Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Soyini Pressley born February 3 1974 is an American politician who has served as the US representative for Massachusettss 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 Before serving in the United States House of Representatives Pressley served as an atlarge 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 tenterm incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary election for Massachusetts 7th congressional district and ran unopposed in the general election Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts Pressley is a member of The Squad a group of leftwing progressive congress members