Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Mike Capuano
Member of the Boston City Council at-large
In office January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Sam Yoon
Succeeded by
Althea Garrison
Personal details
Born
Ayanna Soyini Pressley
(1974-02-03) February 3, 1974 (age 50) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Other political affiliations
Working Families Party[1]
Spouse
Conan Harris
(m. 2014)
Children
1 stepdaughter
Alma mater
Boston University
Website
House website
Ayanna Pressley's voice
Endorsing Katjana Ballantyne for Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts Recorded October 2021
Ayanna Soyini Pressley (born February 3, 1974) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston, most of Cambridge, parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph, and Somerville.[2] Before serving in the United States House of Representatives, Pressley served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council from 2010 through 2019. She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018 after she defeated the ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary election for Massachusetts' 7th congressional district and ran unopposed in the general election.[3] Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts.[4][5] Pressley is a member of "The Squad", a group of progressive Congress members.
^Krieg, Gregory (January 31, 2020). "Ayanna Pressley to deliver Working Families Party's response to Trump's State of the Union". CNN. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^DeCosta-Klipa, Nik (November 21, 2018). "Here's what Ayanna Pressley's first week in Washington looked like". Boston.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^"Ayanna Pressley Defeats Rep. Mike Capuano In Democratic Primary". www.cbsnews.com. September 4, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
^"City Council: Ayanna Pressley, At-Large". City of Boston. March 7, 2016. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
^Kole, William J. (November 6, 2018). "Ayanna Pressley is officially Massachusetts' first black congresswoman". Boston.com. AP. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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