Katherine M. Clark

KATHERINE M. CLARK, Democrat, of Melrose, MA; born in New Haven, CT, July 17, 1963; education: B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1985; J.D., Cornell School of Law, Ithaca, NY, 1989; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1997; professional history: admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1997; clerk, Judge Alfred A. Arraj, U.S. District Court District of Colorado; general counsel, Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services; chief, Policy Division, Massachusetts Attorney General; member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2007-10; member, Massachusetts State Senate, 2010-13; election history: elected to the 5th District for the 113th Congress, by special election, on December 10, 2013, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Representative Ed Markey; reelected to each succeeding Congress.