Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern
Massachusetts
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, including roughly three-fourths of the city of
Boston
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and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by
Democrat Ayanna Pressley.
Due to
redistricting
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after the
2010 census, the borders of the district were changed, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new
5th district, and most of the old 8th district comprising the new 7th district. With a
Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+34, it is the most Democratic district in Massachusetts, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.
[
According to '']The Boston Globe
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'' and the latest census data, approximately 33 percent of the population of the district were born outside of the United States, with approximately 34 percent of the population white, 26 percent African American
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, and 21 percent Latino.
In 2019, Ayanna Pressley became the first female and person of color to represent the district as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Congress.
Recent election results from statewide races
Cities and towns in the district
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 7 municipalities:
Middlesex County (3)
:Cambridge
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(part; also 5th), Everett, Somerville
Norfolk County (2)
: Milton (part; also 8th
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), Randolph
Suffolk County (2)
:Boston
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(part; also 8th
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Eighth may refer to:
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), Chelsea
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
1790s-1830s
1840s
1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."
1850s–1880s
An act of the legislature passed April 22, 1852, divided the 7th district of Massachusetts as such: "The towns of Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, Saugus, and Topsfield in the county of Essex; and the city of Charlestown, and the towns of Burlington, Lexington, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Somerville, South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, and Woburn, in the county of Middlesex."
1890s
1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield.
Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."
1910s
1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.
1940s
1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.
1950s-2002
2003-2013
In Middlesex County:
* Arlington
* Belmont
* Everett
* Framingham
* Lexington
* Lincoln
* Malden
* Medford
* Melrose
* Natick
* Stoneham
* Waltham
* Watertown
* Wayland: Precinct 2
* Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* W ...
* Winchester
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* Woburn
In Suffolk County:
* Revere
* Winthrop
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Notes
References
Citations
General sources
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
Map of Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District
via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Election results
CNN.com 2004 election results
CNN.com 2006 election results
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Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Constituencies established in 1789
1789 establishments in Massachusetts
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