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Mike Capuano was the person who succeeded Ed Markey in representing Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Capuano was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2019. He was first elected to the House in 1998 and was re-elected eight times. In 2018, Capuano was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ayanna Pressley, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.