 216 with a known outcome, 97 were adopted (45%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 85 (39%) would have been.

Largest enacted items matched to an amendment Anne M. Gobi filed (strong text matches)
YearAmountEnacted budget text (excerpt)Amendment
FY2024$1M“the administration of the healthy soils program”S3 #16
FY2023$1M“a digital textbook and materials demonstration program to be piloted at 1 or more of the state universities and community colleges”S4 #651
FY2020$500,000“enhance the Buy Local effort in western, central, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts”S3 #937
FY2019$500,000“a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for 1-time or transition costs related to regionalization and other efficiency…”S4 #380
FY2019$250,000 (shared two ways)“enhance the Buy Local effort in western, central, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts”S4 #928

Strong matches: 64 enacted items, $7 million (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause). A further one weaker text match is not listed; attribution is inferred from amendment text and is less certain there.

For 12 amendments the sponsor is the first mover named in the amendment text, because the Legislature’s record listed none. Ask size is the larger of the earmark dollars and the line-item change an amendment requests; bands: no dollar amount, under $50,000, $50,000–$250,000, $250,000–$1 million, $1–5 million, $5 million or more. Leadership’s unattributed base-text and corrective-amendment money is never assigned to a member. The comparison describes outcomes; it is not a measure of merit.

Bills sponsored

Anne M. Gobi filed 421 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; 41 were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 10% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against chamber medians of 1% to 4% for the same sessions.

Most bills die in every legislature, and many policies pass inside other bills; the chamber median for the same session is the fair comparison.

Bills filed as lead sponsor, by session and outcome
SessionChamberLead billsEnactedFolded into an enacted billPassed both branches; no chapter recordedVetoedSent to studyReported favorably, then diedReported adversely or withdrawnNo actionEnacted rateChamber medianCosponsored
189th (2015–16)Senate981041140330910%4%241
190th (2017–18)Senate871300035321615%3%250
191st (2019–20)Senate8684003143009%3%378
192nd (2021–22)Senate75820025361311%2%208
193rd (2023–24)Senate7520003733033%1%148

Enacted bills as lead sponsor

Show all 41

Outcomes are the furthest point each bill reached in the record. “Folded into an enacted bill” means the history names the enacted bill that absorbed it. “Passed both branches; no chapter recorded” means the bill was enacted by both branches and laid before the Governor, with no chapter or veto in the history; in the 194th General Court such bills are shown as laid before the Governor (pending). The 194th General Court is in session until January 2027, so its open bills are pending, not dead, and its rates (*) are not comparable with completed sessions. Chairs and leaders control the calendar, which raises their rates. Source: malegislature.gov bill histories.

Recorded votes on accountability measures

Anne M. Gobi cast 48 yes-or-no votes on the 50 accountability roll calls in this file (18 yes, 30 no, two for a named candidate).

