The Winner

If you live in Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) will represent you for a fifth term. Pressley was the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot, and NBC News projected her the winner of the uncontested race. The results stay unofficial until Massachusetts certifies them. Pressley also ran without an opponent on the 2024 ballot. ​

The Race

No Republican filed for the seat. Pressley won the Sept. 1 Democratic primary unopposed with about 98% of the vote, and an independent candidate who had filed withdrew or was disqualified before November, according to Ballotpedia’s race results. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic.

Pressley won the seat in 2018 by defeating 10-term Rep. Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary, and she became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. The district became the state’s first majority-minority district after the 2010 census, GBH reported.

Under the current map, the district covers all of Chelsea, Everett, Somerville and Randolph and parts of Boston, Cambridge and Milton, according to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. About 773,500 people live there, and about 41% of residents are white, while Black, Hispanic and Asian residents together make up about 55%.

The median age is about 33, the typical household earns about $91,400 a year and about half of adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree. The unemployment rate is about 6.2%, and about 17% of residents live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Pressley’s fifth term begins Jan. 3, 2027, when Democrats take control of the House. On Thursday, Nov. 5, she and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led 31 colleagues in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon about federal student loan servicing failures, Pressley’s office said. The letter raised errors and long delays in income-driven repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness processing.

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