First elected in an iconic 2018 victory, Massachusetts State Senator Becca Rausch represents the Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex District, consisting of 11 towns in the MetroWest and south central Massachusetts regions. She is the first woman and first Jewish person to serve several of the district’s communities in the Senate. Senator Rausch is currently serving her fourth term and is the only mother of young children in the Senate. 

  

A former practicing attorney and law professor, Senator Rausch has twice chaired the Joint Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources and held numerous other committee leadership positions. In the first few weeks of her tenure, Senator Rausch served on the Temporary Committee on Rules, an appointment rarely earned by first-year legislators. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators and in leadership of the National Association of Jewish Legislators. 

  

The granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor and a published author on reproductive health and justice and body size and the law, Senator Rausch is a lifelong advocate for social justice, fairness, and equity. Her legislative portfolio advances these core values across a multitude of issues, including human health, reproductive freedom and justice, public education, environmental protection, civil rights, transparency and good government, and election reform. 

 

Senator Rausch holds degrees from Brandeis University (B.A.), Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.), and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M.). She lives in Needham with her husband, their two young children, and their family dog.