Massachusetts 4th congressional district

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Massachusetts 4th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston and South Coast regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
borderingBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
containsPartOfMetropolitanArea Greater Boston
surface form: Greater Boston metropolitan area

Providence–Warwick metropolitan area
surface form: Providence metropolitan area
country United States of America
createdForApportionment United States congressional apportionment
surface form: United States House apportionment
currentRepresentative Jake Auchincloss
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
currentRepresentativeTakesOfficeOn January 3, 2021
elects one representative
federal true
governmentalJurisdiction federal electoral district
hasChamber lower house
hasCity Attleboro
surface form: Attleboro, Massachusetts

Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Fall River, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Taunton, Massachusetts
hasCountyPortion Bristol County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Plymouth County
surface form: Plymouth County, Massachusetts
hasElectionCycle biennial elections
hasTown Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Franklin, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Mansfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Milton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Needham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Norton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Wellesley, Massachusetts
isNumberedDistrictOfState 4
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Massachusetts
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Greater Boston
surface form: Greater Boston region

South Coast region of Massachusetts
southeastern Massachusetts
numberOfSeats 1
officeTermLengthYears 2
postalAbbreviationOfState MA
previousRepresentative Joseph Kennedy III
surface form: Joseph P. Kennedy III
previousRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
region New England
representedIn United States Congress
state Massachusetts
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post

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Barney Frank represented Massachusetts 4th congressional district
Massachusetts 8th congressional district borderedBy Massachusetts 4th congressional district
subject surface form: Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
this entity surface form: Massachusetts's 4th congressional district