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Katherine M. Clark

Katherine M. Clark

DDemocratMA-5 · Representative
66
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance100
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone28
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency100
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Katherine M. Clark

Katherine M. Clark

DemocratMA-5 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.478)
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Katherine M. Clark is a Democrat Representative from MA, District 5. She has served 12 years in Congress across 7 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 98.7% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

12
Years in Office
7
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
7 votes against party
0.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
3
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Katherine Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.8% vs avg
98.7%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-3.4% vs avg
0.2%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-10.0 vs avg
3
Avg: 13.0

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$1,990,499
Cash on Handⓘ
$3,437,674
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,773,066
Disbursementsⓘ
$923,260
Individual Donors
$1,399,607
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2013–2027House · MA-5 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

MA-5 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

773,886
Population
$125,082
Median Income
39.0
Median Age
60.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 66.7%Black 5.1%Hispanic 11.2%Asian 13.3%