Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district.[3] Most of the old 8th district now comprises the new 7th district. The seat is currently held by Ayanna Pressley.
| Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries (Boston highlighted in red) | |||
| Representative |
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| Population (2019) | 819,035 | ||
| Median household income | $75,461[1] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+35[2] | ||
According to The Boston Globe 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, and 21 percent Latino.[4]
In 2019, Ayanna Presley became the first female and person of color to represent the district as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Congress.[5]
Election results from presidential racesEdit
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 64 - 29% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 66 - 33% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 65 - 33% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 82.5 - 15.6% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 84.1 - 11.9% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 85 - 13% |
Cities and towns in the districtEdit
- Boston:
- Wards 1, 2
- Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8
- Ward 4
- Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10
- Ward 7: Precinct 10
- Wards 8-10
- Ward 11: Precincts 1-8
- Ward 12
- Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9
- Ward 14
- Ward 15
- Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11
- Ward 17
- Ward 18
- Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13
- Ward 20: Precinct 3
- Wards 21 and 22
(the remainder of Boston is in the 8th district)
- Cambridge:
- Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11
- Ward 4: Precinct 1
- Ward 10: Precinct 3
(the remainder of Cambridge is in the 5th district)
(the remainder of Milton is in the 8th district)
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013Edit
1790s-1830sEdit
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1840sEdit
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."[6]
1850s-1880sEdit
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."[7]
1890sEdit
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."[8]
1910sEdit
1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.[9][10]
1940sEdit
1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[11]
1950s-2002Edit
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2003-2013Edit
In Middlesex County:
- Arlington
- Belmont
- Everett
- Framingham
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Malden
- Medford
- Melrose
- Natick
- Stoneham
- Waltham
- Watertown
- Wayland: Precinct 2
- Weston
- Winchester
- Woburn
In Suffolk County:
List of members representing the districtEdit
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Recent election resultsEdit
2012Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Capuano (incumbent) | 210,794 | 83.4 | |
| Independent | Karla Romero | 41,199 | 16.3 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 843 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 252,836 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2014Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Capuano (incumbent) | 142,133 | 98.3 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 2,413 | 1.7 | |
| Total votes | 144,546 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2016Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Capuano (incumbent) | 253,354 | 98.6 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 3,557 | 1.4 | |
| Total votes | 256,911 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2018Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ayanna Pressley | 216,557 | 98.2 | |
| Write-in | 3,852 | 1.8 | ||
| Total votes | 220,409 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2020Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ayanna Pressley (incumbent) | 267,362 | 86.6 | |
| Independent | Roy A. Owens, Sr. | 38,675 | 12.5 | |
| Write-in | 2,613 | 0.9 | ||
| Total votes | 308,650 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
NotesEdit
- ^ a b In the 1808 election, there were 430 votes for "Charles Turner," which were counted separately from Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican). This caused the vote tally to be William Baylies (Federalist) 1,828 (49.4%), Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 1,443 (39.0%), "Charles Turner" 430 (11.6%).[citation needed] As no candidate had a majority, a second election was held on January 19, 1809 which elected Baylies with 54.3% of the vote.Turner successfully contested this election and was subsequently declared the winner based on the first ballot, with the second invalidated. He was seated June 8, 1809[12]
ReferencesEdit
CitationsEdit
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index –
Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021. - ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 21, 2012.
- ^ Krantz, Laura (July 17, 2019). "Ayanna Pressley wants to get back to the issues, although ignoring the president isn't easy". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Hess, Abigail Johnson (November 6, 2018). "Meet Ayanna Pressley, who is on track to become Massachusetts' first black Congresswoman". CNBC. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ John Hayward (1849). "Congressional Districts". Gazetteer of Massachusetts. Boston: J.P. Jewett & Co. hdl:2027/mdp.39015078325076.
- ^ "Congressional Districts". Massachusetts Register (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Sampson Adams & Co. 1862.
- ^ Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/mdp.39015022758133.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916. hdl:2027/uc1.l0075858456.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920, House ;no. 1610, Boston: Wright & Potter, hdl:2027/nnc1.cu56182970
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477,
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- ^ "Eleventh Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160411762.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
- ^ "PD43+ » Search Elections".
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- ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State General Election Results 2016". Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/massachusetts/[bare URL]
- ^ "2020 - US House - All General Election Results". Massachusetts Election Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
General sourcesEdit
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External linksEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. |
- Map of Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
- Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Seventh District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 07". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Election resultsEdit
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