Roll calls on rules, audits, public records, term limits and pay
DateMeasureVoteChamber result
January 26, 2017Senate engrossment of the pay-raise billNoYeas 31, nays 9
February 2, 2017Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Matters considered in an informal sessionYesYeas 38, nays 0
February 2, 2017Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time to consider matters in an informalYesYeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Provided with text of bills prior to pollYesYeas 39, nays 0
February 2, 2017Special orders by majority instead of two-thirds (contested meaning)NoYeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consentNoYeas 6, nays 33
February 2, 2017Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timely Local Aid NotificationNoYeas 7, nays 32
February 2, 2017Senate override of the veto of the pay-raise billNoYeas 31, nays 9
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.1 (Bruce E. Tarr): Posting of Committee Roll Call VotesYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Walter F. Timilty): Improving Access to RecordsYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Informal SessionYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019Amendment 11.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Audit of accountsYesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableJoint rules (S9), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 1.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Non disclosure agreementsYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 7.1 (Rebecca L. Rausch): anti-harassment and assaultYesYeas 39, nays 0
January 31, 2019Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Numbers of bills considered at a hearingNoYeas 8, nays 31
January 31, 2019Amendment 17.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Matters considered in an informal sessionNoYeas 6, nays 33
January 31, 2019Amendment 25.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consentNoYeas 6, nays 33
not availableSenate rules (S8), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 11, 2021Amendment 3.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Members receiving SWM GAA recommendationNoYeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnightNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 7.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pmNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 8.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive formal sessionsNoYeas 6, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 15.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Anti-harassment and bystander intervention trainingYesYeas 10, nays 29
February 11, 2021Amendment 20.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Amendments to other appropriations billsNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Accessibility; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021Supplier diversity; adopted 39-0 (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0
February 11, 2021Amendment 42.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Consideration of further and redrafted amendmentsNoYeas 7, nays 32
February 11, 2021Amendment 44.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): HearingsNoYeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021Amendment 49.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Adoption amendment - Rule 24NoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Minority Leader appointments to committees (partisan allocation) (contested meaning)NoYeas 4, nays 35
February 11, 2021Amendment 24.0 (Diana DiZoglio): Notice of legislative mattersNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): New items on the calendarNoYeas 5, nays 34
February 11, 2021Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of conference committee reportNoYeas 6, nays 33
February 11, 2021Amendment 14.0 (James B. Eldridge): Lengthening public notice period for legislative hearingsYesYeas 39, nays 0
not availableSenate President election (contested meaning)Voted for Karen E. Spilkanot available
February 9, 2023Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Successive Legislative DaysNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Time of recess for consideration of new mattersNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023Amendment 5.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10 pmNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 6.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Unanimous consent to go past midnightNoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Manner of how member votedNoYeas 5, nays 33
February 9, 2023Amd 23 (Rodrigues) strikes Rule 11B, the 8-year term limit on the Senate President; adopted 32-6YesYeas 32, nays 6
February 9, 2023Strike remote-participation rules 57C/57D (contested meaning)NoYeas 3, nays 35
February 9, 2023Remote voting conditions (contested meaning)NoYeas 4, nays 34
February 9, 2023Senate rules (S17), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 37, nays 1
February 9, 2023Amendment 1.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Filing of Conference Committee ReportNoYeas 4, nays 35
February 9, 2023Amendment 12.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Adding a Minority ReportNoYeas 3, nays 36
not availableJoint rules (S18), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning)YesYeas 39, nays 0

Votes marked “contested meaning” are rules-package and public-records passage votes; reform advocates were on both sides of them. Descriptions are the project’s plain summaries of each question, or the question as recorded for rules-package roll calls; the official record is on malegislature.gov. Votes are facts; no score is computed.

Campaign money in

Anne M. Gobi’s committee reported $70,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2015–2023.

By year (years in the Legislature)
YearContributions
2015$2,250
2016$12,000
2017$8,800
2018$12,000
2019$3,750
2020$20,000
2021$2,100
2022$9,750
2023$1,000
By kind of contributor
KindTotalShare
Political committees and PACs$34,00049%
Individuals$28,00040%
Unions and associations$8,05011%
Individuals’ money by the employer they reported
Employer reportedShare
A named employer59%
Self-employed24%
Retired11%
Not employed2%
Homemaker or at home2%
Not reported or withheld3%

Not counted as contributions: $35,000 in other receipts of $250 or more in the same years (candidate loans and the candidate’s own money, transfers, refunds, bank interest and aggregated small receipts).

Largest employers and organizations
Employer or organizationKindTotalContributions
MA DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEEcommittee or PAC$13,0002
KOROLATH OF NEW ENGLANDindividuals, by employer$2,5004
WATER WHEEL REALITYindividuals, by employer$2,3003
MA CORRECTION OFFICERS FEDERATED UNION PAC M C O F U PACcommittee or PAC$2,0004
RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PACcommittee or PAC$2,0004
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMMunion or association$2,0004
MA ASSOC OF REALTORS POL ACTION COMM - MA RPACcommittee or PAC$1,6004
MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMMcommittee or PAC$1,5003
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSindividuals, by employer$1,0001
STURBRIDGE SERVICEindividuals, by employer$1,0001

Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Gobi Committee (CPF 13731). Individuals are grouped by the employer they reported; no individual contributor is named, and an employer field that is a person’s name is withheld. Massachusetts bars business contributions to candidates. Employer shows affiliation, not instruction.

Sources

Every figure traces to a public record.

Facts only: posts, stipends, sponsored amendments, enacted items, roll-call votes and district money. No score or grade is computed. Associations shown here are not evidence of cause. Method.