Niki Tsongas

Niki Tsongas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office
October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byMarty Meehan
Succeeded byLori Trahan
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Nicola Dickson Sauvage

(1946-04-26) April 26, 1946 (age 78)
Chico, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1969; died 1997)
Children3
Education
WebsiteArchive of House website

Nicola Dickson "Niki" Tsongas (/ˈsɒŋɡəs/; née Sauvage; born April 26, 1946) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 2007 to 2019. She held the seat formerly held by her husband, the late Paul Tsongas, for the district numbered as Massachusetts's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013 and as Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2017 Tsongas announced that she would not seek another term in the November 2018 election.[1]

  1. ^ Phillips, Frank (August 9, 2017). "Lowell Democrat Niki Tsongas won't seek another term in Congress". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 9, 2017.