Niki Tsongas
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jim McGovern |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district |
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In office October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Marty Meehan |
| Succeeded by | Ed Markey |
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Nicola Dickson Sauvage April 26, 1946 Chico, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Paul Tsongas (1969–1997; his death) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Lowell, Massachusetts |
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| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Website | tsongas |
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| 114th Congress (2015–17) |
Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas (/ˈsɒŋɡəs/; born April 26, 1946) is an American politician and the current U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. From 2007 to 2013 she represented Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, the district her husband Paul Tsongas served prior to being elected to the United States Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Following John Kerry's appointment as Secretary of State, she was widely expected to run in the 2013 special election for the Senate seat once held by her husband; she put such speculations to rest when she announced her endorsement of Representative Ed Markey instead.
Tsongas was born Nicola Dickson Sauvage on April 26, 1946, in Chico, California. Her mother Marian Susan (née Wyman) was an artist and copywriter, and her father Colonel Russell Elmer Sauvage was an engineer in the United States Army Air Forces who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. Tsongas graduated in 1964 from Narimasu American High School in Japan while her father was stationed at Fuchu Air Force Base. Tsongas spent one year at Michigan State University, then transferred to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in religion. After college she moved to New York City, where she took a job as a social worker for the Department of Welfare. Tsongas earned her Juris Doctor from Boston University and started Lowell's first all-female law practice.
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