Candidate · November 3, 2026

Ayanna S. Pressley

On the ballot for U.S. House · Massachusetts's 7th District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.3M
cash on hand
$86K
issues with public statements
8

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Massachusetts's 7th District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic1,2
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Massachusetts's 7th District in the U.S. House.3
Also on the ballotNo other candidate is on the ballot for this race.

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Her campaign website says she was elected to represent Massachusetts's 7th District in the U.S. House on November 6, 2018.4 It says she moved to Boston in 1992 to attend Boston University and worked as an aide to Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II and later Senator John Kerry.4 It says she won an at-large seat on the Boston City Council in 2009.4

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website asks voters to join what it calls a movement for transformative change, and its home page lists a just economy, the climate crisis, violence and trauma, housing as a human right and the criminal legal system among its issues.5

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, MA-73
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, MA-73

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Health Care

Health insurance system

Her campaign website says she believes the country needs Medicare for All so that every person has consistent access to essential care.7

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Who sets abortion law

Her campaign website says she has co-led legislation, passed twice in the House, to protect and restore access to abortion care nationwide.8

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Abortion medication

Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments successfully expanding access to abortion medications and birth control.8

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity

Her campaign website says she advocated for the Equality Act.9

  1. Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
  2. Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
  3. No new federal protections; leave it to the states
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

Student loan forgiveness

Her campaign website says she has spent years pressing for student debt cancellation, and its home page lists student loan cancellation among the issues on which progress has been made.5,10

  1. Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  2. Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
  3. Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
  4. Broad cancellation of student debt
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Death penalty

Her campaign website says she has advocated for an end to the federal death penalty.11

  1. Use it more often or for more crimes (for example, child rape or drug trafficking)
  2. Keep it as current law allows
  3. Pause executions (a moratorium)
  4. Abolish it
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Cash bail and pretrial release

Her campaign website lists cash bail among the policies that it says make the criminal legal system disproportionately punish Black and brown people, and says the system must be completely reimagined.11

Family and Social Policy

Child tax credit

Her campaign website says she has pressed to expand the Child Tax Credit.12

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Ayanna S. Pressley served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Ayanna S. Pressley sponsored or cosponsored 13 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.65

Raised$1,319,248
Spent$1,350,994
Cash on hand$86,476

Where the money came from

Individual donors$1.1M · 83%
PACs and other political committees$93K · 7%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$133K · 10%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$4,242 · 0%

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.