Massachusetts's_5th_congressional_district

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Katherine Clark; D–Revere
Population (2022)	776,294
Median household; income	$115,167
Ethnicity	64.6% White; 12.8% Asian; 10.5% Hispanic; 5.1% Two or more races; 5.0% Black; 2.0% other;
Cook PVI	D+23

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district

U.S. House district for Massachusetts

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.

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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%.

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Year	Office	Result
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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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

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Massachusetts's 5th congressional district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%
	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	%
	Democratic	Katherine Clark (incumbent)	182,100	98.3
	N/A	Write-ins	3,159	1.7
Total votes			185,259	100.0
	Democratic hold

Member (District home)	Party	Years ↑	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1789
George Partridge (Duxbury)	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790	1st	Elected in 1788. Resigned.	1789–1793 Barnstable County and Plymouth County
Vacant		August 15, 1790 – March 3, 1791	1st
Shearjashub Bourne (Boston)	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
District inactive		March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Sandwich)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	4th 5th	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired.	1795–1803 "1st Southern district"
Lemuel Williams (New Bedford)	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	6th 7th	Elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 8th district.	1795–1803 "1st Southern district"
Thomas Dwight (Springfield)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. Retired.	1803–1823 "Hampshire South district"
William Ely (Springfield)	Federalist	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1815	9th 10th 11th 12th 13th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired.
Elijah H. Mills (Northampton)	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819	14th 15th	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election.
Samuel Lathrop (West Springfield)	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected in 1819 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Jonas Sibley (Worcester)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823 on the second ballot. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 "Worcester South district"
John Davis (Worcester)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834	19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd	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.	1823–1833 "Worcester South district"
John Davis (Worcester)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834	19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd		1833–1843 [data missing]
Vacant		January 15, 1834 – February 16, 1834	23rd
Levi Lincoln Jr. (Worcester)	Anti-Jacksonian	February 17, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th 26th	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.
Levi Lincoln Jr. (Worcester)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 16, 1841	23rd 24th 25th 26th
Vacant		March 17, 1841 – May 2, 1841	27th
Charles Hudson (Westminster)	Whig	May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849	27th 28th 29th 30th	Elected to finish Lincoln's term. Re-elected late in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election.
Charles Hudson (Westminster)	Whig	May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849	27th 28th 29th 30th		1843–1853 [data missing]
Charles Allen (Worcester)	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected late in 1849.^[12] Re-elected late in 1851.^[13] Retired.	1843–1853 [data missing]
William Appleton (Boston)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1852. Lost re-election.	1853–1863 [data missing]
Anson Burlingame (Cambridge)	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Lost re-election.
Anson Burlingame (Cambridge)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th
William Appleton (Boston)	Constitutional Unionist	March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861	37th	Elected in 1860. Resigned because of failing health.
Vacant		September 28, 1861 – December 1, 1861
Samuel Hooper^[14] (Boston)	Republican	December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Appleton's term. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John B. Alley (Lynn)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing]	1863–1873 [data missing]
Benjamin F. Butler^[15] (Lowell)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 6th district.	1863–1873 [data missing]
Daniel W. Gooch (Melrose)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	1873–1883 [data missing]
Nathaniel P. Banks^[16] (Waltham)	Independent	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost renomination.
Nathaniel P. Banks^[16] (Waltham)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost renomination.
Selwyn Z. Bowman^[17] (Somerville)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
Leopold Morse (Boston)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1882. Retired.	1883–1893 [data missing]
Edward D. Hayden (Woburn)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
Nathaniel P. Banks (Waltham)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Retired.
Sherman Hoar (Waltham)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Declined renomination.
Moses T. Stevens (North Andover)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]	1893–1903 [data missing]
William S. Knox^[18] (Lawrence)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.	1893–1903 [data missing]
Butler Ames^[19] (Lowell)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired.	1903–1913 [data missing]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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