Draft Map Splits Tewksbury Into 2 U.S. House Districts

TEWKSBURY, MA — Tewksbury would be split between two U.S. House districts under the proposed redistricting introduced Monday by Massachusetts lawmakers.

The draft redistricting, conducted in the wake of the 2020 census, mostly alters the margins of the state's nine House districts, protecting the nine Democratic incumbents.

But Tewksbury is one of those communities that could see changes.

The town is currently fully in the Sixth District, represented by Seth Moulton. Under the draft map, the majority of the town would be shifted into the Third District, which is represented by Lori Trahan.

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On the other side of the ledger, Andover, which is currently split between the two districts, would get shifted entirely into the Sixth District.

Beyond the marginal changes to all districts, the most notable change in the new map is the First District, the western-most one, stretching further east to keep its population share up.

This year's proposed redistricting is in stark contrast to the redistricting following the 2010 census, when the state lost one congressional seat and lawmakers radically changed the map, putting two incumbents into the same district.

The new map was introduced by the state legislature's Special Joint Committee on Redistricting, which will hold a public hearing Nov. 9.

The complete proposed map, maps of individual districts and the current map are all available from the redistricting committee.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.