Massachusetts 8th congressional district

E124073

United States congressional district

Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and several nearby cities and suburbs.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district	9
Massachusetts 8th congressional district canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1067012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Massachusetts 8th congressional district
Context triple: [Brockton, Massachusetts, federalCongressionalDistrict, Massachusetts 8th congressional district]

A. Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.
B. Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
C. Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
D. Maine's 1st congressional district
Maine's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district in southern Maine that includes the city of Portland and surrounding coastal and urban areas.
E. Maine's 2nd congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural U.S. House district covering northern and western Maine, known for its swing-voter population and distinct political behavior from the state's more urban 1st district.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Massachusetts 8th congressional district
Target entity description: Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and several nearby cities and suburbs.

A. Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.
B. Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
C. Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
D. Maine's 1st congressional district
Maine's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district in southern Maine that includes the city of Portland and surrounding coastal and urban areas.
E. Maine's 2nd congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural U.S. House district covering northern and western Maine, known for its swing-voter population and distinct political behavior from the state's more urban 1st district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional district ⓘ
abbreviation	MA-08 ⓘ
borderedBy	Massachusetts's 4th congressional district ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts 4th congressional district Massachusetts's 5th congressional district ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts 5th congressional district Massachusetts's 7th congressional district ⓘ Massachusetts's 9th congressional district ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts 9th congressional district
contains	parts of Abington, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Avon, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Braintree, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Bridgewater, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Brockton, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Canton, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Cohasset, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Dedham, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Hanover, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Holbrook, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Marshfield, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Milton, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Norwell, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Norwood, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Randolph, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Rockland, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Scituate, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Sharon, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Stoughton, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Walpole, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Weymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentRepresentative	Stephen F. Lynch ⓘ
currentRepresentativeChamber	U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ linked to: United States House of Representatives
currentRepresentativeParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
elects	one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSince	2001 ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Boston area ⓘ linked to: Greater Boston eastern Massachusetts ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives	1 ⓘ
partOf	Massachusetts congressional delegation ⓘ
previousDistrictNumberEliminated	Massachusetts's 10th congressional district ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts 9th congressional district
redistrictedAfter	2010 United States Census ⓘ linked to: 2010 United States census
represents	nearby cities and suburbs ⓘ parts of Greater Boston ⓘ
residenceOfCurrentRepresentative	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited