Massachusetts's 5th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 776,294 | ||
Median household income | $115,167[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+23[2] |
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark. Massachusetts 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.[3] 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.[4] She was sworn into office on December 12, 2013, and 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, ultimately losing 51-45%.
History
From 2013 through 2023 the municipalities of the 5th District were Arlington, Ashland, Belmont, parts of Cambridge, Framingham, Holliston, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Revere, Sherborn, Southborough, Stoneham, parts of Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn, which are primarily found in Middlesex as well as Suffolk and Worcester Counties.[5]
Composition
Massachusetts 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 (including cities of Framingham, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Waltham, Watertown and Woburn, towns of Arlington, Lexington, Lincoln, Maynard, Stoneham, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, and Winchester, part of the city of Cambridge and part of the town of Belmont, part of Norfolk County (including part of the town of Wellesley) and part of Suffolk County (including the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop).
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Gore 57 - 36% |
2004 | President | Kerry 57 - 41% |
2008 | President | Obama 66 - 32% |
2012 | President | Obama 65 - 33% |
2016 | President | Clinton 69 - 25% |
2020 | President | Biden 75 - 23% |
Recent election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chester G. Atkins (incumbent) | 110,232 | 49.85 | ||
Republican | John MacGovern | 101,017 | 45.68 | ||
Other | 9,891 | 4.47 | |||
Turnout | 221,140 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan | 133,844 | 52.17 | +2.32 | |
Republican | Paul W. Cronin | 96,206 | 37.50 | -8.18 | |
Independent | Mary Farinelli | 19,077 | 7.44 | +7.44 | |
Independent | David E. Coleman | 7,214 | 2.81 | +2.81 | |
Write-in | 223 | 0.09 | -4.38 | ||
Turnout | 256,564 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +2.32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 140,725 | 69.83 | +17.66 | |
Republican | David E. Coleman | 60,734 | 30.14 | -7.36 | |
Write-in | 65 | 0.03 | -0.06 | ||
Turnout | 201,524 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +17.66 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 183,429 | 99.08 | +29.25 | |
N/A | Write-in | 1,708 | 0.92 | +0.89 | |
Turnout | 185,137 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +29.25 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 127,418 | 70.70 | -28.38 | |
Republican | David E. Coleman | 52,725 | 29.25 | +29.25 | |
Write-in | 87 | 0.05 | -0.87 | ||
Turnout | 180,230 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -28.38 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 199,601 | 98.02 | +27.32 | |
N/A | Write-in | 4,040 | 1.98 | +1.93 | |
Turnout | 203,641 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +27.32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 122,562 | 60.15 | -37.87 | |
Republican | Charles McCarthy | 69,337 | 34.03 | +34.03 | |
Libertarian | Ilana Freedman | 11,729 | 5.76 | +5.76 | |
Write-in | 149 | 0.07 | -1.91 | ||
Turnout | 203,777 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -37.87 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 179,652 | 66.99 | +6.84 | |
Republican | Thomas Tierney | 88,232 | 32.90 | -1.13 | |
Write-in | 305 | 0.11 | +0.04 | ||
Turnout | 268,189 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +6.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 159,120 | 98.98 | +31.99 | |
N/A | Write-in | 3,152 | 1.02 | +0.91 | |
Turnout | 216,832 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +31.99 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas | 54,363 | 51.32 | -47.66 | |
Republican | Jim Ogonowski | 47,770 | 45.10 | +45.10 | |
Independent | Patrick Murphy | 2,170 | 2.05 | +2.05 | |
Independent | Kurt Hayes | 1,125 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Constitution | Kevin Thompson | 494 | 0.47 | +0.47 | |
Turnout | 105,922 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -47.66 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas (incumbent) | 225,947 | 98.71 | +37.39 | |
N/A | Write-in | 2,960 | 1.29 | -2.29 | |
Turnout | 302,397 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +37.39 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas (incumbent) | 122,858 | 54.84 | -43.87 | |
Republican | Jonathan A. Golnik | 94,646 | 42.25 | +42.25 | |
Independent | Dale E. Brown | 4,387 | 1.96 | +1.96 | |
Independent | Robert M. Clark | 1,991 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
All Others | 147 | 0.07 | -1.22 | ||
Turnout | 229,647 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -43.87 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Markey (incumbent) | 257,490 | 75.5 | |
Republican | Tom Tierney | 82,944 | 24.3 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 675 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 341,109 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 182,100 | 98.3 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 3,159 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 185,259 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (Incumbent) | 285,606 | 98.6 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 4,201 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 289,807 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 236,243 | 75.9 | |
Republican | John Hugo | 74,856 | 24.0 | |
Write-in | 225 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 311,324 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 294,427 | 74.3 | |
Republican | Caroline Colarusso | 101,351 | 25.6 | |
Write-in | 405 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 396,183 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 203,994 | 74.0 | |
Republican | Caroline Colarusso | 71,491 | 25.9 | |
Write-in | 186 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 284,881 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
List of members representing the district
References
- ↑ "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ↑ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Elections: Special State Election". www.sec.state.ma.us. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ↑ "About the District". Congresswoman Katherine Clark. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ↑ "PD43+ » Search Elections".
- ↑ The totals do not include Blank/Scatterings Ballots although they were reported.
- ↑ "PD43+ » Search Elections".
- ↑ "Massachusetts Secretary of State General Election Results 2016". Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ "2020 - US House - All General Election Results". Massachusetts Election Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - MA District 5 - 2nd Trial Race - Jan 01, 1849".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - MA District 5 - 3rd Trial Race - Apr 07, 1851".
- ↑ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.
- ↑ Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081796686.
- ↑ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- 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 links
- Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Fifth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 05". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Maps
- Map of Massachusetts's 5th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth