This year's general election for Boston City Council is slated to bring significant change to the 13-member body. Residents will elect at least four new members, with open races in Districts 3, 5 and 6, and one at-large seat up for grabs.
This fall’s general election for Boston City Council is slated to bring significant change to the 13-member body.
Residents will elect at least four new members in the Nov. 7 contest, with open races in Districts 3, 5 and 6, — covering swaths of Dorchester, Mattapan, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Roslindale. One at-large seat is also up for grabs. The vote comes after two of the council’s most progressive members, Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara, lost inThe council currently leans more progressive.
The city has approved a new council district map for 2024, which means you may be voting for a councilor in a different district than the last election. CheckMejia has been a city councilor since 2020. Before that, she ran an advocacy group focused on equity in education. The first Afro-Latina member of the council, Mejia moved to Dorchester with her family from the Dominican Republic at the age of 5.Mejia is one of the more left-leaning members of the council.
Residents of District 1 and 2 only have their current city councilor on the ballot. In District 1, Gabriela"Gigi" Coletta is the candidate; in District 2, it's Ed Flynn., including Mayor Michelle Wu's rent control proposal, a return to an elected school committee, and lowering the voting age to 16 for municipal elections. Richards is endorsed by the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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