Representative · Massachusetts's 7th district

Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley is a Democratic representative for Massachusetts's 7th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 18, and cast 460 of 461 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.7%18 of 675 · rank 156 of 439	100%460 of 461 · rank 27 of 439	430 became law	6%18 of 300
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	5.1%62 of 1,222 · rank 92 of 442	99%798 of 807 · rank 127 of 442	411 became law	4%14 of 364
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 443	99%566 of 569 · rank 84 of 443	350 became law	1%8 of 562

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.38+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 232–199· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 195–236· Against party
H.R. 4367: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 206–223· Against party
H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 203–231· Against party
H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–191· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Massachusetts's 7th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $1.3B
Per resident: $1,692
Rank in Massachusetts: 4 of 9
Contract actions: 35.7K; New awards: 32.1K

By fiscal year

975.1MFY2017
959.2MFY2018
1.1BFY2019
3.1BFY2020
7.7BFY2021
3BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.7BFY2024
1.2BFY2025
1.3BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Navy$519.6M40%
Department of Defense
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$265.3M20%
Department of Health and Human Services
Defense Health Agency$154.2M12%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$74.2M5.7%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$48.1M3.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of the Air Force$38.9M3.0%
Department of Defense
Department of the Army$31.3M2.4%
Department of Defense
National Institutes of Health$20M1.5%
Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.$510.2M39%
25 awards
BRIGHTON MARINE, INC.$152.9M12%
1 award
START2 GROUP, INC.$89.1M6.8%
1 award
SEQIRUS INC$69.3M5.3%
1 award
PUBLIC HEALTH VACCINES LLC$33.5M2.6%
1 award
VERICEL CORPORATION$30.4M2.3%
7 awards
KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$27M2.1%
42 awards
MORSECORP, INC$23.7M1.8%
10 awards
SAPIENT GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$21.6M1.7%
8 awards
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC$21.1M1.6%
875 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.2M; through Aug 12, 2026
Cash on hand: $76.2K
From committees: $90.3K; 25 committees
From contractor PACs: $1,000; 1 PACs · 1% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee	$1,000	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.2M	$90.3K	$1,0001 PACs · 1% of committee money
2024	$1.4M	$129.1K	$5,0001 PACs · 4% of committee money
2022	$1.5M	$91.9K	$5,0001 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: pressley.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5111
Office: 402 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.