The Tsongas family
Massachusetts · Senate · House
Combined career popular votes
2,273,759
Members on the ballot
2
Combined W–L
8–0
Years on the ballot
1974–2016
Paul Tsongas represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House and Senate and ran for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination. Years after his death, his widow, Niki Tsongas, was elected to the U.S. House from Massachusetts, serving five terms of her own.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niki TsongasD | House | 2008–2016 | 936,741 | 5–0 |
| Paul E. TsongasD | Senate · House | 1974–1978 | 1,337,018 | 3–0 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 2 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.