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Ayanna Pressley
Former U.S. House of Representatives - Massachusetts 7th Congressional District
District 7, Massachusetts
Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district encompasses the northern three-quarters of Boston, most of Cambridge, and parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph, and Somerville. Prior to her tenure in Congress, Pressley was an at-large member of the Boston City Council from 2010 to 2019, where she made history as the first black woman elected to the council. In 2018, she achieved another historic milestone by becoming the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, after defeating a ten-term incumbent in the Democratic primary. Pressley is also known for being a member of "The Squad," a group of progressive Congress members.
