 After running unopposed in 2008 , in 2010 Tsongas faced Republican Jon Golnik , a small businessman and former Wall Street currency trader . During the campaign Tsongas attacked Golnik 's history as a Vice President of AIG , which Golnik called hypocritical , as she had stock in AIG and other large corporations . Tsongas defeated Golnik with 52 % of the vote . Following redistricting after the 2010 census , Tsongas ran for re @-@ election in the reconfigured Massachusetts 's 3rd congressional district in 2012 . In a rematch , she again defeated <unk> . 
