Pillar 01 · Lowering Costs
Bring down the cost of food, childcare, healthcare, energy
Take on consolidation, surprise pricing, and giveaways to corporate insiders. Reward the people doing the work, not the people skimming off the top.
STEM and Innovation for Tram
Lead the future from Massachusetts.
AI, biotech, advanced energy, fusion. The next decade of US competitiveness is being decided right now. Tram is running to fund it.
Tram for Congress · MA-06 · September 2026 Democratic primary
The track record across MA-06
From three terms in the Massachusetts State House and the congressional campaign so far. Sourced from the campaign's CRM of record.
- 7,600+Constituent conversations logged
- 497K+Messages delivered to MA-06
- 100sof community events attended
Why this race
A representative who can read the technical brief.
Tram arrived in Lawrence with her family in 1992 at age five, the first in her family to attend college (Tufts, Northeastern Law, Harvard Kennedy School), and worked as a civil rights attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services before flipping a four-term Republican State House seat by more than 2,000 votes in 2018.
Massachusetts is one of the densest concentrations of research talent in the world. The federal funding decisions of the next two years (NIH, NSF, ARPA-E, ARPA-H, the CHIPS implementation) decide whether that talent lands here or somewhere else.
Tram is running to staff up on the technical rooms that matter, push hard on permitting reform for advanced manufacturing, and protect basic-research funding from the political budget knife. Innovation policy is industrial policy.
Massachusetts research corridor
Locally built
Tram's coalition runs from Andover to the North Shore, the same corridor that powers the state's research economy.
See the donor geographyWhat Tram is fighting for
Three pillars. Where this coalition fits.
Pillar 02 · Defending Democracy
Defend democracy from extremism
Stand up against authoritarian power grabs and the steady chipping-away of our rights. Voting rights, reproductive rights, the rule of law, all on the line.
Pillar 03 · Housing
Build housing people can actually afford
Pass federal incentives that get homes built faster, lower mortgage and rent costs, and make first-home ownership reachable for working families in MA-06.
Why early matters
Early money is more valuable than late money.
The September 2026 Democratic primary is open. The candidate who wins it has the inside track on the seat. Money raised right now hires the field organizers, books the events, and pays for the SMS that turn out the votes that decide it.
- $251,000 SMS to undecided voters in MA-06.
- $100Hosts a 12-person neighborhood gathering with Tram.
- $500Funds a captain (25 voters, 4 conversations) for the cycle.
Quarter-2 grassroots goal
As of May 9
$92K / $250K
From 1,840 contributors so far. Every gift moves the bar.
Compound investment
Fund the policy that funds the lab.
$250 funds a captain's first month. $1,000 funds a research-policy briefing. $3,300 maxes you out for the primary.
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In the press
Coverage of the campaign.
Frequently asked
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Beyond donating
Brief Tram's team on what your field actually needs
We are setting up technical briefings with researchers and operators across AI, biotech, fusion, and advanced manufacturing.
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