Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
| Massachusetts's 4th congressional district | |
|---|---|
 Massachusetts's 4th congressional district – since January 3, 2013. | |
| Representative | |
| Median household income | $100,742[1] |
| Cook PVI | D+9[2] |
Massachusetts's 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Joe Kennedy III.
The district covers much of the area included in the 10th district before the 1982 redistricting. In prior years, the district stretched from Brookline to Fitchburg. The shape of the district underwent some changes effective from the elections of 2012, after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census.[3] Most of Plymouth County and the South Coast are included in the new 9th district. The new 4th district has expanded westward to include towns along the Rhode Island border that had been in the old 3rd district.
For a very brief time (1793–95) it represented part of the District of Maine.
Recent election results from presidential races
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 65 - 29% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 65 - 33% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 60.4 - 38% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 57.2 - 41.3% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 59.2 - 35% |
Cities and towns in the district
In Bristol County:
- Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Fall River: Ward 4, Precinct C; Ward 5, Precinct B1 and C; Ward 6, Precinct C1; and Wards 7, 8, and 9, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham: Precincts 1A, 2A, 3, and 4, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Taunton.
In Middlesex County:
In Norfolk County:
- Bellingham: Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 4, Brookline, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham.
In Plymouth County:
In Worcester County:
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
1840s
"The towns of Acton, Ashby, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Charlestown, Concord, Framingham, Hopkinton, Lexington, Lincoln, Marlborough, Pepperell, Shirley, Somerville, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, West Cambridge, Weston and Woburn, in the County of Middlesex, and the towns of Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Fitchburg, Harvard, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Northboro', Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sterling, and Westborough, in the County of Worcester."[4]
1850s
"The city of Roxbury, and the town of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk; and the wards numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, in the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk."[5]
1860s
Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9), Cambridge, Chelsea.[6]
1870s
Boston (Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.[7]
1880s–1900s
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1910s
"Worcester County: City of Worcester; towns of Auburn, Blackstone Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, and Westboro. Middlesex County: Town of Hopkinton."[8]
1920s–1930s
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1940s
In Middlesex County: Ashland, Framingham, Hopkinton, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Weston. In Worcester County: Auburn, Berlin, Boylston, Grafton, Holden, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sterling, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester.[9]
1950s–1960s
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1970s
"Middlesex County: Cities of Newton and Waltham. Towns of Ayer, Framingham, Lincoln, Maynard, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston. Norfolk County: Town of Brookline. Worcester County: Cities of Fitchburg, Gardner, and Leominster. Towns of Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster, Lunenburg, and Westminster."[10]
2003 to 2013
In Bristol County:
- Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River: Ward 4, Precinct C; Ward 5, Precinct C; Ward 6, Precinct A; Ward 7; Ward 8, Precincts A-C; Ward 9, Freetown, Mansfield, New Bedford, Norton, Raynham, Taunton, Westport.
In Middlesex County:
In Norfolk County:
In Plymouth County:
List of members representing the district
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Recent election results
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barney Frank | 166,125 | 98.99 | +24.09 | |
| Write-in | 1,691 | 1.01 | +0.96 | ||
| Turnout | 167,816 | 100 | − | ||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barney Frank | 219,260 | 77.74 | −21.25 | |
| Independent | Chuck Morse | 62,293 | 22.09 | +22.09 | |
| Write-in | 486 | 0.17 | −0.84 | ||
| Turnout | 282,039 | 100 | − | ||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barney Frank | 176,513 | 98.48 | +20.74 | |
| Write-in | 2,730 | 1.52 | +1.35 | ||
| Turnout | 179,243 | 100 | − | ||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barney Frank | 203,032 | 64.3 | −34.18 | |
| Republican | Earl Henry Sholley | 75,571 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
| Independent | Susan Allen | 19,848 | 6.29 | +6.29 | |
| Write-in | 337 | 0.11 | −1.41 | ||
| Blank/Scattering | 16,946 | 5.37 | +5.37 | ||
| Turnout | 315,734 | 100 | − | ||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Barney Frank | 126,194 | 53.9 | −10.4 | |
| Republican | Sean Bielat | 101,517 | 43.4 | +19.5 | |
| Independent | Susan Allen | 3,445 | 1.5 | −4.79 | |
| Independent | Donald Jordan | 2,873 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Turnout | 234,029 | 100 | − | ||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph P. Kennedy III | 219,499 | 61.1 | +7.2 | |
| Republican | Sean Bielat | 129,243 | 36.0 | −7.4 | |
| Independent | David Rosa | 10,674 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
| Turnout | 356,416 | 100 | − | ||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Kennedy III | 184,158 | 97.91 | |
| No party | All Others | 3,940 | 2.09 | |
| Total votes | 188,098 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Kennedy III | 265,823 | 70.1 | +9 | |
| Republican | David Rosa | 113,055 | 29.8 | −6.2 | |
| Write-in | 335 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 379,213 | 100 | − | ||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Kennedy III (incumbent) | 245,289 | 97.7 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 5,727 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 251,016 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
References
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- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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- ^ "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district". Massachusetts Register .. for 1843. Boston: Loring.
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{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477,
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{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ House official membership roster for the 7th Congress Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (footnote 18)
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{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State Election Results 2014" (PDF). Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- 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
Maps
- Map of Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth