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Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

U.S. House district for Massachusetts

U.S. House district for Massachusetts

FieldValue
stateMassachusetts
district number3
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
representativeLori Trahan
partyDemocratic
residenceWestford
population792,213
population year2024
median income$98,501
percent white60.7
percent hispanic21.8
percent black3.9
percent asian8.1
percent more than one race4.1
percent other race1.4
cpviD+11

| percent more than one race = 4.1 Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is located in north-central and northeastern Massachusetts. The largest municipalities in the district are Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Billerica (partial), Fitchburg, and Marlborough.

Democrat Lori Trahan has represented the district since 2019.

Cities and towns in the district

As of the 2021 redistricting, the 3rd district contains 35 municipalities:

Essex County (3)

: Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen

Middlesex County (21)

: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Billerica (part; also 6th), Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Hudson, Littleton, Lowell, Marlborough, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford

Worcester County (11)

: Ashburnham, Bolton, Berlin, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Winchendon, Westminster (part; also 2nd)

History of district boundaries

After the 2010 census, the third district shifted from covering east-central Worcester County and western Norfolk and Bristol counties to covering northeastern Worcester County, northern and western Middlesex County, and northwestern Essex county. The old 3rd district area was largely split between the updated 2nd and 4th districts. Only Clinton and Marlborough carried over from the old 3rd district.

