Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor,Menino was a member of Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston,Massachusetts,United States. It is made up of 13 members:9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch,the mayor. The council is responsible for approving the city budget;monitoring,creating,and abolishing city agencies;making land use decisions;and approving,amending,or rejecting other legislative proposals.
John M. Tobin Jr. is a former member of the Boston City Council,having represented District 6 from 2002 through 2010. His district included the neighborhoods of West Roxbury,Jamaica Plain,and parts of Roslindale and Mission Hill. His has been the Vice President of City and Community Affairs at Northeastern University since 2010.
John Ronan Connolly is an American politician,former lawyer,and educator from Massachusetts. He served from 2008 to 2014 as an at-large member of the Boston City Council,and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 Boston mayoral election.
William P. Linehan is a former member and president of the Boston City Council in Boston,Massachusetts. He represented District 2,which includes Downtown Boston,the South End,South Boston and Chinatown.
The 2013 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 5,2013. Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday,September 24,2013. 12 candidates made the ballot to replace Menino,with state representative Marty Walsh and city councilor John R. Connolly advancing to the general election. Walsh was elected to his first term,defeating Connolly by 3% of the vote,and was inaugurated on Monday,January 6,2014.
Tito Jackson is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council. He represented council District 7,representing parts of the Roxbury neighborhood and parts of Dorchester,South End,and Fenway. In 2017,he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Boston. After leaving the Boston City Council,Jackson worked in the cannabis industry. In 2022,Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Jackson to the city's Commission on Black Men and Boys.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Bill Walczak is a community activist in Boston,Massachusetts,United States. In He was a candidate for mayor of Boston in 2013.
John F. Barros is an American politician,businessman,and civic organizer who was formerly the chief of economic development for the City of Boston. He also served as the executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2013 and 2021. He is currently the managing principal for the Boston office of the real estate firm Cushman &Wakefield.
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the attorney general of Massachusetts. She is also a former member of the Boston City Council. On the city council,she represented District 4,which includes parts of Boston's Dorchester,Mattapan,Jamaica Plain,and Roslindale neighborhoods. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020. Campbell unsuccessfully ran mayor of Boston in 2021,placing third in the nonpartisan primary election behind Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu,the latter of whom would go on to win the general election. In 2022,Campbell was elected to serve as the attorney general of Massachusetts.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 5,2019. Nomination forms could be submitted starting April 17,and candidates had a filing deadline of May 21. A preliminary election was held on September 24. By law,Boston municipal elections are nonpartisan—candidates do not represent a specific political party.
Annissa Essaibi George is an American politician who served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council. First elected in 2015,she served on the council from 2016 to 2022. She was a candidate in the 2021 Boston mayoral election. She placed second in the nonpartisan primary,but was defeated in the general election by fellow city councilor Michelle Wu. Since November 2022,Essaibi George has served as the president of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organization Big Sister Boston.
Frank Baker is an American politician who represents District 3 on the Boston City Council. He was first elected on November 8,2011.
The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible to seek a third term. However,he resigned as mayor on March 22,2021,after being confirmed as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden.
The 2021 Boston City Council election was held on November 2,2021. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Springfield,Massachusetts.
John Patrick Connolly was an American politician who served as clerk of the Suffolk Superior Court of Civil Business from 1936 to 1939. He was convicted of bribery in 1941 for receiving kickbacks from court employees. He later returned to elected office as a Boston City Councilor
The Boston City Council election was held on November 6,1979,with preliminary elections on September 25,1979.
Ruthzee Louijeune is an American politician and lawyer serving as at-large member of the Boston City Council. She was elected in 2021,and took office in January 2022. She is the first Haitian-American to serve on the council.
