A report on Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, Katherine Clark and 2013 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election

Katherine Marlea Clark (born July 17, 1963) is an American politician who has served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013, and as the assistant House Democratic leader (officially, the "Assistant Speaker") since 2021, making her the fourth-highest-ranking House Democrat.

A special election for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district took place on December 10, 2013, due to the resignation of Democratic Congressman Ed Markey following his election to the United States Senate in a special election on June 25, 2013.

The district is represented by Katherine Clark.

Primary elections were held on October 15, in which Democratic state senator Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola won their party nominations.

On December 10, 2013, Democrat Katherine Clark won a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 113th Congress.

She won the 2013 special election for the U.S. House of Representatives, to succeed Ed Markey, in the 5th district, and sits on the House Appropriations Committee.