Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from 1984 until 1993. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997.
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.
Michael F. Flaherty is an at-large member of the Boston City Council. Flaherty is a member of the United States Democratic Party. First elected to the council in 1999 with a term starting in 2000,he was elected council vice president in 2001 and served as council president from 2002 to 2006. Flaherty announced in July 2023 that he would not be pursuing another term in office. In addition to his City Council activities,he unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2009,which led to his absence from the council between 2009 and 2013.
Marie P. St. Fleur is a Haitian American politician and lawyer. former Massachusetts State Representative who represented the Fifth Suffolk district from 1999-2011. Her district consisted of parts of the Boston neighborhoods Dorchester and Roxbury. She is the first Haitian-American to hold public office in Massachusetts. Representative St. Fleur was one of the most active supporters of John Kerry's presidential bid,often traveling to Florida to do outreach on his behalf. Representative St. Fleur was appointed Vice-Chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee by House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi,a leadership position that has tremendous influence in the budget process. On January 30,2006 Thomas F. Reilly,candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor,selected St. Fleur as his running mate. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately through the primary,then are joined as a single ticket for the election. The following day she withdrew after The Boston Globe reported that she was delinquent in tax debts and owed over $40,000 in student loans.
Linda Dorcena Forry is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,who represented the 1st Suffolk district from June 2013 - January 2018. She previously represented the 12th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after winning a special election in April 2005. Haitian-American,Dorcena Forry,is the former House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business.
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.
The 2009 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 3,2009,between incumbent Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino,and Michael F. Flaherty,member of the Boston City Council and former Council president. Menino was re-elected to a fifth term,the first mayor to do so in Boston history. A nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 22,2009,where Flaherty and Menino advanced to the general election.
Althea Garrison is an independent American politician from Boston,Massachusetts,who has served on the Boston City Council as an at-large councilor.
The Boston mayoral election of 2001 occurred on Tuesday,November 6,2001,between incumbent mayor Thomas Menino and City Councilor Peggy Davis-Mullen. Menino was re-elected to a third term.
The Boston mayoral election of 1993 occurred on Tuesday,November 2,1993,between Acting Mayor Thomas Menino and State Representative James T. Brett. Menino was elected to his first term.
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.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. 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.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and trade union official who served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Walsh resigned from his position as the US Secretary of Labor in March 2023 in order to accept a position as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014.
Kevin G. Honan is an American state legislator who has represented the 17th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1987. He is the House's longest continuously serving legislator. He is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood of Boston and a member of the Democratic Party.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Jon Santiago is an American physician and Democratic politician who served in the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023. He ran a campaign for mayor of Boston in 2021,but withdrew from the race before the primary election.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Essex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Essex County. Democrat Frank Moran of Lawrence has represented the district since 2013. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Marianela Rivera.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Christopher Worrell of Dorchester has represented the district since 2023.
Steven W. Tompkins is an American law enforcement official who has served as the Sheriff of Suffolk County,MA since 2013.
Thomas Menino served as mayor of Boston,Massachusetts from 1993 through 2013. He is the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Menino first became acting mayor in July 1993,after Raymond Flynn resigned as mayor to assume the post of United States ambassador to the Holy See. Menino was elected mayor in the subsequent 1993 Boston mayoral election,and was reelected to additional terms in the four subsequent elections,making for an unprecedented and unsurpassed twenty year tenure. On March 28,2013,Menino announced that he would not seek a sixth term.
