Lori Childs
Candidate for State Representative, 5th Plymouth District
Background
- Lives in
- Rockland
Member of the Rockland Select Board who earlier served three years on the Rockland Finance Committee; previously worked in advertising and ran a holistic healing center for 11 years.
Documented positions
Public safety
Opposes local police role in civil immigration enforcement
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“keeping local police focused on their real job — investigating crime, responding to emergencies, and protecting public safety — instead of civil immigration enforcement”
Education
Supports updating Chapter 70 and local aid formulas
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We need to update Chapter 70 to reflect real education costs and overhaul Unrestricted General Government Aid”
Roads & infrastructure
Proposes public financing to build new electric transmission
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Use the same low-cost public financing we already use for roads, schools, and water systems to build new electric transmission.”
Proposes a Municipal Building Authority modeled on the MSBA
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Create a Municipal Building Authority modeled on the MSBA, so towns are not left to pay for public safety & town facilities on their own.”
Health & human services
Supports enforcing drug pricing reforms already passed
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would enforce the drug pricing reforms MA already passed.”
Government & transparency
Supports limiting release of voter data without court order
ReportVOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth DistrictCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We should limit the release of voter information without a court order”
All sources (4)
- 2026 State Election Candidates
Election filing · Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division · sec.state.ma.us
- 2026 State Election Candidates (Plymouth County offices and districts)
Election filing · Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division · sec.state.ma.us
- About Lori
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Lori Childs · lorifor5th.com
- VOTE411 Voter Guide: 2026 State House Fifth Plymouth District
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
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