In the redistricting that occurred after the 2020 census, the boundaries of the third district only changed slightly from its previous iteration.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 59% - 39%
SenateKerry 64% - 36%
2010Senate (Spec.)Brown 58% - 42%
GovernorBaker 48% - 43%
2012PresidentObama 58% - 42%
SenateBrown 51% - 49%
2014SenateMarkey 58% - 42%
GovernorBaker 52% - 43%
2016PresidentClinton 57% - 35%
2018SenateWarren 57% - 39%
GovernorBaker 71% - 28%
Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 69% - 28%
Attorney GeneralHealey 67% - 33%
Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 65% - 31%
AuditorBump 57% - 36%
2020PresidentBiden 62% - 35%
SenateMarkey 64% - 35%
2022GovernorHealey 61% - 37%
Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 65% - 32%
Attorney GeneralCampbell 60% - 40%
AuditorDiZoglio 55% - 39%
2024PresidentHarris 58% - 39%
SenateWarren 58% - 42%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict area (counties and municipalities)
District created March 4, 1789
[[File:Elbridge-gerry-painting.jpg100px]]
Elbridge Gerry
(Marblehead)Anti-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1793Elected in 1788.
Re-elected in 1790.
Retired.1789–1793
Middlesex County: All
**
Shearjashub Bourne**
(Boston)Pro-AdministrationGeneral ticket:
March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793 on the second ballot, as part of a two-seat general ticket, representing the district from Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties.
1793–1795
Barnstable County: All
Bristol County: All
Dukes County: All
Nantucket County: All
Plymouth County: All
**
Peleg Coffin Jr.**
(Boston)Pro-AdministrationElected in 1792, as part of a two-seat general ticket, representing the district from Bristol and Plymouth counties.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
**
Samuel Lyman**
(Hampshire County)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1795 –
November 6, 1800Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired and then resigned.1795–1803
Hampshire County: Amherst, Belchertown, Brimfield, Granby, Greenwich, Holland, Leverett, Longmeadow, Ludlow, New Salem, Orange, Palmer, Pelham, Shutesbury, South Brimfield, South Hadley, Springfield, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, and Wilbraham.
Worcester County: Athol, Barre, Gardner, Gerry, Hardwick, New Braintree, Petersham, Royalston, Sturbridge, Templeton, Western, Winchendon
VacantnowrapNovember 7, 1800 –
February 2, 1801
**
Ebenezer Mattoon**
(Amherst)FederalistnowrapFebruary 2, 1801 –
March 3, 1803Elected November 3, 1800, to the next term.
Elected December 15, 1800, to finish Lyman's term.
Retired.
[[File:ManassehCutler.jpg100px]]
Manasseh Cutler
(Hamilton)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.
Retired.1803–1813
"Essex North district"
Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield
[[File:Jeremiah Nelson.png100px]]
Jeremiah Nelson
(Newburyport)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807Elected in 1804.
Retired.
**
Edward St. Loe Livermore**
(Newburyport)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1811Elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Retired.
**
Leonard White**
(Haverhill)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813Elected in 1810.
Retired.
[[File:Timothy Pickering, Peale.jpg100px]]
Timothy Pickering
(Wendham)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815Elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the .1813–1815
"Essex North district"
Essex County: Beverly, Boxford, Bradford, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham
[[File:Jeremiah Nelson.png100px]]
Jeremiah Nelson
(Newburyport)FederalistMarch 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1825Elected to begin member-elect Daniel A. White's term.
Re-elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Retired.1815–1817
"Essex North district"
Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, and Topsfield.
Middlesex County: South Reading
1817–1823
"Essex North district"
Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Topsfield, and West Newbury.
Middlesex County: Dracut
1823–1833
"Essex North district"
Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Essex, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
Middlesex County: Billerica, Dracut, Tewksbury, Wilmington
**
John Varnum**
(Haverhill)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.
[[File:Jeremiah Nelson.png100px]]
Jeremiah Nelson
(Essex)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833Elected late in 1832 on the thirteenth ballot.
Retired.
**
Gayton P. Osgood**
(North Andover)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835Elected in 1833.
Lost renomination.1833–1843
Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Haverhill, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, and West Newbury.
Middlesex County: Dracut, Lowell, Reading, Tewksbury, South Reading, Wilmington
[[File:Caleb Cushing.jpg100px]]
Caleb Cushing
(Newburyport)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Retired.
WhignowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843
**
Amos Abbott**
(Andover)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1849Elected late in 1844 on the seventh ballot.
Re-elected in 1846.
Retired.1843–1853
[[File:1842 District 3 detail of Congressional Districts of Massachusetts map LC g3761f ct002131.jpgthumbcenter]]Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Georgetown, Haverhill, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, and West Newbury.
Middlesex County: Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford, Wilmington
[[File:James H. Duncan (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg100px]]
James H. Duncan
(Haverhill)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
[[File:J. Wiley Edmands (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg100px]]
J. Wiley Edmands
(Lawrence)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Elected in 1852.
Retired.1853–1863
Norfolk County: Bellingam, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Dorchester, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Milton, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, West Roxbury, Weymouth, and Wrentham.
Middlesex County: Brighton, Holliston, Newton, Sherborn, and Watertown.
Worcester County: Blackstone, Mendon, Milford, Northbridge, Upton, Uxbridge
[[File:William S. Damrell (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg100px]]
William S. Damrell
(Dedham)Know NothingnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Retired due to failing health.
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
[[File:Charles Francis Adams.jpg100px]]
Charles Adams
(Quincy)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
May 1, 1861Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to England.
VacantnowrapMay 1, 1861 –
June 11, 1861
[[File:Benjamin F. Thomas (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg100px]]
Benjamin Thomas(Boston)UnionnowrapJune 11, 1861 –
March 3, 1863Elected to finish Adams's term.
Retired.
[[File:AHRice.jpg100px]]
Alexander H. Rice
(Boston)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Retired.1863–1867
Norfolk County: Roxbury, and Brookline.
Suffolk County: Boston (wards 4, 7, 8, 10 through 12)
[[File:Ginery Twichell late 1870's.png100px]]
Ginery Twichell
(Brookline)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.1867–1873
Norfolk County: Roxbury, and Brookline.
Suffolk County: Boston (wards 5, 7, 8, 10 through 12)
[[File:William Whiting.png100px]]
William Whiting
(Boston)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
June 29, 1873Elected in 1872.
Died.1873–1877
Suffolk County: Boston (wards 7, 8, 10 through 16)
VacantnowrapJune 29, 1873 –
December 1, 1873
[[File:Henry L. Pierce - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Henry L. Pierce
(Boston)RepublicannowrapDecember 1, 1873 –
March 3, 1877Elected to finish Whiting's term.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired.
[[File:Walbridge A. Field.png100px]]
Walbridge A. Field
(Boston)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 28, 1878
Lost election contest.1877–1883
Suffolk County: Boston (wards 13 through 21, 24)
[[File:Benjamin Dean - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Benjamin Dean
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapMarch 28, 1878 –
