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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern
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, including roughly three-fourths of the city of
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and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley. Due to
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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 ''
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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
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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) :
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(part; also 5th), Everett, Somerville Norfolk County (2) : Milton (part; also
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), Randolph Suffolk County (2) :
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(part; also
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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 *
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*
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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

* *
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present


External links


Map of Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District
via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth * *


Election results


CNN.com 2004 election results

CNN.com 2006 election results
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