The next woman elected to Congress from massachusetts after the defeat of Margaret Heckler belongs to what political party?
Margaret Heckler Margaret Mary Heckler (née O'Shaughnessy; born June 21, 1931) is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1967-83 and was later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan. After her defeat in 1982, no woman would be elected to Congress from Massachusetts until Niki Tsongas in a special election in 2007.
David Heckler David W. Heckler (born March 7, 1947) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1993 to 1997. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In 2009, Heckler was elected District Attorney of Bucks County.