Your Voice in Government
Peabody Legislators
Who Represents Peabody
Here is a quirk worth knowing: at the Massachusetts State House, a single senator speaks for all of Peabody, but the city is split between two state representatives, so which one is yours depends on which ward you live in. In Washington, all of Peabody shares one member of the U.S. House and the same two U.S. senators as the rest of the state.
State Senator
Second Essex District · Democrat
Joan B. Lovely
Joan B. Lovely, a Salem Democrat, has held the Second Essex seat since 2013. Her district takes in all of Peabody plus Beverly, Danvers, Salem, and Topsfield, and she has spent years in Senate leadership and on the committees that handle taxes, the state budget, and the courts.
State Representatives
Peabody falls into two House districts, and the line runs between wards. Use the lookup tools further down to find the representative for your exact address.
13th Essex District · Democrat
Sally Kerans
Find Your Exact Legislator
Because the city is split, the only sure way to know your representative is to look up your street:
In Washington
All of Peabody sits in the 6th Congressional District, held since 2015 by U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, a Salem Democrat. Moulton is not running for the House again in 2026: he is challenging for a U.S. Senate seat, so this November voters across the district will choose a new representative. In the Senate, Massachusetts is represented by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator since 2013, and Edward J. “Ed” Markey, the junior senator since 2013.
Sources
Massachusetts Legislature (malegislature.gov). Verified July 2026.
Open States (Plural). Verified July 2026.
What this seat decides
The state and federal seats
Your State Representative and your State Senator. State law: the driving age, the minimum wage, the bottle deposit, and Chapter 70, the formula that decides how much state money your schools get. They also carry a home rule petition to the State House when your town votes for something state law does not yet allow it to do.
Your member of Congress and your two US Senators. Federal law and federal money, and help with a federal agency like Social Security, the VA, or immigration when someone in your family needs it. They also nominate candidates to the US service academies.
Knowing who represents you is step one. Step two is writing to them in a way that actually gets read.