Lynch, Stephen
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Stephen Francis Lynch (born March 31, 1955) is an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts since 2001. A Democrat, he represents Massachusetts's 8th congressional district, which includes the southern fourth of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer, and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court. Born and raised in South Boston, Lynch is the son of an ironworker. He went into the trade after high school, working in an apprenticeship and later joining his father's union. He became the union's youngest president, at age 30, while attending the Wentworth Institute of Technology. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1991. In 1994, Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. During his tenure, his advocacy for South Boston helped propel him to the Massachusetts Senate in 1995, when he won a special election to succeed state senator William Bulger. Lynch won a special election to represent the state's 9th district in the United States House of Representatives in 2001, and has been reelected ever since. His district was redrawn into the 8th district in 2013. He sits on the Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform Committees. Lynch ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election for the U.S. Senate, losing to Ed Markey.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Lynch, Stephen
- First name
- Stephen
- Last name
- Lynch
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Massachusetts 8th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Massachusetts 8th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Massachusetts 8th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $962,334.32
- Total disbursements
- $820,808.42
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $962,334.32 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $532,189.00;Share: 55.3%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $427,350.00;Share: 44.4%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $2,795.32;Share: 0.3%;Denominator: $962,334.32 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $373,100.00
- Itemized
- $373,100.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 335 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $373,100.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $600.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $32,700.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $3,500.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $36,450.00;Transactions: 31;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $9,200.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $6,600.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $53,650.00;Transactions: 62;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $16,500.00;Transactions: 22;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $400.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $62,300.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $88,600.00;Transactions: 72;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $62,600.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $373,100.00 across 335 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $1,500.00;Transactions: 14 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $10,350.00;Transactions: 40 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $44,950.00;Transactions: 88 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $126,200.00;Transactions: 120 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $190,100.00;Transactions: 73 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 39% in district
- District share basis
- $146,500.00 in district and $226,350.00 out of district; $250.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $250.00 with 1 reported transactions; visible denominator is $373,100.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $146,500.00;Transactions: 133;Denominator: $373,100.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $220,450.00;Transactions: 193;Denominator: $373,100.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $5,900.00;Transactions: 8;Denominator: $373,100.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $250.00;Transactions: 1;Denominator: $373,100.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| MACHADO, JEFFREY | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| LANDRY, NICHOLAS P | $3,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| LYNCH, VIRGINIA H. | $3,400.00 | 2 transactions |
| CRESS, WILLIAM E | $3,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| KAVANAGH, JOHN E. III | $2,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| TRANE, PAUL | $2,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARCARI, GIUSEPPE A. | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BISSON, STEPHEN | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BOYEA, DAVID | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| BRADY, CATHAL | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $47,250.00 | 46 transactions |
| AT HOME | $17,600.00 | 9 transactions |
| JRM HAULING & RECYCLING | $13,200.00 | 12 transactions |
| TAVERN IN THE SQUARE | $11,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| FEENEY BROTHERS | $6,250.00 | 7 transactions |
| CITY OF BOSTON | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| CRONIN GROUP | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| GREENWORKS INC. | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| KEEGAN, WERLIN & PABIAO LLP | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| WINN COMPANIES | $5,800.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $77,650.00 | 42 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $77,650.00 and 42 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2MA09072
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2MA09072
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2MA09072
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:L000562
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MA09072:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MA09072:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MA09072:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000562
- fec_candidate_id
- H2MA09072
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2MA09072,S0MA00083
- govtrack_id
- 400249
- wikidata_id
- Q2344921