Massachusetts 6th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in northeastern Massachusetts that includes much of the North Shore, represented in Congress by an elected member of the House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
apportionedAfter United States census
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
contains City of Beverly, Massachusetts
City of Gloucester, Massachusetts
City of Lynn, Massachusetts
linked to: Lynn, Massachusetts

City of Newburyport, Massachusetts
linked to: City of Newburyport

City of Peabody, Massachusetts
City of Salem, Massachusetts
linked to: City of Salem

Town of Andover, Massachusetts
Town of Danvers, Massachusetts
Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Town of Methuen, Massachusetts
Town of North Andover, Massachusetts
linked to: North Andover

Town of North Reading, Massachusetts
linked to: North Reading

Town of Reading, Massachusetts
Town of Saugus, Massachusetts
Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts
linked to: Town of Swampscott
country United States
createdBy United States Congress
currentRepresentative Seth Moulton
electoralCollegeRole no direct role
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
federalDistrictNumber 6
firstCreated 1795
governingLaw United States Constitution
governmentalJurisdiction federal
hasChamber House of Representatives
hasElections biennial U.S. House elections
hasTypeOfRepresentation single-member district
isNumberedDistrictOf Massachusetts
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Essex County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
northeastern Massachusetts
partOf Massachusetts congressional delegation
partyOfCurrentRepresentative Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
postalAbbreviationOfState MA
redistrictedFollowing decennial United States census
region North Shore (Massachusetts)
representedIn United States Congress
representedSince 2015 by Seth Moulton
represents Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
state Massachusetts
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post

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Southern Essex County federalCongressionalDistrictsInclude Massachusetts 6th congressional district
Newbury, Massachusetts federalCongressionalDistrict Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
linked to: Massachusetts 6th congressional district
Seth Moulton represents Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
linked to: Massachusetts 6th congressional district
A. Piatt Andrew represented Massachusetts 6th congressional district