Beth Andres-Beck
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Bethany Andres-Beck (born 1984/1985 (age 40–41))[1] is an American politician who is running to represent Massachusetts's sixth district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Early and personal life
Andres-Beck grew up in Silicon Valley and in rural Oregon.[2] They are the child of Kent Beck, software engineer and co-founder of the agile software development methodology.[3]
They moved to Massachusetts in 2001 to attend Smith College, graduating in 2005 with a degree in costume design,[2] and subsequently moved to Boston.[4]
Their professional experience includes time working for Twitter[4] and TripAdvisor[5] and for Harvard School of Public Health, where they contributed to cervical cancer research.[6][7] While working at Long-Term Stock Exchange, they worked on a popular tool "that helps users quickly estimate the value of their stock option packages."[8] They also worked as a software engineer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign, worked on an effort preceding Elizabeth Warren's first Senate campaign, and volunteered in local Democratic outreach.[2]
Andres-Beck identifies as queer, agender, and transgender, and uses "any/all" pronouns.[9][10] They live in Middleton, Massachusetts, work at health care software company Aledade,[11][12] and serve on Middleton's Affordable Housing Trust committee[13] and on its Master Plan Committee.[2]
Congressional campaign
In July 2025, Andres-Beck announced they were running to challenge Seth Moulton for his Congressional seat[14][15][2] -- the first of several candidates to declare they will run in the Democratic primary election for that seat.[16] Andres-Beck has lived in the district since 2022.[17] Boston journalist Ross Cristantiello described Andres-Beck as "a political newcomer" and said they are "leaning into their outsider status as someone willing to fight corruption with a clear eye."[18]
Andres-Beck was motivated to run partly because of Moulton's 2024 remarks concerning trans women in sports.[1] They also express frustration that "as a software engineer, I’m watching Congress attempt to regulate these new technologies coming out that they don’t understand and don’t have the context to actually address effectively."[11] Since the US tax code currently advantages automating jobs to replace paid human workers with robots and software, Andres-Beck proposes a "robot tax."[19]
After Moulton announced in mid-October that he would not run for re-election for the seat (instead pursuing a seat in the U.S. Senate), several additional candidates announced campaigns.[16] Andres-Beck said in response that "The sixth district deserves better than to be a stepping stone in a politician’s career."[20]
As of January 2026, Andres-Beck's campaign is fifth in the field in total fundraising, but has received the most in donations under $200,[21] the average contribution being $21.62.[22]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Here's where Boston's first office-to-apartment conversions are being built". www.wbur.org. 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gross, Samantha J. (July 17, 2025). "Representative Seth Moulton draws a primary challenge after criticism over trans athlete remarks". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ Beck, Kent (2025-07-17). "@kentbeck". Substack. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Parnass, Larry (30 March 2015). "A problem that will not compute". Daily Hampshire Gazette. pp. A1.
Beth Andres-Beck, a 2005 Smith graduate who works as a software developer for Twitter in Boston, came to Northampton to mentor participants. She said she eagerly accepted Edwards' invitation and counts herself among a group of alums passionate about helping Smith prepare graduates for tech fields. 'There was nothing like this when I was here,' she said, while taking a break from advising hack participants. In a kind of tech reverse migration, Andres-Beck attended Smith after growing up in Silicon Valley, then moved to Boston.
- ↑ Andres-Beck, Beth (2013-06-27). "What Does Feminism Have to Offer Me?". 2013 USENIX Women in Advanced Computing Summit.
- ↑ Kim, Jane J.; Goldie, Sue J. (2008-08-21). "Health and Economic Implications of HPV Vaccination in the United States". New England Journal of Medicine. 359 (8): 821–832. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa0707052. ISSN 0028-4793. PMC 3080183. PMID 18716299.
We thank the entire cervical-cancer prevention team at the Program in Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, including Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jesse Ortendahl, Meredith O'Shea, Katie Kobus, Steven Sweet, Nicole Gastineau Campos, and Bethany Andres-Beck, for their contributions.
- ↑ Kim, J. J.; Andres-Beck, B.; Goldie, S. J. (2007). "The value of including boys in an HPV vaccination programme: a cost-effectiveness analysis in a low-resource setting". British Journal of Cancer. 97 (9): 1322–1328. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604023. ISSN 1532-1827. PMC 2360471. PMID 17923869.
- ↑ Bastone, Nick. "This software engineer didn't know how to figure out the value of her stock option grants, so she made this simple tool to help". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ Novicoff, Marc (2025-09-22). "Democrats Don't Seem Willing to Follow Their Own Advice". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ Blander, Leigh (2025-07-17). "Agender software engineer announces run against Moulton - Marblehead Current". marbleheadcurrent.org. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Cristantiello, Ross. "Bethany Andres-Beck is the challenger hoping to oust Seth Moulton". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ Gross, Samantha (2025-07-18). "Activist to challenge Moulton in 2026 Democratic primary". Boston Globe. pp. B1.
- ↑ "Affordable Housing Trust | Middleton, MA". www.middletonma.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ Sayers, Tom (July 25, 2025). "'Absolutely Not': Rep. Moulton's Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview". Trans News Network. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ Urquhart, Evan (July 22, 2025). "Beth Anders-Beck is Primarying Representative Seth Moulton: Assigned Media spoke with the nonbinary software engineer challenging a Massachusetts congressman who thinks the Democrats need to cater to transphobes". Assigned Media. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Scalese, Roberto (2025-10-30). "Who is running for the 6th Congressional District in 2026". WBUR. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ↑ "Andres-Beck Announces Moulton Primary Challenge". Bay Windows. August 7, 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ Cristantiello, Ross (2026-01-16). "The race to succeed Seth Moulton is crowded. Here's who's running". Boston.com. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ↑ Davis, Charles R. (2025-08-01). "Seth Moulton's primary challenger: He surrendered to MAGA". Salon.com. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ Gross, Samantha J.; Brodey, Sam; Kucinich, Jackie (2025-10-17). "As Moulton aims for Senate, a line forms quickly of others seeking to fill his seat". Boston Globe. pp. B1.
- ↑ "2026 Election United States House - Massachusetts - District 06". FEC.gov. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ Brodey, Sam (2026-01-06). "Koh has raised over $2m in primary bid for Moulton's seat". Boston Globe. pp. B2.
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