Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Katherine M. Clark

Official portrait of Katherine M. Clark
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Massachusetts’s 5th district
Leadership
House Minority Whip
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Revere, MA
Born
1963
In Congress
House since 2013 · 12 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CLARK, KATHERINE
Next election
Primary September 1, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Massachusetts with the current district highlighted

Massachusetts, District 5

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Massachusetts District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4MA05084 · Principal campaign committee: KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Massachusetts District 5$5,026,057.81General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Massachusetts District 5$4,984,888.62Won the general election (98.2%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Massachusetts District 5$2,174,711.80Won the general election (74%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Massachusetts District 5$1,815,927.75Won the general election (100%)
Total raised$5,026,057.81
Total spent$5,122,400.51
Cash on hand$1,229,548.01
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,262,870.70PACs and other committees: $2,107,007.10Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,575,039.33Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $81,140.68
  • Individual contributions$1,262,870.7025%
  • PACs and other committees$2,107,007.1042%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,575,039.3331%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$81,140.682%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$148,335.186%
  • Contributions over $200$2,407,953.8294%
  • Itemized from inside Massachusetts$625,413.5325%
  • Itemized from other states$1,832,902.9475%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $369,853.90 · District of Columbia $224,716.67 · New York $224,540.00 · Maryland $194,350.00 · Virginia $126,195.57. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $717,493.99APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $286,523.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $748,328.05JULY QUARTERLY: spent $794,484.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $521,705.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $422,441.47YEAR-END: raised $734,735.55YEAR-END: spent $516,960.03APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $715,410.51APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $752,656.53JULY QUARTERLY: raised $798,335.55JULY QUARTERLY: spent $576,418.45PRE-PRIMARY: raised $267,661.55PRE-PRIMARY: spent $432,285.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $379,067.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,212,407.742025-032025-092026-032026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea293
Voted nay379
Voted present2
Did not vote0 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored3
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored36

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 5458 CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act
    Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Latest action Sep 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 3273 Child Care Workforce Development Act
    Introduced May 8, 2025 · Latest action May 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 3274 Child Care Infrastructure Act
    Introduced May 8, 2025 · Latest action May 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

373 committees reported giving $1,993,240.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Katherine Clark$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Katherine Clark$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Massachusetts U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Katherine Clark (D)$5,026,057.81$1,229,548.012026-10-14
Jonathan Paz (D)$118,894.26−$4,767.382026-10-14
Tarik Samman (D)$43,812.06$19,900.322026-08-12

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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