Did you sign any nomination papers? If yes, good for you! Way to participate in our Democracy! If you didn’t, don’t be too hard on yourself, there’s always the next election cycle! Candidates had to have their signature papers turned into City Hall by 5pm on May 18th.
A smattering of recent endorsements in the Mayoral Race:
Former Boston Police Commissioner William Gross endorsed Annissa Essaibi George citing her “ability to bring all sides to the table to move our city forward.” Boston Firefighters Local 718 also endorses Essaibi George on Monday.
The members of the Ward 4 Democrats voted to endorse Michelle Wu. They were inspired by her work on climate justice, housing stability, and racial equity.
Former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur endorsed Andrea Campbell. According to St. Fleur, “We are multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and you need to understand all of that in order to represent all the people.”
The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE / SEIU Local 5000) endorsed Jon Santiago. The Union’s President said, “This is the most consequential election in the history of Boston and our members believe in Jon Santiago’s ability to unify the city through proven crisis leadership and foster a recovery rooted in equity and opportunity for all.”
City Council At-Large:
As of this writing, we don’t know for sure who is going to be on the Preliminary Ballot in September (because City Hall is still verifying signatures).
But these are the people who have been out gathering signatures, trying to get on the ballot for a City Council At-Large seat: Remember there are 4, total, At-Large seats on the Boston City Council.
There are two incumbents: Michael Flaherty and Julia Mejia. Here are the new candidates:
Here are the new candidates:
Althea Garrison (no website yet)
Erin Murphy Endorsed by the Boston Firefighters Local 718
Raymond Vasquez (no website yet)
District City Councilors
City District Councilor District 3 City Councilor, Frank Baker is running for reelection.
As far as we know, his opponents are:
Stephen McBride
Romilda Pereira (no website yet)
City District Councilor District 4 City Council seat, now held by City Councilor Andrea Campbell, is up for grabs in the upcoming election and there are a LOT of candidates:
Trina Ruffin (no website yet)
Whew! That is a LOT of candidates! Aren’t you excited for a chance to vote in September? If you have recently moved or have never registered to vote, it’s easy! Visit here and follow the instructions!
As a reminder, if you have any candidate news or if you snap a pic of a candidate in Southie or Dot, send it in: [email protected]. We’re all in this election season together!
Lower End homeowner since 2005. Mom of three BPS kids. Friend to all except those who don’t clean up after their dogs and/or who put their trash out in kitchen bags (seriously, people, it’s not that hard to use a barrel). Queen of the Nerds (okay that one is only in my dreams).
