US Midterms 2026
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Katherine Clark, a Democrat who has represented Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013 and served as House minority whip since 2023, is running unopposed for re-election in the 2026 general election.
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Massachusetts House Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05) is at the center of a DHS/ICE scrutiny after a Massachusetts delegation pressed Homeland Security for an inspection of an ICE field office.
TrahanGARDEN CITY, NY: Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) and Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) hosted a fireside chat with Nassau County residents and leaders at Harmony Health in Garden City to discuss how rising…
Lori Trahan (MA-03) discussed the potential outcomes for a lame-duck session in 2026, noting a “huge range” of possibilities depending on the November election.
The article discusses Democratic leadership dynamics in the House, highlighting Rep. Katherine Clark as a potential top leader if Democrats win the chamber.
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Katherine Clark was born on July 17, 1963, in New Haven, Connecticut. She attended St. Lawrence University, Cornell Law School and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and she studied in Nagoya, Japan, in 1983.
Early in her career she worked as an attorney in Chicago, then moved to Colorado, where she clerked for Judge Alfred A. Arraj of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and worked as a staff attorney for the Colorado District Attorneys' Council.
After moving to Massachusetts in 1995, she became general counsel for the state Office of Child Care Services. She is married to Rodney S. Dowell, and they live in Revere with their three children.
Clark entered local politics in Melrose, taking a seat on the Melrose School Committee in January 2002 and becoming its chair in January 2005. She won a special election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was sworn in on March 13, 2008, representing Melrose and Wakefield.
In 2010 she ran for the state Senate seat vacated by Richard Tisei, defeating Republican Craig Spadafora 52% to 48%, and she served in the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013, chairing its Judiciary Committee.
After Ed Markey was elected to the U.S. Senate, Clark won the 2013 special election for the 5th district, taking the October 15 Democratic primary with 32% of the vote and the general election on December 10. She sits on the House Appropriations Committee.
Within the Democratic leadership she served as vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2021 and as assistant speaker from 2021 to 2023, and she was elected minority whip on November 30, 2022, after running unopposed for the post.
The 5th district covers parts of eastern Massachusetts, including Framingham, Medford and parts of Cambridge, and Clark was re-elected uncontested in 2024. In 2026 she faced primary challengers for the first time in twelve years, defeating former Waltham city councilor Jonathan Paz and Harvard Law researcher Tarik Samman with 73.6% of the vote. Clark is running unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2026, as she seeks an eighth term.
