State Senator Jamie Eldridge has served as State Senator for the Middlesex and Worcester district since January 2009, representing 12 communities in Metrowest. He serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, and the Senate Vice Chair Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. As an activist legislator, Senator Eldridge proudly serves as the Senate Chair of the Criminal Justice Reform Caucus, the Medicare for All Caucus, and the Clean Energy Caucus.

Senator Eldridge has focused his energies on Beacon Hill on increasing investments in public education and transportation, combating climate change, making healthcare a right, stimulating the economy, advocating for affordable housing, reforming our criminal justice system, advancing campaign and ethics reform, protecting the environment, supporting immigrants, making government more transparent and updating our election and campaign finance laws. He grew up in Acton, and now lives in Marlborough.

Previously, Senator Eldridge served as the State Representative for the 37th Middlesex District for 7 years. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Boston College Law School. Prior to his election as State Representative, Senator Eldridge worked as a public interest attorney with Merrimack Valley Legal Services in Lowell, a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to the poor and the elderly. As a public interest lawyer, he also worked to help low-income residents with issues of housing, Social Security, disability, and unemployment.