Paul Efthemios Tsongas was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the Democratic Party,he ran for president in 1992. He won eight contests during the presidential primaries,but lost the nomination to Bill Clinton,who later won the general election. Born in Lowell,Massachusetts,Tsongas graduated from Dartmouth College,Yale Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. After working for the Peace Corps and as an aide to Congressman F. Bradford Morse,Tsongas successively won election as a city councilor and county commissioner.
Robert Cortez Scott is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads,including all of the independent cities of Franklin,Newport News and Portsmouth,parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake,Hampton,Norfolk and Suffolk and all of Isle of Wight County. Since 2019,Scott has chaired the House Education and Labor Committee.
Massachusetts's 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Jake Auchincloss. Auchincloss was first elected in 2020.
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating. The 9th district is the least Democratic congressional district in Massachusetts,according to the PVI.
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 has 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. Its current municipalities are 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. As of 2010,the population of the 5th congressional district was 727,515. 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 serves as the Assistant Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for the 117th Congress.
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts,including part of Boston. It is represented by Democrat Stephen Lynch. For one congressional term (1791–1793),it served as the home district of the District of Maine. The district boundaries were significantly changed,as of the elections of 2012,due to redistricting after the 2010 census,with the old 8th district largely being shifted to the new 7th district. The new 8th district comprises many of the communities of the old 9th district,as well as some easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities of the old 10th district.
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Brian Donnelly;its most notable were John Quincy Adams following his term as president,eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.
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. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6,to elect a member of the U.S. Senate from the State of Massachusetts. The election was won by Democrat John Kerry,the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts,who remained Senator until 2013,when he resigned to become United States Secretary of State. One-term incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas declined to seek re-election after developing cancer.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place,as in all 50 states and D.C.,as part of the 2008 United States presidential election of November 4,2008. Voters chose 12 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who,in turn,voted for the office of president and vice president.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on November 2,2010,to determine who would represent the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives. Massachusetts has ten seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011 until January 3,2013. All current representatives are member of the Democratic Party and none of the ten faced major party opposition in 2008.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district currently includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1977–1999) before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County where he served three terms prior to his congressional tenure.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 4,1986 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Althea Garrison is an independent American politician from Boston,Massachusetts,who has served on the Boston City Council as an at-large councilor.
The 2004 congressional elections in Massachusetts was held on November 2,2004,to determine who would represent the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives. Massachusetts had ten seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected were served in the 109th Congress from January 3,2005 until January 3,2007.
Jo Ann Sprague is a former Massachusetts State Representative (1993–1998) and State Senator (1999–2004) from Walpole. In the Massachusetts Senate she represented the Norfolk,Bristol,and Plymouth district,but moved in 2003 to the Bristol and Norfolk district. Previously she was a State Representative from the 9th Norfolk district. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Margaret Mary Heckler was an American politician and diplomat who represented Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party,she also served as the 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1983 to 1985,as well as United States ambassador to Ireland from 1986 to 1989.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senator and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections,including the Governor of Massachusetts.
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for public office without a reasonable chance of winning. The term is the opposite of an incumbent politician who repeatedly defends their seat successfully. In the U.S.,perennial candidates are usually affiliated with third party politics.
