House · Democrat
Jennifer Balinsky Armini
Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.
Residence
Marblehead
First elected
House 2022
| Session | Chamber | District | Lines | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193rd (2023–24) | House | 8th Essex | 2021 lines | |
| 194th (2025–26) | House | 8th Essex | 2021 lines |
Posts and stipends
Jennifer Balinsky Armini was paid $13,824 in leadership and committee stipends from 2025 to 2026 (2026 to date).
| Session | Posts | First year | Second year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 193rd (2023–24) | No post recorded | $0 | $0 |
| 194th (2025–26) | Vice chair, House Committee on Human Resources and Employee Engagement | $7,776 | $6,048 (to date) |
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
8th Essex on its 2021 lines: 3 cities and towns, 43,329 residents (2020).
Marblehead · Swampscott · Lynn
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: 36 for all state aid and 34 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.
| Session | District | Dollars | In corrective clauses | Per resident per budget, rank | Without corrective clauses, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193rd (2023–24) | 8th Essex | $368,000 | $0 | $4.25 · 140th of 160 | $4.25 · 138th of 160 |
| 194th (2025–26) | 8th Essex | $231,000 | $0 | $5.34 · 107th of 160 | $5.34 · 104th of 160 |
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.
| Session | District | Placed in the district | Per resident per budget, rank | Everything placed | Per resident per budget, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193rd (2023–24) | 8th Essex | $387,000 | $4.47 · 141st of 160 | $414,000 | $4.78 · 142nd of 160 |
| 194th (2025–26) | 8th Essex | $222,000 | $5.11 · 118th of 160 | $231,000 | $5.34 · 120th of 160 |
Budget amendments
Jennifer Balinsky Armini sponsored 17 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $715,000 in all.
Amendments sponsored
17
FY2017–FY2026 budgets
Adopted, known outcomes
62%
10 of 16
Chamber rate, same ask sizes
64%
expected at the chamber’s rates
Of the 16 with a known outcome, ten were adopted (62%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about ten (64%) would have been.
| Year | Amount | Enacted budget text (excerpt) | Amendment |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $50,000 | “the town of Marblehead for repairs to the irrigation system and deteriorating structures at Marblehead cemeteries” | H4000 #633 |
| FY2026 | $35,000 | “the town of Swampscott for repairs to the Jackson park track and field at Swampscott high school” | H4000 #636 |
| FY2025 | $35,000 | “street design and permitting to create safe streets around Hadley elementary school in the town of Swampscott” | H4600 #589 |
| FY2025 | $25,000 | “Marblehead to rehabilitate the slave quarters and kitchen at the Colonial Jeremiah Lee Mansion, a national historic site” | H4600 #596 |
| FY2024 | $25,000 (shared two ways) | “the cleanup of Pilayella algae on King’s beach and Long beach in the city of Lynn” | H3900 #180 |
Strong matches: 7 enacted items, $205,000 (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. House attribution is inferred throughout, because the House adopts most amendments inside consolidated amendments.
16 outcomes are inferred by matching amendment text to the House’s consolidated amendments, because the House records most amendments only as “Consolidated A–G.” 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
Jennifer Balinsky Armini filed 24 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; five were enacted on their own. In completed sessions, 14% of their lead bills were enacted on their own, against a chamber median of 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.
| Session | Chamber | Lead bills | Enacted | Sent to study | No action | Pending (session open) | Enacted rate | Chamber median | Cosponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193rd (2023–24) | House | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14% | 4% | 224 |
| 194th (2025–26) | House | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 24%* | 1% | 103 |
Enacted bills as lead sponsor
- H4086 (193rd): An Act amending the charter of the town of Swampscott · Chapter 261 of the Acts of 2024
- H3912 (194th): An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five · Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025
- H4225 (194th): An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption · Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2026
- H4438 (194th): An Act relative to the charter of the town of Swampscott establishing a fall annual town meeting · Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2026
- H4444 (194th): An Act relative to a real property exemption for disabled persons in the town of Swampscott · Chapter 198 of the Acts of 2026
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
Jennifer Balinsky Armini cast 20 yes-or-no votes on the 20 accountability roll calls in this file (six yes, 14 no).
| Date | Measure | Vote | Chamber result |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1, 2023 | Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to review technical/ perfecting amendments | No | Yeas 23, nays 130 |
| February 1, 2023 | Amendment 12.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Review of Consolidated Amendments | No | Yeas 23, nays 130 |
| February 1, 2023 | House rules (H2023), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 153, nays 0 |
| February 1, 2023 | Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Local Aid Resolution | No | Yeas 23, nays 130 |
| February 1, 2023 | Amendment 9.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Hearing Schedule | No | Yeas 24, nays 129 |
| February 1, 2023 | Joint rules (H2025), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 153, nays 0 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 2.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Roll Calls | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Formal Session Notification | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 4.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): General Court Audits | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 5.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Opinion of the Justices | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 6.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 7.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Poll Notification | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Joint rules (H2026), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 128, nays 23 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 18.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Time to Review Legislation | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 17.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Audit by State Auditor | No | Yeas 24, nays 127 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 2.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Polls | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | Amendment 3.0 (Bradley H. Jones, Jr.): Committee Poll Notifications | No | Yeas 23, nays 128 |
| February 25, 2025 | House rules (H2024), rules package: on adoption of the order (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 128, nays 23 |
| June 26, 2025 | Joint rules (conference report) (S2545), rules package: on acceptance (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 147, nays 2 |
| June 3, 2026 | Engross H.5469 (public records law applied to the Legislature). Reform advocates split (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 125, nays 28 |
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
Jennifer Balinsky Armini’s committee reported $46,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2023–2026.
| Year | Contributions |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | $18,000 |
| 2025 | $15,000 |
| 2026 | $2,800 |
| Kind | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | $42,000 | 92% |
| Political committees and PACs | $3,300 | 7% |
| Unions and associations | $500 | 1% |
| Employer reported | Share |
|---|---|
| A named employer | 46% |
| Self-employed | 11% |
| Retired | 10% |
| Not employed | 26% |
| Not reported or withheld | 7% |
The same committee also reported $48,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2022), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.
| Employer or organization | Kind | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERALD HOLDINGS | individuals, by employer | $2,000 | 3 |
| MARBLEHEAD COLLISION | individuals, by employer | $2,000 | 3 |
| BABSON COLLEGE | individuals, by employer | $2,000 | 2 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $1,500 | 3 |
| WILMERHALE | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 2 |
| MCC | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 1 |
| NEW ENGLAND ASSC OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 3 |
| CHARLES RIVER VENTURES | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 1 |
| SBS PRECISION | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 1 |
| YAHOO | individuals, by employer | $750 | 3 |
Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Armini Committee (CPF 17981). 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.
- Massachusetts Legislature, members, districts and roll calls
- Budget amendments and enacted budgets, FY2017–FY2026
- CTHRU payroll, Office of the Comptroller (stipends)
- Office of Campaign and Political Finance
- District lines: Acts of 2011 and 2021; Census 2020 block populations
- Official profile (prior offices, occupation)
- Election statistics (first elected, residence)
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.