Richard Neal MA-01

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 1 since 1989
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Mayor Springfield from 1983 – 1989
Other Positions:  Committee on Ways and Means; Joint Committee on Taxation
District:  western and central part of Massachusetts,  includes the cities of Springfield, West Springfield, Pittsfield, Holyoke, Agawam, Chicopee and Westfield.   
Upcoming Election:

Neal chaired the House Ways and Means Committee from 2019 to 2023 and chaired the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures. He has also dedicated much of his career to U.S.–Ireland relations and maintaining American involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process,. Early in his career Neal taught history at Cathedral High School.

Featured Quote: 
In the first #200Days, @HouseDemocrats have taken decisive action to crush the coronavirus and defeat the economic crisis – including by passing the life-saving #AmericanRescuePlan, which put shots in arms, workers back in jobs, money in pockets and children back in school!

Congressman Richard Neal chats about his new position as House Ways and Means Committee chairman

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Jim McGovern MA-02

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 2 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US House Staff from 1981 – 1996
Other Positions:  Ranking Member ofHouse Committee on Rules; Congressional-Executive Commission on China; Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
District:   central Massachusetts. It contains the cities of Worcester, which is the second-largest city in New England after Boston, and Northampton in the Pioneer Valley. 
Upcoming Election:

As chairman of the board of the Congressional Hunger Center, McGovern is known as a leading voice on ending hunger and food insecurity both in the United States and globally. He was a key architect of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.

In 1981, Jim McGovern joined the Capitol Hill staff of U.S. Representative Joe Moakley.[11] In 1990, Moakley appointed him to lead a House task force investigating the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women in El Salvador

Featured Quote: 
Hunger in America isn’t a new problem. But it is a solvable one. In 1969 the first and only @WhiteHouse
Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health led to landmark legislation and less hunger. It’s time for new voices, new ideas and a new White House conference to #EndHungerNow.

Rep. Jim McGovern opening statement on impeachment debate

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Lori Trahan MA-03

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 3 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   northeastern and central Massachusetts covering the Merrimack valley including Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill.
Upcoming Election:

She joined the staff of former Congressman Marty Meehan as a scheduler, eventually working her way up to Chief of Staff. Following her public service, Lori began working in the private sector as the only female executive at a tech company before moving on to cofound a woman owned and operated consulting firm, Concire, where she advised various companies on business strategy, how to create the conditions for employees – especially women – to thrive.

A member of the House Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committees, Lori is focused on fighting for working families on issues such as affordable health care, quality public education, workforce development, the environment, and working to end the pain and suffering of the opioid crisis. Lori is the first Portuguese-American woman elected to Congress and is a member of the New Dems and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Jake Auchincloss MA-04

Current Position: US Representative of House District 4
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Newton City Council from 2015 – 2020; US Marine Corps from 2010 – 2015
District:  southern Massachusetts; the new 4th district has expanded westward to include towns along the Rhode Island border.
Upcoming Election:

Both of his parents are physician-scientists;  his mother is president and CEO of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and his father serves as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Auchincloss joined the United States Marine Corps, earning his commission through Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. He commanded infantry in Helmand Province in 2012 and a reconnaissance unit in Panama in 2014. Auchincloss was the director of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. He also worked at a cybersecurity startup as a product manager and at Liberty Mutual as a senior manager at its innovation arm, Solaria Labs.

Featured Quote: 
My interpreters were with me when we were hit by IEDs and when we talked to village elders in Taliban-controlled regions. I made promises to them, and so did America. It’s our duty to keep our word. #TakeThemToo.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) On Global Vaccine Efforts | Ayman Mohyeldin | MSNBC

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Katherine Clark MA-05

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 5 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2011 – 2013; State Delegate from 2008 – 2011
Other Positions:  House Minority Whip
District:  eastern Massachusetts, Boston suburbs such as Medford, Framingham, Woburn, Waltham, and her home city of Revere

Upcoming Election:

Clark worked as an attorney in several states before moving to Massachusetts in 1995, where she worked in state government. She joined the Melrose School Committee in 2002, becoming committee chair in 2005.  In 1995, she became general counsel for the state Office of Child Care Services.[

Featured Quote: 
In #200Days, we’ve made historic investments in American families to stabilize our #childcare system and cut poverty in half. Just think about what we can accomplish in the next 200 days, and beyond, to put women, families, and equity first.

Full Katherine Clark: House’s ‘Archaic Rules’ Are A Distraction | MTP Daily | MSNBC

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Seth Moulton MA-06

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 6 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US Marine Corps from 2001 – 2014
District:  Northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann, as well as part of Middlesex County. 
Upcoming Election:

After graduating from Harvard University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in physics, Moulton joined the United States Marine Corps. He served four tours in Iraq and then earned his master’s degrees in business and public policy in a dual program at Harvard.

Mission:
Team Moulton’s mission is to serve, and inspire others to serve, in order to improve people’s lives and strengthen our democracy.

Featured Quote: 
Don’t lose sight of the irony that Republicans claim to be fiscally conservative yet would rather charge critical infrastructure to the nation’s credit card bill, as they did with the Trump tax plan, than actually pay for it.

Seth Moulton: Trump ‘Most Reckless Commander In Chief’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

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Ayanna Pressley MA-07

Current Position: US Representative of MA District 7 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Member of the Boston City Council at-large from 2010 – 2019
District: eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs.    
Upcoming Election:

Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is a member of “The Squad”, a group of progressive Congress members.

After leaving Boston University Metropolitan College, Pressley worked as a district representative for Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II (D−MA), for whom she had interned during college.

Featured Quote: 
It’s long past time to end the Jim Crow Filibuster.

U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: 2021 Boston University Commencement Speaker

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Stephen F. Lynch MA-08

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 8 since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 1996 – 2001; State Delegate from 1995 – 1996
Other Positions:  Oversight and Government Reform
District:  eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston  
Upcoming Election:

Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer and was elected to the executive board of the Iron Workers Local 7 union. After graduating from Boston College Law School, he joined the law office of Gabriel O. Dumont, Jr., representing labor unions and unemployed workers. Throughout law school and the following years, he often worked pro bono, representing housing project residents at Boston Housing Authority (BHA) hearings.

Featured Quote: 
This week @OversightDems passed my bipartisan bill H.R. 4465, the Federally Funded Research and Technology Development Protection Act, which will help protect U.S. research in artificial intelligence. My bill will curb the use of “foreign talent recruitment programs”…

Rep. Stephen Lynch Questions Postmaster General DeJoy During Hearing

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Bill Keating MA-09

Current Position: US Representative of MA District 9 since 2011
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: District Attorney of Norfolk County from 1999 – 2011; State Senator from 1985 – 1999; State Delegate from 1977 – 1985
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and Environment
District:  eastern Massachusetts including Cape Cod   
Upcoming Election:

He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County, where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.

Featured Quote: 
We don’t seat biased jurors – why should the select committee on 1/6 be any different? I support @SpeakerPelosi
’s decision today because this investigation is about patriotism, not partisanship, and Americans deserve the truth about an attack on the seat of their government.

Rep. Bill Keating: World can count on US to deal with Putin

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