Massachusetts's 5th congressional district

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark of the Democratic Party. Massachusetts's congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with the new 3rd District largely taking the place of the old 5th. The 5th District covers many of the communities represented in the old 7th District.

On July 15, 2013, Ed Markey resigned from the seat to become the junior Senator from Massachusetts. On December 10, 2013, Democrat Katherine Clark won a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 113th Congress. She was sworn into office on December 12, 2013, and since January 2023 serves as the House Minority Whip.

The district has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1975. Before Paul Tsongas' victory that year, it had only elected three Democrats in its entire existence and had been in Republican hands since 1895. It was one of the more moderate districts in heavily Democratic Massachusetts before redistricting in 2013. In state races, it supported Republican candidates for Governor William Weld, Paul Celluci, and Mitt Romney. In the 2007 special election to replace Marty Meehan, Republican candidate Jim Ogonowski ran an unexpectedly strong race before ultimately losing, 51–45%.

Composition Massachusetts's congressional redistricting after the 2020 census (commencing with the 2022 election and the 118th Congress, whose House members were sworn in on January 3, 2023) assigns the 5th congressional district to much of Middlesex County, part of Norfolk County, and part of Suffolk County. It is the wealthiest congressional district in Massachusetts, and in 2024, was the eighteenth-wealthiest nationally, with 30.1 percent of households earning over $200,000.

and geography

Current There are 23 municipalities in the 5th district, as of the 2021 redistricting. This list is sorted by county.

Middlesex County (20)

Arlington, Bedford (part; also 6th), Belmont, Cambridge (part; also 7th), Framingham, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Stoneham, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester, Woburn

Norfolk County (1)

Wellesley (part; also 4th)

Suffolk County (2)

Revere, Winthrop

Past From 2013 through 2023, the municipalities of the 5th District were:

Middlesex County

Arlington Ashland Belmont Cambridge (parts of) Framingham Holliston Lexington Lincoln Malden Medford Melrose Natick Sherborn Stoneham Sudbury (parts of) Waltham Watertown Wayland Weston Winchester Woburn

Other Revere, Suffolk County Southborough, Worcester County Winthrop, Suffolk County

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 67% - 32% SenateKerry 72% - 28%2010 Senate (Spec.)Coakley 56% - 44% GovernorPatrick 54% - 38%2012 PresidentObama 67% - 33% SenateWarren 59% - 41%2014 SenateMarkey 70% - 30% GovernorCoakley 53% - 43%2016 PresidentClinton 69% - 25%2018 SenateWarren 69% - 27% GovernorBaker 60% - 40% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 77% - 19% Attorney GeneralHealey 78% - 22% Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 75% - 22% AuditorBump 68% - 25%2020 PresidentBiden 74% - 23% SenateMarkey 75% - 24%2022 GovernorHealey 73% - 25% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 76% - 21% Attorney GeneralCampbell 73% - 27% AuditorDiZoglio 63% - 31%2024 PresidentHarris 71% - 26% SenateWarren 70% - 30%

Recent election results

2024

List of members representing the district Member Party Years ↑ Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1789 George Partridge Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –August 14, 1790 Elected in 1788.Resigned. 1789–1793Barnstable County and Plymouth County Vacant August 15, 1790 –March 3, 1791 Shearjashub Bourne Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –March 3, 1793 Elected in 1790.Redistricted to the . District inactive March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Nathaniel Freeman Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1799 Elected in 1794.Re-elected in 1796.Retired. 1795–1803"1st Southern district" Lemuel Williams Federalist March 4, 1799 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1799.Re-elected in 1800.Redistricted to the . Thomas Dwight Federalist March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1805 Elected in 1802.Retired. 1803–1823"Hampshire South district" William Ely Federalist March 4, 1805 –March 3, 1815 Elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Re-elected in 1812.Retired. Elijah H. Mills Federalist March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1819 Elected in 1814.Re-elected in 1816.Lost re-election. Samuel Lathrop Federalist March 4, 1819 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1819 on the second ballot.Re-elected in 1820.Redistricted to the . Jonas Sibley Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1823 on the second ballot.Lost re-election. 1823–1833"Worcester South district" John Davis Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –January 14, 1834 Elected in 1825.Re-elected in 1826.Re-elected in 1828.Re-elected in 1830.Re-elected in 1833.Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. 1833–1843 Vacant January 15, 1834 –February 16, 1834 Levi Lincoln Jr. Anti-Jacksonian February 17, 1834 –March 3, 1837 Elected to finish Davis's term.Re-elected later in 1834.Re-elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840.Resigned to become Collector of the Port of Boston. Whig March 4, 1837 –March 16, 1841 Vacant March 17, 1841 –May 2, 1841 Charles Hudson Whig May 3, 1841 –March 3, 1849 Elected to finish Lincoln's term.Re-elected late in 1843.Re-elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Lost re-election. 1843–1853 Charles Allen Free Soil March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1853 Elected late in 1849.Re-elected late in 1851.Retired. William Appleton Whig March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.Lost re-election. 1853–1863 Anson Burlingame American March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856.Re-elected in 1858.Lost re-election. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1861 William Appleton Constitutional Unionist March 4, 1861 –September 27, 1861 Elected in 1860.Resigned because of failing health. Vacant September 28, 1861 –December 1, 1861 Samuel Hooper Republican December 2, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected to finish Appleton's term.Redistricted to the . John B. Alley Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1867 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864. 1863–1873 Benjamin F. Butler Republican March 4, 1867 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . Daniel W. Gooch Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1872.Lost re-election. 1873–1883 Nathaniel P. Banks Independent March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Lost renomination. Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1879 Selwyn Z. Bowman Republican March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Lost re-election. Leopold Morse Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882.Retired. 1883–1893 Edward D. Hayden Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Retired. Nathaniel P. Banks Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888.Retired. Sherman Hoar Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890.Declined renomination. Moses T. Stevens Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. 1893–1903 William S. Knox Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Retired. Butler Ames Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Retired. 1903–1913 John Jacob Rogers Republican March 4, 1913 – March 28, 1925 Elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Died. 1913–1933 Vacant March 28, 1925 –June 30, 1925 Edith Nourse Rogers Republican June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 Elected to finish her husband's term.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Died. 1933–1943 1943–1953 1953–1963 Vacant September 10, 1960 –January 3, 1961 F. Bradford Morse Republican January 3, 1961 –May 1, 1972 Elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Resigned to become U.N. Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs. 1963–1973 Vacant May 1, 1972 –January 3, 1973 Paul W. Cronin Republican January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1975 Elected in 1972.Lost re-election. 1973–1983 Paul Tsongas Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1979 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Retired to run for U.S. senator. James Shannon Democratic January 3, 1979 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Retired to run for U.S. senator. January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1985 1983–1993 Chester G. Atkins Democratic January 3, 1985 –January 3, 1993 Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Lost renomination. Marty Meehan Democratic January 3, 1993 –July 1, 2007 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Resigned to become Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell. 1993–2003 2003–2013 Vacant July 1, 2007 –October 16, 2007 Niki Tsongas Democratic October 16, 2007 –January 3, 2013 Elected to finish Meehan's term.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Redistricted to the . Ed Markey Democratic January 3, 2013 –July 15, 2013 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.Resigned when elected U.S. senator. 2013–2023 Vacant July 15, 2013 –December 10, 2013 Katherine Clark Democratic December 10, 2013 –present Elected to finish Markey's term.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2023–present Member Party Years ↑ Congress Electoral history District location

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