Proposed Congressional Redistricting Wouldn't Mean Much to Medford

A proposed redistricting plan for Massachusetts representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives leaves Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden) to continue to represent Medford, though some of his boundary lines would change.

Under the proposed plan, Markey's 7th District is renamed the 5th District and is expanded to include a sliver of Cambridge, now represented by Michael Capuano, as well as the western towns of Southborough, Ashland, Holliston, Sherborn, and a large portion of Sudbury. And Markey would lose Everett to the new 7th District which would be represented by Capuano.

The redistricting proposal was unveiled Monday. It decreases the number of Congressional districts in the state from 10 to nine because the state's population grew slower than the rest of the nation's over the last 10 years.

The full House and Senate have to approve it before the Congressional session ends on Nov. 16. If that happens, the governor has to sign it in order for it to be approved.