March 3, 1879Won election contest.
Retired.
[[File:Walbridge A. Field.png100px]]
Walbridge A. Field
(Boston)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881Elected in 1878.
Retired.
[[File:Ambrose Ranney.png100px]]
Ambrose Ranney
(Boston)RepublicanMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1887Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.
1883–1893
Norfolk County: Milton.
Suffolk County: Boston (ward 11, ward 15 (Pct. 3 & 4), wards 17-24)
[[File:Leopold Morse.png100px]]
Leopold Morse
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889Elected in 1886.
Retired.
[[File:John Forrester Andrew.png100px]]
John F. Andrew
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Joseph H. Walker.jpg100px]]
Joseph H. Walker(Worcester)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1899Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Lost re-election.1893–1903
[[File:1891 District 3 detail of Massachusetts Congressional Districts map BPL 11063.pngthumbcenter]]Middlesex County: Hopkinton.
Worcester County: Auburn, Blackstone, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Mendon, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
[[File:John Randolph Thayer.png100px]]
John R. Thayer
(Worcester)DemocraticMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1905Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Retired.
1903–1913
Worcester County: Auburn, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
[[File:Rockwood Hoar.jpg100px]]
Rockwood Hoar
(Worcester)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1905 –
November 1, 1906Elected in 1904.
Died.
VacantnowrapNovember 1, 1906 –
December 18, 1906
[[File:Charles G. Washburn Massachusetts Congressman circa 1908.png100px]]
Charles G. Washburn
(Worcester)RepublicannowrapDecember 18, 1906 –
March 3, 1911Elected to finish Hoar's term.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.
[[File:John Alden Thayer Massachusetts Congressman circa 1912.png100px]]
John A. Thayer
(Worcester)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913Elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.
[[File:William Wilder Massachusetts Congressman circa 1912.png100px]]
William H. Wilder
(Gardner)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1913 –
September 11, 1913Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912.
Died.1913–1927
Franklin County: New Salem, and Orange.
Hampshire County: Greenwich, and Prescott.
Middlesex County: Ashby, and Townsend.
Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales.
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
VacantnowrapSeptember 11, 1913 –
November 4, 1913
[[File:Calvin DeWitt Paige.png100px]]
Calvin Paige
(Southbridge)RepublicannowrapNovember 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1925Elected to finish Wilder's term.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Retired.
[[File:Frank H. Foss.png100px]]
Frank H. Foss
(Fitchburg)RepublicanMarch 4, 1925 –
January 3, 1935Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
1927–1933
Franklin County: Erving, New Salem, Orange, Shutesbury, Warwick, and Wendell.
Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales.
Hampshire County: Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Pelham, Prescott, and Ware.
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
1933–1943
Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales.
Hampshire County: Ware.
Middlesex County: Ashby, Boxborough, Framingham, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, and Wayland.
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
[[File:JosephECasey.jpg100px]]
Joseph E. Casey
(Clinton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1943Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
[[File:Philip Philbin photo.jpg100px]]
Philip J. Philbin
(Clinton)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1971Elected 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.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Lost renomination.1943–1963
Hampden County: Palmer.
Hampshire County: Ware.
Middlesex County: Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Shirley, and Stow.
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Blackstone, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
1963–1973
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westminster, and Winchendon.
Middlesex County: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Dunstable, Groton, Holliston, Hudson, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Natick, Pepperell, Sherborn, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Tyngsborough, and Westford.
Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis
1969–1973
Middlesex County: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Concord, Hudson, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Newton, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Waltham, Watertown, Westford, and Weston.
Worcester County: Ashburnham, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Sterling, Westminster, Winchendon
[[File:Robert Drinan.jpg100px]]
Robert Drinan
(Newton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973Elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Harold Donohue image.jpg100px]]
Harold Donohue
(Worcester)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1973 –
December 31, 1974Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972.
Retired and resigned early.1973–1983
Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, and Marlborough.
Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, and Medway.
Worcester County: Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Hopedale, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
VacantnowrapDecember 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975
[[File:JosephDEarly.jpg100px]]
Joseph D. Early
(Worcester)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Lost re-election.
1983–1993
Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Sherborn, and Stow.
Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis, Norfolk
Worcester County: Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Lancaster, Leicester, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
[[File:Peter Blute B000576.jpg100px]]
Peter Blute
(Shrewsbury)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1997Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.1993–2003
Bristol County: Attleboro, Dartmouth, Fall River (all of wards 1, 2 & 3, ward 6 pcts. A & B, ward 4 pct. A, parts of B & C), Mansfield (pcts. 1, 2 & parts of 3 & 4), North Attleboro, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport.
Middlesex County: Holliston, and Hopkinton.
Norfolk County: Foxborough (pct. 5, parts of pcts. 1, 3, 4), Franklin, Medway, Plainville, and Wrentham.
Worcester County: Auburn (parts of pcts. 1, 3 & 4), Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Holden, Lancaster (parts of pcts. 1 & 2), Northborough, Northbridge, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Upton, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
[[File:Jim McGovern, official 109th Congress photo.jpg100px]]
Jim McGovern
(Worcester)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2013Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .
2003–2013
[[File:Ma03 109.gifthumbcenter]]Bristol County: Attleboro, Fall River (wards 1-3; ward 4, Precincts A & B; ward 5, Precincts A & B; ward 6, Precincts B & C; & ward 8, Precinct D), North Attleborough, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea.
Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, and Marlborough.
Norfolk County: Franklin, Medway, Plainville, and Wrentham.
Worcester County: Auburn, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southborough, West Boylston, Westborough, and Worcester.
[[File:Niki Tsongas official portrait, 2013 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Niki Tsongas
(Lowell)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2019Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired.2013–present
See Cities and towns in the district, above
[[File:Lori Trahan, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg100px]]
Lori Trahan
(Westford)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2019 –
presentElected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

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